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From: sg04@GTE.COM (Steven Gutfreund)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.multi-media
Subject: Re: fiber-optic lines at home, when?
Summary: fiber-optic home
Message-ID: <7620@bunny.GTE.COM>
Date: 10 Oct 89 20:52:08 GMT
References: <610@winnie.fit.edu>
Organization: GTE Laboratories, Waltham MA
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GTE is currently conducting an experiment in Cerritos CA. They have wired
up several houses in the community (some with cable some with optic) and
is exploring the delivery of video services (e.g. demand video, video
conferencing, etc). The original development of the system was done
here at GTE Labs. 

We had to get special clearance from the FCC and local PUC to compete
in the video marketplace. (yes, compete is the correct term - on a bullitin
board here there are pictures of Cerritos video rental stores, and a sign
that remarks that there future is limited after video on demand arrives).

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Yechezkal Shimon Gutfreund		 		  sgutfreund@gte.com
GTE Laboratories, Waltham MA			    harvard!bunny!sgutfreund
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