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To: Ilaine who wrote (3928)	1/7/1999 3:00:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

Blue, it's nice to be missed, but I can assure you that I was not partying. Recently there has been some rumble here concerning voice over cable (cable-iphony, or ca-caphony, take your pick), and the other day I was asked to provide my take on the relevance of voice services in the ATHM repertoire. I gave it, but heard no replies. I can only imagine that ahhaha is honing his quill for a killer response. Either that, or he's seen the merit behind the argument, and being the pragmatic chap [I assume] that he is, he has gone on to more fruitful endeavors. --- Today, courtesy of Pat Mudge on the Com21 (CMTO) thread, I picked up this little vignette which should put a little more heat under those who would find reasons to oppose voice over cable modem, and the adoption of VoIP as a staple in any up-and-coming ISP's menu, including that of ATHM. Note the names of the parties involved in this two-parted article (click to continue at the bottom of the first page for part 2). latimes.com --------- Late Edit: Upon further contemplation of this and other DOCSIS-enabled features, I've just begun to see the conflicts here: T wouldn't want ATHM to compete with it in voice, and The MSOs don't want ATHM to compete with them in the delivery of program content. Hmm... Comments? Regards, Frank Coluccio