AOL Time Warner was forced to open its lines to EarthLink as a condition of its merger, and in 1995 Microsoft invested $1 billion in Comcast, which gives them a kind of "most favored nation" status with the cable operator.
New York rock station WNEW-FM 102.7 immediately suspended all programming and opened its lines to calls from listeners.
On 31 October 1838 it opened its line from Wigan to a station on the site of the present-day Preston Station.
The Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway had been proceeding with construction as fast as funds would allow, and on 23 August 1848 it opened its line between Gretna and Dumfries.
Two years later, in 1857, the European and North American Railway opened its line from Moncton to nearby Shediac; this was followed by a line from Moncton to Saint John opening in 1859.
Three months later, on 24 December 1868, the Met extended eastwards to a shared station at South Kensington and the District opened its line from there to Westminster, with other stations at Sloane Square, Victoria, St James's Park and Westminster Bridge (now Westminster).
He became president of the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania, which, on December 2, 1893, opened its line from Mill Hall to Bellefonte, crossing and connecting with the Nittany Valley about a mile east of Bellefonte.
On 24 December 1868, the District opened its line from South Kensington to Westminster, with stations at South Kensington, Sloane Square, Victoria, St. James's Park and Westminster Bridge (now Westminster), the Met extending eastwards from Brompton to a shared station at South Kensington on the same day.
Disney, parent of ABC, also suggested Time Warner be required to open its cable lines to competing Internet service providers.
Andrew Schwartzman, president of the Media Access Project, a nonprofit advocacy group, said more cities are taking a cue from Portland, Ore., which won approval in federal court last year to require AT&T to open its cable lines as part of its purchase of the cable company MediaOne Group.
