Internet Access

* Robert Hahn’s Nov. 29 commentary, “Let the Market Control Faster Access to the Internet,” reveals the specious arguments of those who insist that “open access” is the only way to prevent a cable monopoly of the Internet. Access to the Internet can be achieved by a number of means--cable, digital subscriber lines, satellite or traditional dial-up phone lines.

Proponents of open access--funded mainly by Baby Bells, GTE and America Online--know this full well; yet they cynically manipulate the public in order to slow down the cable competition until they can roll out their DSL. As Hahn points out, the phone companies have had this technology for years but didn’t implement it until broadband cable came on the market. Competition is alive and well on the Internet.

SAL MORALES

Altadena