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Technology Stocks : America On-Line (AOL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Chung Lee who wrote (30442)	9/7/1999 7:36:00 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Yes Chung, you and I can but my 10 year old cannot. Besides, the AOL content is quite a bit and it is not available and packaged in the same manner as NetZero, AltaVista etc. Yes I use AOL to access the Internet from my home. However do I really need to access it at home when I have free T1 access from my office where I spend 10 hours a day? But my children cannot access the T1 lines even if they were computer savvy. So the famous saying, "You get what you pay for. You pay nothing you get nothing"

To: Chung Lee who wrote (30442)	9/7/1999 8:06:00 PM
From: John Carpenter	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 41369

Millions of young people are hooked on AOL's chat rooms. Their friends and buddies are there and the web of friends just keeps increasing. To these young people, the AOL content is far more valuable than anything else on the net. Most of these pre-teens and teens would give up almost anything but their AOL. The $21.95 per month is an inconsequential fee for the enjoyment they get from the service. These chatrooms with their buddy lists have locked them in. It makes the price and content of other providers virtually irrelevant and meaningless. This is one reason why after several years, MSFT, with all its financial resources, has been unable to catch up.