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To: mr.mark who wrote (27623)	2/4/1999 3:32:00 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 45548

Cable Modems and the cable industry: forums.nytimes.com "By providing high-speed Internet service over cable systems on a broad scale, AT&T will be able to offer millions of consumers the ability to navigate through the World Wide Web at speeds up to 100 times faster than the typical connection through ordinary telephone lines. But there is a catch. AT&T intends to require that any customer who subscribes to its high-speed cable modem service must also pay the monthly fee of $40 or so for Internet access provided by the At Home Corporation, of which AT&T will be the largest shareholder when it completes its acquisition of TCI. That has prompted protests by other Internet providers that fear they may be frozen out and complain that AT&T will control the computer standards on the Internet for video, audio and other transmissions. "