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To: Ron Dior who wrote (10274)	6/4/1999 4:09:00 PM
From: Killian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Great point about DSL's Ron! There's much more to it than meets the street!:^) It will be interesting to say the least! Keep in mind we haven't heard from Armstrong yet! Kevin

To: Ron Dior who wrote (10274)	6/4/1999 4:11:00 PM
From: Surprise	Respond to of 29970

I wonder if this one decision about one city will result in some kind of compromise beneficial to both sides. AOL was completely locked out but now may have some cards to play with.

To: Ron Dior who wrote (10274)	6/4/1999 5:02:00 PM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Ron Dior .. ATHM A couple of thoughts .. I'm a TV subscriber of Cablevision of CTs or CVC .. one of the corporate owners of ATHM .. CVC just spent a-bajillion $$$ to upgrade the old co-axial cable to fiber-optics so they could offer high speed i-net access to people like me via ATHM .. If CVC must make its cable plant available to alternate service providers other than ATHM ie SOFN, HSAC, WGAT, or allow any ISP to re-sell ATHM services ie AOL, ELNK, MSPG .. what happens at the head-end to house competing service providers equipment and who compensates the cable companies for the investments already made in upgrading the net works if they are eventually going to be declared common carriers with mandated open access ?? One thing is for certain .. the lawyers will get richer and the little guy gets screwed by having to wait for this process to drag through the courts Watch ATHM's future subscriber growth rates .. Right or wrong Wall St. always sells first and asks questions later .. Jim in CT ..

To: Ron Dior who wrote (10274)	6/4/1999 6:39:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 29970

Ron, "This could also hurt DSL services across the country. Not as cut and dry as investors think." If multiple, large ISPs gained access to the black cable, the way things stand today, and given the lack of further incentives on T's part for reasons stemming from same, then DSL's would indeed become even more attractive than they are now. Ask any user who has already been bottlenecked on their HFC during HFC's early stages which has been characterized by only light usage by a single provider. We've not seen anything yet that even remotely resembles the level of congestion that I'm talking about, here. Sure, jurists and antagonists can demand what they want. Let them show you how to get it accomplished without the necessary engineering and savvy, each costing mega bucks to acquire. That's a different story. This one is really going to be a hoot. Typical Internet-craze mentality foo foo. Regards, Frank Coluccio