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To: Kashish King who wrote (229)	10/5/1996 10:41:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	of 13594

ML is one of my brokers and I'd say the latter. BTW, The Netly News has a good article, "Is AOL Really the Internet" pathfinder.com@@JSRUUAUAOisVuhX8/Netly/daily/961002.html They conclude AOL is not the Internet, it's a whole lot less. Many analysts have opined that AOL has made a grave error inviting comparison with AOL's Death Star, the Net. The Net is their COMPETITION! Saying they are the Internet is akin to a buggy maker saying buggies are the automobile. More AOL (non)credibility - Remember the phantom profits? - How about the bogus Internet test? Toward the end of the article, Netly reporter attends AOL roadshow and finds more AOL deception concerning a demontration of AOL browser and Net access: "But it did seem faster than usual. Indeed, it seemed so much faster than the old, non-Internet AOL browser that I ducked back into the PR trailer to log on and check out some AOL web pages. "How fast is this connection?" I asked AOL's demonstrator. "I don't know," he complained sullenly. Something funny was going on here. "How fast is this connection?" I asked the PR manager. "It's TCP/IP," she said. "But how fast is it?" "I'll need to check." "We finally found our answer through a webmaster who had attended the Denver AOL pitstop. While visiting the demo trailer, he'd tracked down their network operator. And the mystery was solved: The trailer's 25 computers had been hooked up via ISDN to a real service provider -- it wasn't AOL." Apparently AOL reps engaged in misrepresentation if not prevarication. Such a trustworthy crowd. Well, at least they found real Internet access! Instruction given to all. Does any sentient person believe their hype? Regards

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