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To: purecntry5 who wrote (8165)	2/23/1998 11:35:00 PM
From: Larry J.	Respond to of 13594

FWIW, Tokyo is down 1.55% @ midday, and HK is sharply lower in early Tuesday trading (1.47%). Could tomorrow be the day that AOL trades lower? Nah, we are talking about AOL here, the stock that only goes up. I'll keep hoping for that AOL outage, revelation that the Iraq deal was not a good one, prospects for higher interest rates, Clinton nailed for Lewinsky perjury, and, well you get the idea. This short business is not for me. Its kind of sick actually as you find yourself hoping for bad news! I'm to the point I'd like to see my ASND go down in a sell-off if it means it takes this son of a bi*** with it. Larry

To: purecntry5 who wrote (8165)	2/23/1998 11:39:00 PM
From: Craig Richards	Respond to of 13594

I read an article in the Boston Globe this evening about Tritium networks tritium.net. It's going to be offering free internet access in Boston as well as other major cities. The only catch is that you'll have to be running their application which puts ads on the bottom of your screen. The internet has changed a lot in the last few years, and further changes will be happening. These estimates for 1999 have a lot of risk built into them, as no one really knows what the internet access business will look like in a few years from now. Here's a quote from the article: (http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe/globehtml/054/Cincinnati_firm_to_offer_free_e_mai.htm ) Besides, Lee says his firm has already lined up alliances with major organizations boasting millions of members. Lee wouldn't identify the organizations, but said they would soon begin advertising Tritium Network service to their members. Lee said that he expects to have a million users signed up by autumn. If they can really get a million members by autumn, I'd imagine that would affect AOL's growth and retention rates, not to mention the pressure it would put on keeping AOL's prices low.

To: purecntry5 who wrote (8165)	2/24/1998 2:33:00 AM
From: Jacky AY	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13594

Confirmed. However, I expect that AOL will go up another 5 pts tomorrow regardless. This puppy just never goes down! biz.yahoo.com America Online service shut down Mon. night NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) - America Online Inc's subscriber service was shut down Monday night by an electrical problem, which the company said had a wider impact on the service than a wave of electronic-mail problems last fall. AOL spokeswoman Tricia Primrose told Reuters an electrical problem shut down the entire online service at 9:15 p.m. E.S.T., and customers were able to log onto the service again at 11:45 p.m. Electronic-mail, however, was still not available as of 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday. ''This is the first time something like this has happened in well over a year,'' Primrose said, noting that the company's much-publicised spate of electronic-mail problems last fall did not affect customers seeking AOL's content, chat, and other services. AOL did not know early Tuesday what caused the electrical problem, or when electronic-mail would be available.