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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2113)	12/14/1998 9:49:00 PM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

Consumers Union Washington Office Co-Director Gene Kimmelman said he believes AT&T when it stresses local telephony, but he said he fears that with AT&T's warnings about the high cost to enter the market, the company could focus on high-speed Internet access instead of voice services. At the FCC's en banc on mergers, Kimmelman said the AT&T deal could be the "final nail" for local competition." FCC Chairman William Kennard picked up on Kimmelman's comments, suggesting that AT&T might only target the upper 20 or 30 percent of the telephony market. But James Cicconi, AT&T's senior vice president for government affairs and federal policy, said Kimmelman was "just dead wrong. The whole [local telephony] deal is based on volume."