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To: Thomas J. Smith who wrote (31169)	9/20/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: George Schulte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Tom Who is saying AOL is going to give internet service for free maybe since I have been gone I missed this anouncment I will agree the stock is dead in the water I asked myself today who would be selling AOL at 82.00 but just perhaps who ever is they are not so dumb after all Some of us may have wished we sold at this level but I cannot beleive a company like aol is washed up so I will continue to buy more on lower prices any thoughts? George Schulte

To: Thomas J. Smith who wrote (31169)	9/20/1999 6:50:00 PM
From: CGarcia	Respond to of 41369

"18 million times 21 dollars per month times 12 months in a year equals 4.5 billion in losses due to the pressures of being forced to give internet access for free. Within 6 months AOL is expected to announce this." Is this the same time when MSFT will announce that Windows 2000 will be given away for free? I can't wait!

To: Thomas J. Smith who wrote (31169)	9/21/1999 9:26:00 AM
From: J Krnjeu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Mr. Thomas J. Smith, 18,000,000 subscribers................................. 18 million times 21 dollars per month times 12 months in a year equals 4.5 billion in losses due to the pressures of being forced to give internet access for free. Within 6 months AOL is expected to announce this. The first conf. call that posts no gain in subscribers (the next one) or a decrease, will force this issue. THE PIG IS BACK. Ok, say AOL does give away its service for free. At that point it can stop providing ISP services. That means they lose about 4 dollars per user or around $72,000,000 in net income. They still will have the highest ad dollar income compare to Yahoo or any other net. How many of their customers leave and how many new ones do they gain? I see them losing a small percentage of customer and gaining a great deal more because now they are not charging for access to AOL. Overall, I see this being a win win situation for AOL. As far as the pig comment THE PIG IS BACK. will that speaks for itself. Thank You JK