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

To: Neal Hopper who wrote (10596)	7/12/1998 5:45:00 PM
From: Brian K Crawford	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

<< AOL's brand is only worth the value they can deliver to consumer. If Bell Atlantic can provide bigger pipes, pipes that can deliver more value. I observed this event unfold in prodigy. I am concerned >> ...and you seem to be fixated on your premise, too. AOL got out of the pipes business. They are an online community. They will buy content. They will provide web portal services. They will strike wholesale deals for access, like with Worldcom. Pipes will take care of themselves. BTW, this argument, or a variation of it, has been floating around here since AOL stock was in the 20's. Just my opinions, Brian