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To: Roger who wrote (25056)	7/7/1999 1:56:00 PM
From: Mr. Tomatohead	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

From an admittedly very small sample, I believe that cruising the net for an hour or two each evening is starting to replace watching sitcoms. For those folks, who I believe will number in the tens of millions within a year or so (even sooner ?), this argument about $40 or $30 or $50 being too much will sound a lot like the "who needs all those channels, what will they put on them ?" sort of thinking that made Ted Turner a few bucks. My uncle, an executive at Proctor & Gamble, expressed this very concern to me about a year ago, and their recent announcement about an increase in internet advertising reflects the writing on the wall. Wait till visions such as Paul Allen's wired world and others start to gel and you will see folks jumping for broadband in leaps and droves. Comcast can't begin to hire enough folks to install cable modems here in Sarasota. If people who live in this fantastic climate want skip golf and the beach to surf indoors, imagine what people in winter climates will want to do. IMHO

To: Roger who wrote (25056)	7/7/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: tang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Roger, I agree with your 2 cents thought exactly! There are people who is either (1) able to afford and willing to pay $40/month or (2) like to have the best even if it means an extra $20/$30/$40/$50/month disregard whether it is in his/her budget or not (3) regular people: people who does not attach to PC, who still watch TV, listen to radio, spend outdoor time, their kids use the internet mostly and they have a budget. Let's see which type of people is the great majority? Of course, the type (3) people. I may occationally curse a slow site to open up for me but am I going to pay extra $ to get a cable modem to conquer that? I don't think it is worthy of the cost. The day that a free PC with a 3 year contract of cable modem hook-up for $15.95 - $19.95 and it is not offered by AOL is the day I am out of AOL stock and buying GE/GM/MRK. How soon will that day arrive? I wish it comes 1/2 year before I am offered a retirement from AOL's stock!