Federal Communications Commission
Cable Services Bureau
Public Forum, 
CS Docket No. 99-251

February 4, 2000


Please be prepared to address the following issues concerning the proposed merger of 
AT&T Corp. and MediaOne Group, Inc.


BENEFITS

1. Will the merger speed the deployment of local telephone competition?

? Post-merger, what is the timetable for rollout of local telephony services?
? Within the timetable, identify cities/local markets that will be served and the 
projected number of residential and business customers that will be served. 

2. Could AT&T and MediaOne achieve the benefits that they claim the merger will 
produce without the merger?

? Specifically, quantify, compare and explain the projected cost savings/synergies 
and opportunities to create new value, post-merger, with the synergies and 
opportunities without the merger. Address each line of business:  local telephone 
service; broadband access service; and video service

3. Could the promised benefits be achieved through joint venture or other business 
arrangements, other than the merger?

? Quantify and explain the increased risks and costs of undertaking a joint venture 
or other business arrangement.

VIDEO

1. Will the merger adversely affect competition in the market for video programming 
services?

? Identify markets where AT&T has market power.  Provide supporting quantitative 
evidence.

2. Address AT&T's request for an 18-month waiver to permit it to comply with the 
Commission's horizontal ownership rules.  Are the interim safeguards AT&T 
proposes adequate to protect the video programming market from competitive harms 
caused by AT&T's post-merger horizontal reach?

BROADBAND

1. Explain and provide quantitative and qualitative evidence of how the merger gives 
AT&T market power, if any, in the provision of broadband access and in the IP 
content market?

2. Will the merger stifle competition in the broadband access market and the IP content 
market?

? Specifically, will the merger impair the viability of alternative broadband 
technologies such as DSL?

3. Will a competitive broadband access market maintain the openness that has 
characterized the Internet?