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To: vinh pham who wrote (11959)	7/1/1999 2:58:00 AM
From: E. Davies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

AT&T would never open up the pipe for $5 per. It was more than a little unclear but he was making up a hypothetical future, not talking about a real headline. However, what he proposed is exactly what @home should do. Give anyone who wants to use another ISP for e-mail etc $5 off the bill. But only once they are not so overwhelmed with demand that they get customers no matter what they do. The benefit is clear: You sign up all those customers that are too lazy (or afraid) to change their e-mail address while you get them hooked on speed. Eventually many will drop the old isp. It also serves to blunt all the "open access" whiners. Its a winning deal all around if they ever get to the point where they can install customers faster than they can sign them up. Eric