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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (35119)	1/16/1999 12:54:00 AM
From: Randy Ellingson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

I think it will hold up best, too, because there's much talk about possible broadband cable access for AOL. I don't see why this is anything but a given at this stage. One can already access AOL via any TCPIP (BYOA). It certainly seems likely that AOL would want to lease high speed points of access so that customers will send the total payment directly to them. But could this work out the other way around? Such that the AOL account is included in the high-speed access, but the bill is sent to the access provider? That is essentially the model Yahoo has used when signing people up for MCI/Yahoo service (prior to the purchase of MCI's Internet business by Cable and Wireless). Slightly confusing what all the possible scenarios might include at this stage... Randy