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Technology Stocks : America On-Line: will it survive ...?

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To: MSB who wrote (1015)1/10/1997 11:38:00 PM
From: Todd Daniels   of 13594
 
>are there any that are publicly traded as a pure play? I ask because
>my ISP, ipa.net, recently bought out another ISP, Intelinet(sp?).

I think that Mindspring (MSPG) is now the only main NASDAQ traded *consumer* ISP.

>with any consolidation among a particular group, revenues rise and
>the stock price rises with it.

Don't bet on that with ISPs. MSPG acquired PSI's 100,000 consumer subs, and about 30,000 of those of 6-8 smaller ISPs. Revenue growth
is great. Profit and stock price just the opposite.
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