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To: CGarcia who wrote (13395)	8/3/1999 12:24:00 PM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 29970

Besides, everyone knows when they have to deny a rumor of a merger, it's because they're really working on one. The way you know if its true....the stock moves two-three days with NO NEWS and then you go to check on it one morning and you see that it is suspended, pending news. That's how you know. I was kind of looking forward to Ya-Home!

To: CGarcia who wrote (13395)	8/3/1999 12:28:00 PM
From: Neal davidson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29970

"Besides, everyone knows when they have to deny a rumor of a merger, it's because they're really working on one." Your assertion is not true. A unilateral denial such as this has to be true. If a deal were to go through, shareholders who sold on the denial would sue.

To: CGarcia who wrote (13395)	8/3/1999 1:35:00 PM
From: yihsuen	Respond to of 29970

Yahoo deal is somewhat difficult to achieve. Open access issues are still pending for one. Secondly, ATHM is a real gem for the cable companies, so why let the control goes to YHOO? If T's original plan were just to make pipe available to for every ISP to share, then T definitely paid too much for TCI and MediaOne – the cost would be too hard to recoup. T and Comcast are fighting hard in Portland and Broward County for that reason. What Armstrong is aiming for is the future glory of the broadband, which has hardly been visualized yet. Trace back to the previous news release of ATHM, there are so many events in the pipeline coming, patience is the key. If ATHM sold for $17 billion, a lot of folks would be heartbroken because the price they paid for ATHM shares is much higher than that. That also makes T a small member in the YHOO board, what about COX and the rest of cable companies? The only thing matter to T is to be the Ma Bell again, though T will never admit it.