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To: RTev who wrote (8567)	4/24/1999 5:35:00 AM
From: Educator	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

RTev- Thanks for the link. It does look like we might have more than a month until all the cards are on the table. The offer by T looks good. Ahhaha feels there is more value to UMG and this is not the end to the negotiations/surfacing of counter bids and "other" suitors. It should be interesting. I truly hope the FCC stays out of this one. There will be pressure from groups that see this as a cable monopoly attempt. How will AOL and other ISPs react to this proposed merger? Will they use this to fuel their "pipe access" complaint? I think so. It's Saturday and 4:30 A.M. central time. Time to wake up everyone! Ed

To: RTev who wrote (8567)	4/24/1999 6:53:00 AM
From: Sleeper	Respond to of 29970

Not everyone agrees that the anitrust argument is going to be problem. dailynews.yahoo.com (text deleted) Antitrust objections low But even with the nation's largest telecom trying to consolidate cable, analysts didn't expect staunch antitrust resistance. In the nature of local cable monopolies, No. 3 operator MediaOne doesn't compete significantly with AT&T's ex-TCI properties, which rank second nationally. And policy-makers, who liked the TCI deal as the first big battering ram against the Bells' residential monopoly, may love the MediaOne bid for the same reason. One hang-up could be that besides owning 70 percent of @Home, AT&T would inherit MediaOne's 40 percent stake in RoadRunner. AT&T raised a conciliatory flag, offering to do whatever necessary to gain regulatory approvals to close the deal this year. The Federal Communications Commission was closed Friday for a federal holiday and unavailable for comment. Karen J. Bannan, Dennis Mendyk, William Rodger and Kimberly Weisul contributed to this report. Sleeper