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To: Harry Larson who wrote (9130)	3/30/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: rhet0ric	Read Replies (2) of 13594

presto, AOL is a big business ISP. Businesses are converting to TCP/IP. The main AOL network is not TCP/IP. AOL can sell daytime space on its modem racks to access the Internet, but that would be separate from the rest of the AOL network. And, as you point out, AOL doesn't run its physical network any more, so I don't see how they can do that (although the companies that do own the modems and network can, and do, resell the service). If AOL is expecting business customers to go through their regular network, they're in for a tough sell. For instance, all AOL-to-Internet traffic goes through proxy servers. This means business sites that use IP addresses for security filtering will reject them. Businesses that need good security will not sign up for AOL. Performance is another issue. AOL is whatever it says it is today. If you're saying that AOL is masterful at PR and marketing, you're right. But if the difference between the marketing and the reality becomes too great, the reality will start to take over. rhet0ric

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