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

To: Steve Robinett who wrote (11472)	10/15/1998 9:13:00 PM
From: jack rand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13594

>>My only point was that even if e-commerce partners fall by the >>wayside, at least for the immediate future, be no lack of >>new customers who think AOL's 12.5 million subscribers will give >>them instant success and who will consequently fill any holes left >>by unsuccessful advertisers. 1) But at what price? AOL sold those slots to highest bidder. And I'm not so sure that departures/failures will keep as many panting to pay up. 2) Rate of announcements of deals has slowed very noticeably over past 3-5 months. Especially noteworthy because Jul-Sep is when a lot of buying normally is done for X-Mas.