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To: Gary Korn who wrote (34078)	2/9/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: Dee Jay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

give some thought to what may happen if one or more majors DON'T follow AOL; will they backtrack? And there are enough locals or regionals that could see this as an opportunity to take business away from AOL by trumpeting NO RATE INCREASE HERE! Remember back to the days when an airline would tentatively announce new, higher fares but someone wouldn't go along and the higher fare was rescinded - could easily happen here in the quest for market share. IMHO Dee Jay

To: Gary Korn who wrote (34078)	2/9/1998 4:45:00 PM
From: FUZFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

Gary "Importantly: What would be the nationwide revenue impact of a $2/user revenue increase? That would be a helpful piece of information (to assess what funds might be available for capital purchases)" From my post #33939 yesterday, the study puts the number of online users to approach 70 mil by mid 1998. If all the service providers were free to increase rates by $2/mo that injects $2 x 70mil = $140 mil/mo x 12 = $1.68 bil of revenue into the coffers yearly. Part of the ensuing added profit will likely be used for additional equipment, but I cannot comment on how much. Anyone else? Regards, Fuzfo