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To: pgmomni who wrote (1936)	3/7/1999 2:41:00 AM
From: Art Hampton	Respond to of 3299

Perhaps completely off topic. Someone struck a nerve here. >>Finally, if the politicians ever decide to "require" that equal access be provided to areas not inhabited by rich folks who can afford the new services, then all bets would be off and you'd never see widespread build-out of cable modem capability. Don't know what the risks are here, but this was a concern a few years ago when I was close to this area.<< Where did you hear this? Not from the phone companies, of course. I live in Pac Bell country, and hear that they're lobbying to exclude the cable companies using that argument. The first outift to offer high bandwidth (at consumer prices) gets my business - my allegiance to the phone company is about as strong as my allegiance to Ghengis Khan. Less, actually. I think Ghengis had more integrity. My allegiance to TCI is pretty far down on that list as well. Stepping gracefully from the soapbox and adjusting his robes, he slips and lands on his face.