21.   Although no company acknowledges discussions, it is generally assumed that all the larger cable companies are in touch constantly.

22.   Also, such a policy might affect intended sales of cable companies.

23.   America Online and other Internet service providers are lobbying the FCC and local governments to force the cable companies to open their systems to them.

24.   Among cable companies, MediaOne is the furthest along in building the advanced infrastructure necessary to carry voice, data, and video over the same wire.

25.   Among her top money makers were convertible preferred shares in Cox Communications, a cable company.

26.   Analysts said full commercialization will have to wait several years, until cable companies replace their existing wires with two-way digital communications networks.

27.   Among the most burdensome requirement for cable companies is having to carry almost all local broadcast signals in a market.

28.   And cable companies that distribute the signal were unable to rein in the culprits to a significant extent.

29.   An additional part of the settlement requires the cable company to stop charging customers an additional outlet fee.

30.   And although only AOL Time Warner will be bound by the rules, market pressures could conceivably prompt other cable companies to adopt similar guidelines.