Six months ago, as courts were pondering the fate of who had the right to use cable lines for online access, we followed suit.

In a battle in which we pitted America Online <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: AOL)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: AOL)") end if %> against Excite@Home <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: ATHM)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: ATHM)") end if %> we took a closer look at the way open access would play out. Louis Corrigan (TMF Seymor) and Bill Barker (TMF Max) explored the possibilities.

While we're in no position to hand out a victory here -- yet -- our Voting Fools did side with Bill this time.

Revisit our Open Access Duel.

Dueling Fools Standings                  
Selena Maranjian (TMF Selena)       1-0
David Marino-Nachison (TMF Braden)  1-0
Bill Barker (TMF Max)               7-3
Voting Fools                       41-20
Yi-Hsin Chang (TMF Puck)            6-3
Chris Rugaber (TMF RFK)             7-4
Guest Duelists                     16-12
Jeff Fischer (TMF Jeff)             3-3
Paul Larson (TMF Parlay)           10-13
Rick Munarriz (TMF Edible)          8-11
Warren Gump (TMF Gump)              2-3
David Forrest (TMF Bogey)           2-5
Brian Graney (TMF Panic)            0-1
Matt Richey (TMF Verve)             0-1

 Dueling Fools