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To: jeremic who wrote (1548)	5/14/1999 10:48:00 AM
From: D. Newberry	Respond to of 5853

Jeremic, << In the early days of the cable vs. xDSL debates (circa 1996) there was also the issue of security being a problem with cable, i'm not sure of any developments on this front- also to get symmetrical transmission for cable modems an additional coax line has to be run into the home/business, which is going to be expensive and time consuming-i agree both technologies will have their niche, but xdsl has some advantages if only the rbocs had an incentive to get off their monopolistic asses-fwiw jeremic>> Actually, two way transmission can be handled by a single coax. The problem is that original cable placement was one way only, so repeaters, fiber into the neighborhood, and other enhancements are needed to make the system two way. T has a big investment ahead of them. I absolutely agree with the need for the RBOCs to get moving. If they don't get very aggressive, they will lose the future. It would seem to me, that both AOL and the RBOCs would have an incentive to get together. AOL is getting locked out of cable, and the RBOCs need AOLs marketing abilities to get this all moving. Should be interesting. Regards,