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To: MIKE REDDERT who wrote (21682)	5/2/2000 8:32:00 PM
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More focus on infrastructure... another shoe drops... keep 'em coming... don't particularly like that "Excite-branded @Home 2000". Why mar a winner with a losers brand ? ** Excite@Home Appoints Executive Vice-Presidents for Consumer and Commercial Broadband Divisions Byron Smith and Mark O'Leary to Lead Efforts to Drive Broadband Deployment and Subscriber Acquisition** Updated 9:05 AM ET May 2, 2000 Current quotes (delayed 20 mins.) ATHM 17 5/8 -1 13/16 (-9.32%) REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Excite@Home (NASDAQ:ATHM) today named Byron Smith to Executive Vice-President, Consumer Broadband Services and Chief Marketing Officer; and Mark O'Leary to Executive Vice-President, Excite@Home Business Solutions. Both roles will report directly to George Bell, President and CEO, Excite@Home, and work with the International division to drive broadband deployment and subscriber acquisition for the residential and commercial markets worldwide. Smith and O'Leary were both promoted from within Excite@Home. (Photo: newscom.com ) ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT WITH COMPANY GROWTH STRATEGY The organization is aligning around its growth strategy, its International investments and leveraging a single network infrastructure to provide both consumer and commercial services. The new organization alignment builds upon steps taken in Q1, 2000 that include bringing long-term clarity about cable partner relationships, refocusing on growth, endorsing a multi-platform broadband strategy through DSL deployment as well as cable and launching an Excite-branded @Home 2000 service. The two divisions, along with the recently expanded International division, will work together to deploy broadband services for residential and commercial use worldwide. Excite@Home will also continue leverage its unique asset, its broadband platform, to expand its business and revenue models.