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Technology Stocks : America On-Line (AOL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SOROS who wrote (769)	1/1/1999 6:46:00 PM
From: RocketMan	Respond to of 41369

Freewwweb will be a threat to AOL after AOL signs up another 50M subscribers and the internet become old hat to newbies, who then look for value rather than simplicity. At that point, AOL's business model will have to shift to international sales, to advertising-based revenues, and to AOL Anywhere technology. And if they don't make that shift, I will be invested elsewhere. Oh, don't worry about cable for a few years. They are only signing up 5% of current cable customers, and still have to compete with DSL, with evening high-use bottlenecks, and with regulation. But as far as saving money, I might try freewwweb myself.

To: SOROS who wrote (769)	1/1/1999 8:26:00 PM
From: Andy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

<<<<< but 90% of the people that are on AOL that I have spoken to, complain about their product. They are apparently using AOL simply because they feel they are not "technical" enough to use another provider. They think AOL is so much simpler. >>>>>> SOROS; I started with AOL because it was the easiest and I am technologically challanged, but I stay with AOL because my teenager loves her "buddy list" and the service is GREAT by me too. JMO, Andy Richter

To: SOROS who wrote (769)	1/3/1999 5:34:00 AM
From: R. Bond	Respond to of 41369

Re: free service. I have just opened accounts with Freeserve - completely free, but it sets your browser up to go to their homepage (changeable) and puts a small directory in your Email browser; and Cable and Wireless's 'free' service which requires an initial 10 Stl. fee here in London. They both work fine. I have yet to receive a reasonable explanation from my previous provider, Demon, as to why they want to charge me money each month. Must be for the glossy mag and free, groovy software CD they send out each month. Essential stuff, clearly. Cheers, Bond