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To: Bridge Player who wrote (23302)	6/20/1999 7:08:00 PM
From: Ed Forrest	Respond to of 41369

BP I think AOL will wait for the best technology to emerge and either merge or buy it.Then it will be the stand alone force it strives to be. Ed

To: Bridge Player who wrote (23302)	6/20/1999 7:19:00 PM
From: Vendit™	Respond to of 41369

BP Re: The question, though poorly phrased, was simple: can AOL begin DSL service on their own, without phone company investment? I assume as always I have a head full of cobwebs but I am compelled to ask a couple of non pointed questions regarding your question to Ed. Is there any ISP that can launch DSL without a phone company investment in your opinion? DSL is copper related by physics and application. As far as AOL having to make a monetary investment, in my mind this is highly debatable. AOL use to pay it's e-commerce companies to link their sited on the AOL URL. Now because of AOL's user base there is a monthly back log of over a billion dollars worth of e-commerce players eagerly wanting to pay AOL for the privilege to be linked to AOL's URL. I believe most if not all of the baby bell deals between them and AOL have been stuck as a partnering agreement. Not a monetary one as such. Feel free to educate me if you think I have misunderstood your question. Vendit