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To: mact who wrote (28209)	8/4/1999 5:05:00 PM
From: im a survivor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

<<many of ur points are valid....but there is a potential that 5B in revenue could be gone suddenly(ie-monthly charges)...u cant make this up with advertising or anything else, its too much money...what they are doing right now doesnt concern me cause that has been factored into the price many months ago, i have to go by what the future looks like instead...i personally use aol right now but if some other isp provider were to offer me free service, i would leave, especially if the im boxes turn universal...if i would leave, im sure others would too...but if aol does offer broadband(they have dropped the ball bigtime so far IMO) service, they could receive a fee for this service so some of the potential losses could be recovered....but we'll have to wait and see. mact >> I hear ya....but look at it like this. If they do go to free isp's and we do lose all that revenue.....so will all the others isp's. Granted we are losing a larger chunk, but we are the biggest so that is only natural. My point is that whatever happens, it will effect all isp's and AOL is in the best position to take advantage of something like that. If we did move to free isp's...all these little pea's would vanish and the industry would consolidate to only the big can survive. Additionally....I hear what you say about switching, but for every one of you...there is also one like me. Somebody that is here to stay. I don't care who offers what...as long as aol remains reasonable, I will always be a customer. I currently have no kids and am not computer illiterate ( everybody says aol is for beginners...or folks with kids ). I love aol, and have no desire to switch. I don't use all the crap that makes it so popular either...IM's, chat rooms and etc....But I do love the service and think it is well worth the money. They have my account for as long as I am alive, and there are surely many more like me out there or aol wouldn't be where it is today. Good Luck KG

To: mact who wrote (28209)	8/4/1999 10:27:00 PM
From: Pruguy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

The definition of broadband is not cable, it is fast internet service. WAY to much focus on cable. Total cable subscribers is only 1mm. Total isp connections exceed 50mm. AOL has agreements with 4 baby bells which cover more of the US population than all of ATHM. They will get the cable deal soved someday, but AOL has not dropped the ball on broadband, in fact they have significantly better ability to penetrate the broadband market than athm or any one else