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Technology Stocks : AUTOHOME, Inc -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ron Dior who wrote (18422)	1/5/2000 2:01:00 PM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

The company says: A key component to our FreeDSL? service is our private labeled FreeDSL? Browser Assistant, a small navigational bar displayed on our users' computer screens while they are online. The FreeDSL? Browser Assistant can be positioned to any location on the computer screen, but cannot be closed and must remain visible on the desktop as long as our users are connected through our FreeDSL? service. This enables advertisers and marketers to deliver messages to our users the entire time they are online. FreeDSL? users must provide basic demographic and geographic information, and may be asked in the future for more detailed personal information. This information enables us to provide our advertising and marketing partners with a ?nameless? and generic profile, which they can use to customize the information delivered within our FreeDSL? Browser Assistant window. By default it can't be secure.

To: Ron Dior who wrote (18422)	1/5/2000 4:29:00 PM
From: Educator	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Hi Ron- Thanks for the free DSL link. I quickly went over the site and noticed a couple of things worth mentioning. First, they will sell you to everyone and his brothers and sisters. Talk about having no privacy. For this service, you will pay a price. I'm not interested in having my phone number sold to everyone on the globe. They clearly point out that they reserve the right to do this in the fine print. Also, I noticed this in their disclaimer: "BDG members may incur telephone charges on their phone bill, depending on their location and calling plan. You must check with your phone company to see if any local toll charges will be incurred for the selected access number." I guess this is just like AOL and other ISPs. If they are not in your community, you will pay to access. The question is, where are they? That fine print is worth checking out. Other than that, it is surely interesting. We will know more after April. It is good to see you back and posting, my friend. Ed