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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (3728)	5/19/1999 5:34:00 AM
From: lml	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

MikeM: To respond to your inquiry regarding my reference to co-axial plant -- no typo. The reference to co-axial was taken from an e-mail I rec'd from a PacBell engineer with whom I maintain continual contact. It was rec'd the day after T announced it proposed acquisition of UMG & was in response to my inquiry how the telecos planned to respond to the obvious threat to their core business. I was surprised (just as you are to my post) to see the term "co-axial" in his response. I can only take it to mean that, longer term, the telecos are serious in deploying viable technology & compatible plant that will deliver video, data & voice over the same pipe in the most cost effective manner. I presume there may be some economic value to the telecos in deploying co-axial plant v. fiber that leverages their existing copper infrastructure. I'm sure the industry folks here could provide some comment.