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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (4456)	7/5/1999 4:47:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Ray, you failed to mention the demographic scrapings that AOL enjoys when they monitor and filter who reads what, whose interests lie where, who is buying what, where they live, inferred gender preferences, etc. I know you don't need me to help you along on this, just adding my two cents. BTW, anyone keeping score? We have, thus far, One for Religion One for BBS One for ISP One for Network Gateway Provider, and now, One for OMRO - Online Marketing Research Operator Frank

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (4456)	7/5/1999 5:23:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Because to most serious netheads, a gateway = a router. Indeed. So maybe it should be "Network Chokehold Provider", but I worry that's a bit too true to stick. When I suggested "gateway", I was thinking of a statement by Case several months ago in which, as I recall (but can't find the article now) he accused @home and AT&T of trying to become a "gateway to the internet". AOLs gateway acts as a collar, a filter, a restrictor and a limiter on the access of any one user. Superbly stated. That's the point I tried unsuccessfully to make with "gateway", but you're right that it's not the right word. What neutral word could be used to describe the kind of control that AOL uniquely seeks to impose over the user's experience of the internet?