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To: JayPC who wrote (15656)	5/7/1999 1:13:00 PM
From: Tom Tallant	Respond to of 41369

Jay, I tend to agree with you but am not completely convinced. This is not a regulatory issue but rather a consumer-voter issue so who know's what's possible. Regards, Tom

To: JayPC who wrote (15656)	5/7/1999 4:07:00 PM
From: Lee Martin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Jay, I keep hearing T complain that AOL wants a free ride on their network. Isn't T getting a free ride over the RBOC's line to my home? Now T is trying to bypass the RBOC's and provide local phone service (RBOC's turf) as well as long distance through cable. What's keeping the RBOC's from doing to T what T is doing to AOL. In other words, why can't they send a letter to T long distance customers saying "ATT long distance service will no longer be available as of ___ please select one of the following long distance providers. If the RBOCS could even threaten to do this, ATT would be brought to its knees. Their main revenue stream would be gone, and they would have no $ to continue upgrading their cable. I'm sure some gov't regulation prevents this, but we don't want any gov't regulation do we? OK, I'll agree to that. If gov't doesn't want to force T to open its cable then it shouldn't force the RBOCS to open their lines to T. Agreed? Regards,Lee