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To: VFD who wrote (4788)	7/18/1999 11:14:00 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 11568

Another communications company in the fund's top 10 is MCI Worldcom. Ms. Sullivan especially likes the company's fast expansion in data transmission, Internet and international business services. She said those segments have been growing at 60 percent a year as the company concentrates on giving corporate customers a wide range of "end-to-end telecom services." When Ms. Sullivan took over the fund, it had a small holding of Worldcom stock, then trading in the mid-$20s. She gradually built up the position. With a big boost from the acquisition of MCI Communications, MCI Worldcom revenues grew to $17.67 billion in 1998 from $7.35 billion in 1997. The stock is now at $90.125, more than double its 52-week low of $39.

To: VFD who wrote (4788)	7/18/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11568

EarthLink to sell high-speed Internet access with MCI WorldCom By Aimee Picchi BLOOMBERG NEWS EarthLink Network Inc., the No. 4 U.S. Internet service, will sell high-speed Internet service using MCI WorldCom Inc.'s phone network, making it the first Internet provider to offer the service nationwide. EarthLink's high-speed Internet access service, which uses so-called digital subscriber lines, or DSL, will be tested in the fall. It plans to offer DSL service, which it expects will cost $40 to $60 a month, in major cities by the end of the year. EarthLink's plan for national DSL service puts it ahead of rivals such as America Online Inc. and MindSpring Enterprises Inc., which currently have alliances with phone companies to offer the service in just a few regions of the U.S. EarthLink is betting that DSL service will be more popular than competing high-speed Internet service that runs over cable-television lines, such as that sold by Excite At Home Corp. "Logic would say that of course they will sign up tons of subscribers, but we don't really know the demand for DSL," said Youssef Squali, an analyst at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., who rates EarthLink a "buy." DSL subscribers should increase to more than 4 million by 2003 from 25,000 in 1998, according to estimates from the Yankee Group, a technology research company. America Online, the No. 1 online service provider, has paired with Bell Atlantic Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. to offer DSL in some states. EarthLink fell 1 3/4 to 63 5/8 in midmorning trading.