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IP: Unbundling..Unraveling AT&T/TCI Deal?
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:07:38 -0500
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:36:27 -0500 From: Craig Birkmaier <craig () pcube com> Sender: owner-opendtv () pcube com On November 9th, in response to the thread: RE: Move Over WebTV - here comes AOL TV Jim Burger provided some interesting analysis of a new battle that is brewing between Cable and Internet Portal services like AOL over access to their networks. Seems that the deal makers are still trying to figure out how to keep customers locked up via gatekeeper services... What would happen if the toll gates were torn down by the FCC? The following news story says volumes! Regards Craig AT&T says Internet unbundling jeopardizes TCI merger November 16, 1998 12:53pm< Reuters WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - AT&T Corp. on Monday said if regulators required the company to separate offerings of high-speed cable Internet access and Internet services its $48 billion merger with Tele-Communications Inc. would be "severely jeopardized." Long distance giant AT&T made the comment in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission as a reply to calls from online service providers, including America Online and MindSpring Enterprises Inc. and consumer groups for such a requirement. http://www.zdii.com/industry_list.asp?mode=news&doc_id=RTWAT0062903714&pic=Y _____________________________________________________________________ David Farber The Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunication Systems University of Pennsylvania Home Page: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~farber
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