Bill Patterson on Sun, 2 Dec 2001 14:50:21 +0100


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[PLUG] @home


Art wrote:
"It is also bizarre that the report is the bankruptcy is caused by the cable
   franchisees not paying @home enough, but at the same time, it is reported
   that @home is a "partnership" of (i.e. owned by) the cable company
   franchisees???"

Check out
http://www.techlawjournal.com/courts/gtevatt/Default.htm
which refers to an anti-trust case in which it is said that "GTE's Internet
subsidiaries sue AT&T's cable subsidiary, TCI, as well as cable company
Comcast, and ISP, At Home, alleging that bundling
high speed cable data transport with ISP service is a violation of Sherman
Antitrust Act."


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