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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3206)	3/23/1999 12:23:00 AM
From: Bernard Levy	Respond to of 12823

Hi Frank, ww, and other posters: the discussion on the the optimal approach for creating competition in the local market by separating distribution from content has been very interesting. At the local level, I agree that we are creating lots of redundant fiber networks with the current approach. However, for long distance, I do not believe this is the case. If we believe that SBC, BLS and BEL will each need a long distance carrier, it is easy to see that QWST, LVLT, WMB and IIXC are almost all accounted for. It is also worth noting that many of the CLECS and long distance fiber wholesalers are sharing costs for laying out their fiber networks (NXLK and LVLT, GSTX and WMB, ....), so the redundancy is not as severe as it appears. It is only locally that the duplication is extremely wasteful. Best regards, Bernard Levy