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To: Sleeper who wrote (14322)	8/12/1999 11:49:00 PM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Yes.

To: Sleeper who wrote (14322)	8/13/1999 12:13:00 AM
From: E. Davies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Did you really mean to slight the masses, and reduce the egualitarian potential of the 'net to a potential toy for the rich and/or famous? The bottom line is that cable is the best thing going right now at less than exhorbitant rates. Its obvious really- not even a matter for discussion that @home should keep prices as high as they can to keep demand within their ability to provide a quality product. Who is going to pay extra for an inconsistent link that in peak loads is just as slow as dial-up? Do that and you are inferior to both dial-up and DSL which have the advantage of greater consistency. People hate inconsistency. Having to "share" bandwidth is @homes not-so-secret weakness. It will kill them unless they can keep capacity high enough and demand low enough to provide on balance a positive broadband experience. Most DSL links that are "consumer" grade dont have enough bandwith to do much more than surf the dial-up web a little faster. No life changing apps will appear for people with a 256k link. A reputation for quality and speed will serve @home well when open access hits. They need to stand out. Let AOL keep its reputation as the place where people who dont know what they are doing go. Eventually the cable infrastructure will be able to give a good QOS to everyone. Then and only then should @home be pumping up the demand. I'll bet even then they wont need AOL to do it. Eric