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

To: John Patrick who wrote (9844)	5/6/1998 5:16:00 PM
From: Mike Harvey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

Yup.

To: John Patrick who wrote (9844)	5/6/1998 7:19:00 PM
From: RagnBull	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 13594

I've just skimmed through AOL's quarterly report and notice that the rate at which new members are being signed up has dropped sharply. New Members Enrolled ============================ Period Total Per Day Annualized 10/01/97 - 12/31/97 1,267,000 16,409 5,989,318 01/01/98 - 03/31/98 1,148,000 12,429 4,536,429 04/01/98 - 04/16/98 130,000 8,125 2,965,625 While an earlier posting indicates that the current quarter is AOL's slowest, it sure looks as if the daily sign-up rate is plummeting. I would also imagine that Compuserve will have difficulty maintaining, let alone increasing its membership, so AOL may be running into some growth problems. I wonder if any analysts will have noticed this sharp drop off?