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To: gpowell who wrote (24896)	8/23/2000 11:54:21 PM
From: oxman6	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

you seem to be an internet savy person. You are paying $22 per month just for the AOL LOOK?. you are on SI, I presumed through your browser. Is it Chat? you can do that with AOL free of charge using AOL.com and AOL instant messenger. quite frankly, your argument does not make sense. No offense intended.

To: gpowell who wrote (24896)	8/24/2000 9:58:47 AM
From: Michaelth1	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 29970

Tell me how AOL and ATHM are not complementary services. AOL is both an ISP and content provider. @Home is both an ISP and content provider (via Excite, even though we'd love to forget about it). When someone signs up for @Home, they almost inevitably disconnect their narrowband connection (AOL or otherwise). Is that complimentary? Not if you're the narrowband guy. I agree, as I said in my prior post, that some will keep their AOL content for $9.95. How is that complimentary to @Home since they are losing people from their Excite content? AOL will compete to keep subs from migrating. @Home will compete to drive its subs towards Excite and away from AOL. The simple fact that AOL and Excite can co-exist doesn't mean that they aren't competing. Can it be a win-win situation? I think so, but as one side wins more, the other will win less. I agree that we are seeing a conversion process of narrowband to broadband. AOL's job is to slow that process (at least until they rev up RR) and @Home's is to expedite it.