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

To: Brian K Crawford who wrote (10590)	7/11/1998 11:41:00 PM
From: Neal Hopper	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

Brian,, <<Maybe I a missing your point....but AOL offers "bring your own access" at $9.95 per month. Once you are on the web, you link up to AOL via TCP/IP.>> It's a matter of time before analog service will be dead. High speed access is around the corner. I.E. cable modems or xDSL. In may AOL sign an agreement with GTE internetworking for ADSL , but that plan calls for AOL to be provided ADSL access from the ILEC. Currently the FCC is host hearing to define what the Telecom Act of 96 mean to the RBOCs. One of the issues Bell Atlantic is bring to the table is locking out competition for a period of time. On top of that AOL had contacted At Home about linking to their high speed cable network. At Home told AOL to "go home". My concern is if Bell Atlantic and other ILECs choose to hold the line on DSL access where would that leave AOL???