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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (9220)	5/7/1999 10:32:00 AM
From: Ted Schnur	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

Frank, You were wondering how far back I have examined this thread. Well, about one year now. Your comments from the telecom side, and my previous experience in networking and IT infrastructure has convinced me that any attempt by congress or the regulators to open access will fail. There are methods currently available that will allow routers to monitor and report traffic usage by IP address (similar in concept to what the billing interfaces built into the telecom switches). Some of these are currently in use by IT departments for cost relief billing. There is also an Australian ISP that is looking at billing customers at a higher rate for internet access of US web sites (higher telecom cost) vs. local content. Now, can you imagine a system where the cable companies are forced to operate like a corporate IT department? How about the idea of billing ISP's or consumers on a usage based on average MB/day, prime time usage, allocated bandwidth, total number of subscribers, and so on. Here's an idea Frank. How about we compile all of your comments, and just send them to every member of congress. Or would you rather publish your own book? (I'll take 200 copies!). Thanks again, Ted