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To: J. Arzente who wrote (12564)	8/15/1999 9:14:00 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19700

excerpt from boston globe reading.... Free, strings freely attached AltaVista has jumped on the freebie bandwagon. The Internet search engine, created in the research department of Digital Equipment, is now the largest US company to offer free Net access to users willing to look at targeted ads and provide demographic information. AltaVista's move followed a wave of 'free' computer offers that generally involve subsidies in exchange for contracted Internet access. AltaVista, which is now owned by Compaq Computer, is being sold to CMGI, based in Andover. The free-ISP pitch fits CMGI CEO David Wetherell's aggressive style. Even if the plan loses money, and it could easily cost tens of millions of dollars annually, it could rapidly assemble an audience for AltaVista that could presage a profitable public stock sale. 'I question the economics. But Wetherell doesn't need economics for Wall Street,' said securities analyst Alan Braverman.