61.   As part of the FTC agreement, Time Warner promised to compete fairly with other cable companies.

62.   As long as the satellite services offer an alternative to cable, it is hard to see why cable programmers will become any more cooperative with the cable companies.

63.   As satellite signs up customers, how important is it that they have the full National Football League package and cable companies do not?

64.   As the cable companies complete the upgrade of their systems, they will begin offering local phone service, and Sprint is entitled to a slice of that revenue.

65.   As the number of cable companies shrinks, making cable access deals could get tougher for EarthLink.

66.   At Home currently splits revenues from its Internet service with cable companies that provide the wires and the modems.

67.   At least seven cable companies have filed with the PUC to enter the local telephone market in California.

68.   At the moment many cable companies distribute only television channels through their networks.

69.   At that time, broadcasters won the right to negotiate with cable companies for some kind of compensation.

70.   At the same time, cable companies are expected to plunge huge investments in their systems to prepare for the so-called information highway.