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To: E. Davies who wrote (24732)8/17/2000 12:09:35 AM
From: E. Davies  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 29970
 
In my vision @home is the premier internet service in the entire world

Let me amend that.

In my vision @home is the premier provider of the primary source of communication, information and entertainment in the entire world. Thinking big enough for ya?

On the other hand I feel that if it is true that self-install is not feasable I'd say @home will always rank in the world of ISP's not far above where Excite ranks in the world of portals. A well known name- but not the name.

Does anyone else remember how they said there would be an exponential ramp in subscriber rate in early 2000? Then it was mid 2000. Now it's late 2000. Some may even remember back to the days when they thought they'd be able to self install right from the start.

Yes- I'm nervous. Maybe you all are right and it simply cant be done.

Eric



To: E. Davies who wrote (24732)8/17/2000 12:24:57 AM
From: Orcastraiter  Respond to of 29970
 
Nice data. Thanks for the effort.

I'll second that emotion gpowell!

Orca



To: E. Davies who wrote (24732)8/17/2000 1:03:47 AM
From: gpowell  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 29970
 
You do understand of course that a critical part of why AOL has been able to grow at an exponential pace is because they have a trivially simple self install process.

Do you think AOL's growth looks exponential? AOL's growth can best be described by simply combining two constant rates with 1 smooth transition between the two. AOL's growth has been approximately linear for 22 quarters. Now that is impressive, given their churn rate.

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