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To: Jim TenIron who wrote (26744)	12/9/2000 12:59:10 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

Most cons have been related to speed, with one friend saying he was thinking of switching to a DSL service. Most operating systems are not optimized for a broadband connection. Your friends need to make some speed tweaks in order to get the advertised speed out of @Home. Also they will need to turn off their proxy server, the proxy servers slow everything down. I have DSL at work and I can testify that it isn't faster than a tweaked @Home connection. In fact, its a great deal slower. As more DSL connections get rolled out from the central office where you have your connection it will get slower and slower because once your dedicated line hits the DSLAM you are sharing the connection with everyone else on that DSLAM. The DSL providers are assuming that net traffic will be bursty, so they are going to over-subscribe those lines, especially the cheap consumer service because it is the only way they can make any money at all.

To: Jim TenIron who wrote (26744)	12/9/2000 1:39:58 PM
From: Larry S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

I have used RR for 2 years now and i would kill for it. Dial up modems are like outhouses after you've had cable modem. (have not experienced DSL). It is unlikely that AOL will become the front end or default home page for RR after the merger. AOL is great for ease of use and access from any location. But is primarily a paid subscription service. I still have AOL but pay $9.95 a month, and only because it is a convenient way to chat with some friends. You just don't need a browser home page with cable modem. I have Yahoo financial for my home page. There are just too many great free sites if you already have internet access to bother with AOL's funky pages. IT is possible, that in the grand plan of AOL, they will try to vastly increase non-subscriber traffic to their AOL sites. and get greater advertising revenue and percentage of sales. A bit OT, but i think that the combo of AOL/TWX will create one of the great media/internet companies and one of the largest and most successful US companies. larry