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To: Robert Scott who wrote (7685)	4/11/1999 3:12:00 PM
From: E. Davies	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

@Home has the exclusive right to use the pipes for internet access. I had assumed that this was the topic of debate. so that an AOL user could sign up for the @Home transport service to the internet and then AOL for the content They can do that already can't they? It could easily be argued that @home like Yahoo, Excite, etc. charges nothing to access its "portal". E-mail and a home page? Also widely available elsewhere for free. If that is the only issue why cant @home just say "ok. our "content" costs $1/month. You can choose AOL instead for $9.95. Problem solved. Not an unreasonable price for the relative value of @home and AOL content. I guess that is why I assumed that AOL actually wants physical access to the wires, (or more precisely to where the MSO/@home boundary is) otherwise what is the point? Please describe physically what function of @home AOL is trying to bypass. The national network? I really want to understand the details of the issue. As is, I'm still not positive which physical equiptment belongs to @home vs the MSO's. Eric