Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!geovision!gd From: gd@geovision.gvc.com (Gord Deinstadt) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Future of Computing and Electronic Media Message-ID: <1428@geovision.gvc.com> Date: 22 Feb 91 18:55:16 GMT References: <6996@bgsu-stu.UUCP> <9102170346.AA13798@world.std.com> Organization: GeoVision Corp., Ottawa, Ontario Lines: 16 bzs@WORLD.STD.COM (Barry Shein) writes: >There has been a buzz in the air for a very few years now that the >local telephone companies have been investigating the feasibility of >resorbing cable-tv wire plants with their own fiber-optic meshes. For what it's worth, the CRTC (Canadian TV and telephone regulator) has stated that telephone and cable are bound to merge, and has started a loooong process of hearings to decide what to do, ie. hand it over to the telcos, hand it over to the cablecos, or something else. If they are true to their current philosophy the Commissioners will go for a "duopoly", ie. let the local telephone company and the local cable company compete with each other, but with noone else allowed to play. -- Gord Deinstadt gdeinstadt@geovision.UUCP Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com