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To: Steve Robinett who wrote (32115)	10/2/1999 9:27:00 PM
From: Pruguy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Pardon me? You're suggesting that AOL already has the network in place so adding hundreds of thousands of customers won't force them to expand that network. What, AOL has a lot of unused capacity sitting around? I don't think so. I didn't make up my comments, they come from Bob Pittman. He said this in each of the last 2 quarterly CC's. If you believe I am hearing him wrong, and you want to check it out for yourself, just listen to the CC's. They are doing it for market share, establishing a slightly different brand for business users and hoping the customers stay longer than 36 months. A "business" brand attracts a different kind of advertiser than AOL attracts. Again Steve, I have to disagree with you. When AOL bought Compuserve, it appealed to a different user than the typical AOL subscriber. AOL has been very clear that they are repositioning compuserve as their value brand, this is not a business brand.