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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3014)	3/4/1999 12:20:00 PM
From: Sam Citron	Respond to of 12823

Get ready for AOL-TV. search.washingtonpost.com

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3014)	3/6/1999 10:12:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

"Ameritech's cable TV company, Ameritech New Media, is changing your TV from something you watch to something you use." Frank, The excerpt from the job ad above is very interesting. Sounds like they may be doing what GTE did? I wonder if they are actually building their own HFC plant from scratch? You know when I saw the small army GTE hired (Part of them were Lucent workers. Part Ameritech. Part GTE. It gets complicated) working around here, it was just mind boggling the cost involved in simply running all the fiber and then the coaxial to the home. Just the grunt work was mind boggling. Not counting the equipment and brain power expense. I figured once GTE realized how much it cost to build a HFC network from scratch, they would ultimately just pursue the xDSL alternative. So I was surprised to hear GTE has already expanded their cable modem services to other areas outside of my immediate area. Sounds like they are going to be able to offer cable modem service to this entire county. I think the population is about 1 million plus. This doesn't mean they did not run into a cost problem. It may mean that since they started the test project, put all the money and time to get it working, they might as well expand it as far as they can in this immediate area. But who knows? Maybe it will end up being cost effective. Wouldn't that complicate matters. RBOCs and ILECs owning both twisted pair and HFC networks. If telephone companies continue on the HFC route, the FCC has a whole new set of parameters to consider. MikeM(From Florida)