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To: Sjp who wrote (1377)	6/18/1998 1:07:00 AM
From: Raptech	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4298

T is showing some amazing stability in the recently volatile market swings. This indicates to me that investors have high expectations for a major deal to keep T among the telcom leaders. I am a big T supporter, but It appears a little embarrassing if T actually did make the offer for AOL and was immediately rebuked. One would think that Armstrong would have been able to make some confidential contact without going public. AOL is overpriced as it is without T paying a big premium. While they are shopping why doesn't T make an effort to improve and expand Worldnet. They really haven't made it more attractive or initiated much improvement since it originated. T should have ben able to convert more of their long distance customers to Worldnet. And they are no longer price competitive unless you are a long distance customer. Acquiring AOL may not have been the easy solution that it appears to be on the surface. Rap

To: Sjp who wrote (1377)	6/19/1998 8:19:00 PM
From: George the Greek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4298

re: "AT&T could do so much more." Amen to that. How could the NCR acquisition been botched so badly? Why did AT&T have to spin LU in order for it to go stratospheric? Just a telecom veteran here, too. Not without my own funny mix of wonderment, disgust, amusement, bewilderment, cynicism, amazement, interest, emotion and bias about some of the things that have happened and happen in businesses, including T... Ah, that felt good :-) Which is not to say that I am pessimistic about AT&T being able to reinvent itself. But show me!