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To: E. Davies who wrote (5404)	2/15/1999 12:22:00 AM
From: Ahda	Respond to of 29970

From my perspective i am thinking msft. To all here thank you for the knowledge you impart, wisdom you share, creativity of the thread one heck of a board room to grow in. Happy Valentines Day to all you sharing hearts.

To: E. Davies who wrote (5404)	2/15/1999 12:50:00 AM
From: Jay Lowe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

>> Seattle et al appears to be trying to use their power to stop the transfer of the cable contract from TCI to AT&T I really don't think Seattle wants to do that ... or cares. Seattle wants whoever the franchisee is to fulfill the terms of their agreement, and as the previously posted editorial comments, they have a number of levers at their disposal to achieve that. A key factor is that the existing franchise agreement has miniscule penalties for non-performance. In the context of franchise renewal or transfer, and given the explicit nature of the non-performance and TCI's history of bad-faith, I think Seattle wants to revisit the issue of performance guarantees. I also think that transferring the franchise to AT&T can be viewed as a no-op ... the real issue is the commitment to allocate resources. A surface issue is that the local managers are tired of being lied to. Looking forward, I'm sure the local managers are wondering about handing their community's internet future over to an unregulated, monopolistic provider ... that's another furball. And who can expect certain local managers to high-profile ... especially if they want to be senators. ;-) There are probably a dozen ways that this could go. Much to be learned, all around.