Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : AT&T -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mark Palmberg who wrote (2707)	7/26/1999 12:30:00 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4298

Mark, >>>AOL wants open access only so they stand a better chance of duping another couple million users into thinking that "AOL" and "Internet" are synonymous.<<< I don't think AOL is as concerned with getting new customers as they are with losing the customer base they have. A lot of people will want to get Internet via cable - including AOL's present customers. After an AOL customer switches to cable and has to pick-up Excite@home - why would they want to keep AOL also? It's true that AOL has a lot of their own proprietary content to use in enticing their customers to stay with them - yet AOL still has a pretty tough row to hoe here. I think there is so much content available on the web now and so much more in the future that AOL's proprietary stuff could become viewed as nice but not needed any more by their old customers. Jeff