Liberty Might Back DSL, AOL.
Multichannel News, May, 1999 by FARRELL, MIKE
NEW YORK -- As Liberty Media Group chairman John Malone looks around for investments, some might not necessarily be in cable's best interests. Flexing his financial independence with control of the AT&T Corp. subsidiary, Malone told investors at a conference here last week that his interests in interactivity and high-speed data might lead to deals with America Online Inc.
or digital-subscriber-line carriers. "Right now, [America Online is] on the outs with the AT&T guys, but we'd love to do something with them," Malone said. "I wouldn't be surprised if we could work out something in Internet TV with them." DSL -- a way to send data at high speeds over phone lines -- is inferior to cable, but it could also be worth a look-see, the former...
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