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To: Yikes who wrote (8842)	3/16/1998 9:57:00 PM
From: Brian K Crawford	Read Replies (1) of 13594

Sam said: "So now its broadband technology the bears are latching on to as the next enemy. I'm telling everyone on this thread now - broadband is not the enemy. AOL will leverage its position and use broadband to its advantage." Yikes replied: "You better explain this. Because very few of today's broadband clients use AOL. How will AOL leverage its position against non-customers?!" Brian offers: Let me offer a one person survey. I am a long time user of AOL...Prodigy before that. Have an ISP thru work that I never use. All my access these days is thru Cable Modem...I have zero desire to drop AOL. Big bandwidth moves your bottleneck from the copper to the server. Period. Gains in speed are definitely noticeable on big file downloads. But only moderately better on web page downloads. Meanwhile, content and community (feuds and all) is what most of us seem to be out here for. And big bandwidth doesn't make much difference for now. Maybe will someday, as new content is developed that is designed to capitalize on the big pipes. Maybe. Someday. Yikes...where did you get your data regarding broadband users use or non-use of AOL? Brian

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