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

To: rhet0ric who wrote (8821)	3/14/1998 11:44:00 PM
From: Jason Cogan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13594

rhet0ric: Your discussion with Steve has been quite interesting. I generally agree with you that AOL is fighting a losing battle against a more open, less proprietary network (ie. the WWW.) As for the technological issues, what's to stop AOL from rerouting their traffic through many rather than one location? How expensive do you estimate it would be to redesign their network? Also, does the MCI/WCOM relationship seem puzzling to anyone else but me? Isn't AOL now beholden to a competitor for the very connections that are it's lifeblood? What exactly does the AOL's contract for access with WCOM stipulate? How is it structured? Is there any way we can get a look at it? Any insight into these questions is much appreciated. Regards, Jason Cogan