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To: FR1 who wrote (787)	11/28/1997 6:01:00 PM
From: Bob Zacks	Respond to of 29970

This sounds to good to be true. Judge for yourself. messages.yahoo.com@m2.yahoo.com ubj: @Home customerbase By: rcarsey Date: Nov 26 1997 7:06 A.M PST Reply To: Msg. 6 by bartll Last figure I heard, @Home had in excess of 60,000 customers I'm an @Home subscriber - the speed is uncomparable to ISDN

To: FR1 who wrote (787)	11/28/1997 8:54:00 PM
From: ahhaha	Respond to of 29970

I'm familiar with Frontpage. It's good, maybe, probably, the best site organizer around. I've written sites in its environment. I understand the concept. I was trying to interpret it within the cost constraints of certain givens like the @Work going minimum of $500/mo vs copper ISP alternatives.I was also implying that it doesn't make sense at $500 for smaller businesses. But your sliding scale $50 min idea is absolutely terrific. I was trying to back you into a corner, but you pulled the rabbit out of the hat. Even if initially it is somewhat of a loss leader strategy, you can get the positive margins by making available certain premium services priced by the slider. You also round up share, create a competition bar that is hard to match, introduce business to the concept cheaply, and reinforce @Home subscribership. The @Work division has not made clear their intentions. Maybe they are still trying to determine a focus as to what structure they want to benefit from the business angle. Apparently there's some meat because you probably read Rust Muirhead's post #785 this thread where it is mentioned that 300 businesses have signed up. They must know something of what they're getting. The prospectus has more than their site, but still vague.