Date: 12/16/1999 9:55 PM Subject: Proposed Regulation FD SEC, As an individual investor I strongly approve of the proposed rule change. I have been a long term buy and hold investor for 10 years and find it unfair that analysts or brokers should be given access to information before the owners. Now that the internet has leveled the information delivery system it seems that it is time to correct this oversight. If the analysts continue to have access to early information then I may need to modify my strategy and respond to the second-hand information that they release. Paul Heilman pheilman@smarttouch.com