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To: ahhaha who wrote (3685)	12/31/1998 11:45:00 AM
From: FR1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Maybe somebody already posted this, but I just found it: zdnet.com NEW YORK -- AT&T Corp. on Wednesday won approval from the U.S. Department of Justice for its proposed $48 billion acquisition of cable television giant Tele-Communications Inc. after agreeing to divest TCI's interest in Sprint PCS, a wireless telephone business. ...... Sprint said it was pleased with the divestiture agreement. The DOJ did not impose other conditions sought by rivals of AT&T and TCI. Companies such as MCI WorldCom Inc. (Nasdaq:WCOM) and SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) want the companies to share access to its cable infrastructure the same way local telephone companies are required to share access to their networks. Rivals also want regulators to impose conditions on the companies' planned Internet service, but AT&T said the deal may collapse if those concessions were required. Happy New Year Franz

To: ahhaha who wrote (3685)	12/31/1998 12:36:00 PM
From: Chia-Bin Wang	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29970

@Home and Internet in the 21 century, I try to ignore market up and down, though it is very volatile, because I bought this stock for its potential future. I know it is a very competitive market, but I believe @Home can make it. Especially if AT&T is behind it. Here is some scenarios I picture what people will do in 2005. (maybe sooner) which need a lot of internet bandwidth * Digital TV over the Internet (we get to see whatever TV programs whenever we want, who need a TV guide (it will be online anyway) ? * People spend 3~5x more time on internet than TV (I do now) * Talk to a new international friend made from Internet thru Internet Video Phone * Work @HOME and meeting with peer thru Internet Video Conference * Shopping, Banking, visiting relatives, entertainment @HOME * Parents get more time @HOME with their kids running Internet education programs, playing Internet 3D games * People no more buying musical CDs, they tend to order thru Internet by pay-per-listen * Remote control our appliances at home thru the portable Internet computer while traveling * Have sex thru Internet ??? (oh, need an always-on Video connection and CD-like sound quality like what @HOME have). * (anyone can think of more....) =========================================== Maybe some of this idea can be another good business in the future. :)