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To: Mad Bomber who wrote (14314)	12/15/1998 10:03:00 AM
From: Marc T. Archer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

Someone posted this URL on the Yahoo ATHM thread. It's a good read. economist.com Hold the line Connecting American homes to the Internet requires strong regulatory nerves This version of the age-old common-carrier problem cropped up again in the United States this week, when a coalition of computer heavyweights, headed by Intel, Microsoft and Compaq, joined forces with the Baby Bell telephone firms to demand an easing of rules meant to promote competition in local telephony markets. The computer firms, keen to spur demand for more powerful PCs, are angry at the wretched pace with which telephone companies are deploying the “digital subscriber line” (ADSL) technology that delivers high-speed access to the Internet over the copper lines that reach every home. Only a paltry 25,000 subscribers will have this link by the end of the year. The result is that the potential of the Internet seamlessly to merge video, voice and data into services that could transform people's lives is being stalled.