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To: E. Graphs who wrote (15857)	10/5/1999 11:49:00 AM
From: Solid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Eric, I heard an interesting radio note yesterday on CBS out of NYC. They said that many of these net 'alliances' to enhance business, of which AOL boasts to have so many, often run for limited periods of time so as not to bind parties to quickly outdated technologies or companies that fail to keep cutting edge. Further, they said some of these 'alliances' run for as short a time frame as weeks, rather than months, short release clauses built into the deals, etc. In addition, remember that these are limited agreements to join forces for a while, NOT mergers or takeovers. So, for all those toting AOL's superior contracts and content capability, I see that as a leaky argument once the roll out for cable BB gets more wide spread. So current narrowband is big now, it won't last indefinitely and the players will jump ship to the guys who have the road to travel on. Also, imho, open access can be at least partially/temporarily resolved IF the FCC and the builders of it hold the line and don't waiver. If they acquiesce- to the short term socialist banter- what a mess. Hey that's kindda catchy could be their slogan! s