herewith a few sentences from an AP story: Regulators are likely to examine the deal to see if such dominance would squeeze out rivals and drive up prices. But several analysts said they expect the deal to clear that hurdle, because there are roughly 4,000 other Internet access providers. ``They'll be a formidable competitor with a tremendous amount of market clout,'' said Rebecca Wetzel, a consultant with TeleChoice Inc., based in Verona, N.J. ``But there are plenty of other choices out there.'' ---------------- by saying there is nothing to worry about because there are 4,000 other internet access providers, the analysts betray their abysmal ignorance!!! I have a very unpleasant feeling that Sidgemore would like to be king of the internet. And that he likely doesn't know the internet well enough to realize that it rejects would be kings. If I were an ISP, I'd pay plenty of attention to David Holubs post of relevant people at DoJ to who to express your concerns. ************************************************************************ The COOK Report on Internet For subsc. pricing & more than 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA ten megabytes of free material (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) visit http://cookreport.com/ Internet: cook@cookreport.com New Special Report: Internet Governance at the Crossroads ($175) http://cookreport.com/inetgov.shtml ************************************************************************