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Technology Stocks : America On-Line: will it survive ...? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve lipson who wrote (6497)	12/18/1997 11:37:00 AM
From: Tim Kenney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

Yes, Steve, and I am sure that once major cable companies and WebTV get fully involved in the fray, they will make it as difficult as possible to link up to their services. I am sure that when the ubiquitous cable guy comes to your house to hook up your service he will connect the cable line into the toaster.

To: steve lipson who wrote (6497)	12/18/1997 11:58:00 AM
From: Brent D. Beal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13594

So you're saying that that AOL's stock is selling at a p/e of 836 because the software is easy to load--glad to see AOL has come up with something for all the money they've spent. The fact is that if all AOL has is crappy service with software that's easy to load, they're in big trouble. As things standarize, others will easily be able to duplicate this ease of use--I've recommended Earthlink to several individuals new to the computer scene and only one has had a problem--he called customer support (and got through on the first call, unlike AOL) and had the problem fixed in 10 minutes. Based on AOL's ad revenues, the difference between a clean ISP (no ads) and something an annoying as AOL is about $2 a month. This implies that online advertising just isn't the goldmine that AOL thought is was.