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To: rhet0ric who wrote (9133)3/30/1998 4:48:00 PM
From: jack rand  Respond to of 13594
 
<(although the companies that do own the modems and network can, and do, resell the service)>

Yeah. Like WorldCom/UUnet.

us.uu.net

Looks pretty damn competitive to me.
Highest price for remote access starts at $1.40/hour for 50 33.6K hours. And that's for small-medium business. Big biz gets much lower negotiated rates. Like the WSJ said, AOL bought the ORCL deal; which by the way, simply gives ORCL employees OPTION of accessing via AOL, not a requirement.



To: rhet0ric who wrote (9133)3/30/1998 4:52:00 PM
From: Peter Church  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 13594
 
Thanks for your perspectives on reality.

As a non-techie, I am trying to understand the problems you see with AOL's system. Awhile back someone mentioned a Business Week article. Was that article titled "Portal combat comes to the net"? Are there any other good reads about the technical limits of AOL's services compared to the WEB?

Thanks---Peter


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