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To: Thomas W. Fox who wrote (15644)5/7/1999 12:56:00 PM
From: CGarcia  Respond to of 41369
 
I have to agree about T's motivations...I don't think they want to lure customers away from AOL as much as they want to maintain a hold on their phone customers...From what I have read, cable lines on the internet allow for telephone communication to others who are hooked up through cable, and people can make telephone calls from their internet "telephony" services anywhere in the world, while not having to pay any long distance charges...I'm willing to bet T's REAL purpose in going cable is to preserve their long distance charges, and crush internet telephony so people will always have to pay long distance rates....I find this uncompetitive, I'm sure the FCC will too...in the long run it will be bad for T, and AOL will come out the winner.



To: Thomas W. Fox who wrote (15644)5/7/1999 1:05:00 PM
From: DOUG H  Respond to of 41369
 
Thanks for your observations, it's easy to get myopic when your staring at a screen watching minute by minute moves of a stock price. As we speak, companies like Broadcom/Conexant are developing high speed devices for cable and DSL alike. They don't give a damn who wins. The MASSES will decide who "wins".


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