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News.Com AOL Time Warner will open cable lines to ISPs
"AOL Time Warner is committed to offer consumers a choice among multiple ISPs," the memo read. "Consumers will not be required to purchase service from an ISP that is affiliated with AOL Time Warner in order to enjoy broadband Internet service over AOL Time Warner cable systems."

"The memo also opened the door for outside ISPs to sell AOL Time Warner's broadband access to consumers. Furthermore, AOL Time Warner will not block ISPs from streaming video data over its network. "

"Despite the outline issued today by the companies, many questions remain unanswered, Forrester's Kasrel said. The memo did not provide any specific details on how AOL Time Warner will form relationships with outside ISPs that want access to its cable network. "

Wired Open Access Downed by Hatch
"A cynic could question whether, not unlike vaporware, the promises presented in this document will ever materialize in the marketplace," he said. "Indeed, the first paragraph of this promotional document makes clear it is neither binding on the parties, nor is it definitive."

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Washington Post AOL Ends Lobbying for Open Access
"For more than a year, America Online, the nation's most favored on-ramp to the Internet, led a pitched battle in statehouses and city halls around the country, mobilizing lobbyists and proposing rules to force cable television companies to share their links into homes with rivals.

Without such rules, AOL warned, cable operators offering high-speed Internet access could seize control of the gateway to the global computer network. The free nature of the Web was at risk.

Then, last month, AOL essentially became a cable company: It agreed to buy Time Warner, securing a route into 20 million homes via the company's cable links. Now, AOL has pulled back from its "open access" crusade."

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