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To: lml who wrote (4057)	6/6/1999 4:33:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

"It's a hands-down win," Portland City Commissioner Erik Sten said......Sten said he would be disappointed if the company[AT&T] chose to abandon Portland residents but that other alternatives, including a high-speed Internet solution from local phone companies and various wireless alternatives, would fill the breach." Hellooooo. Earth to Sten. Incumbents (ILECs) won't deploy five year old DSL technology either. And for the exact same reasons AT&T might NOW pull out of Portland. As I said, consumers generally don't understand the legal battles and apparently a city commissioner, in his mis-guided glee, doesn't either. This is a big bucks game and so far, Armstrong is the only big player to step up to the plate with the resources to change the landscape. MikeM(From Florida)