Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!telecom-request From: bulick@comanche.uswest.com (Stephen Bulick) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Cable TV Companies Enter the Telephone Business Message-ID: Date: 3 Mar 91 00:13:49 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 19 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 175, Message 2 of 13 I read in the Business Section of the {New York Times} for 3/1/91 that the FCC is allowing cable television companies to test what seems to be a microcellular telephone system as a prelude for entry into the local exchange carrier business. As soon as I saw the headline ("Cable TV in Phone Challenge -- F.C.C. Allows Test Of Local Networks In a Number of Cities") I wondered whether this meant that telcos would now be able to argue more effectively for an entry into the cable TV business. In fact, the article mentions this possibility without drawing any conclusions. This seems like an issue for discussion in this forum. I'd like to start the thread and see what discussion ensues -- there are a lot of thoughtful, well-informed posters in this forum. I can't wait to hear what Donald E. Kimberlin has to say about this, for example. I always read his stuff with great interest. Steve Bulick U S WEST Advanced Technologies bulick@uswest.com