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To: Ted Schnur who wrote (6896)	3/26/1999 11:51:00 AM
From: FIRENZA	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29970

Frontiers of Freedom Link. Anti AOL. This link will bring you to a great site to write to your legislators regarding AOL's attempts to get the Gov't to let them into the cable internet. it sends to your senators and reps automatically via zip code. We should post this link everywhere, everyday!!! 216.46.228.90

To: Ted Schnur who wrote (6896)	3/26/1999 11:59:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 29970

>Now T, and the MSO's become the solution providers rather then the problem (in the public eyes). Would it work?< Yes, it would work, but I don't know how attractive that would be for T et al, who know hold the coveted keys to the home. It would be a feasible outcome, within the restrictions of this 'what if' discussion. Here again, if, T were still in the position at that point in time to provide such a service. This is akin to a time machine discussion. What if Lincoln had not been shot? Or, what if Hitler had not been defeated? To bring it into the context of this discussion, what if T were forced to open up its gates to the kingdom in the year 2000 or 2001? With fiber, a whole new universe emerges. That's why I repeatedly stipulate the current constraints in each of my points, by signaling the limitations of HFC in a pluralistic SP setting. Like a mantra. I should also point out that unbundling the upper layers as a means of allowing the other SPs access, while the cable provider is relegated to utility status, as I stated in my previous posts, is also a time consuming endeavor. Such would probably take two years, at a minimum, to unfold. And that's with Internet time taken into account, and also assumes that there is agreement by all parties in multiple standards setting forums. As you can see, this whole issue took the entire industry very rapidly by surprise, like wildfire.