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To: Sly_ who wrote (36643)	1/8/2000 4:00:00 AM
From: country bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

mornin', y'all!

To: Sly_ who wrote (36643)	1/9/2000 7:25:00 AM
From: Educator	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

"Sounds like this guy has no worries with FREE ISP." That was an interesting post, Sly. I am not sure I agree with all he said. More and more free ISPs are popping up. I have never used them, but some say they're not too bad. Sure...you have to put up with annoying windows, but don't you have that now with AOL? AOL is doing many things well. I think that is great that they have the 60 or so percent of their revenue coming from advertisers. AOL will have to rely more and more on revenue from ads. I believe the day is coming (maybe soon) when they will have to reduce subscriber fees...maybe even to zero. Last week, FREE DSL was offered for the first time. It will make its debut in April. That will turn people's heads! I decided to sign up for the heck of it. I wanted to check it out and see how it compares to my cable. I currently pay $39.95 for cable broadband. I expect that to come down in the future. @Home management has even commented that they expect prices to fall. All of this will force AOL to become more competitive. They do have great content, but I'm not sure that will be enough. More than anything, I feel AOL needs the speed. A deal with cable would really place them in a terrific position. Ed