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To: monsoon who wrote (420)	1/17/1999 6:14:00 PM
From: Albert Martin	Respond to of 571

OT To AOL Bashers, Interesting comment on AOL and cable connections wouldn't you think. Do you guys actually think they are going to let a $80 billion co. go down due to bandwidth??? Gimme a break!!! SI Inbox (72) \| Folders Bookmarks \| People Hot \| New Subjects Options \| Profile Portfolios: - [Create a WatchList of your favorite stocks! ] Talk : Web/Info : America On-Line (AOL) \| Previous \| Next \| Respond \| Earnings \| To: +SpongeBrain (2731 ) From: +J. P. Saturday, Jan 16 1999 9:06AM ET Reply # of 2832 I'm one of those sheep that recommend AOL! This is why, AOL has millions of users who have loyalty to the product, and they're adding more every day. They're not just an ISP, but they're sort of a community. I can hear you scoffing at this notion, but it is an incredible value added. A regular ISP is nothing more than a winsocket connection, what fun is that? The feature that I like most is the 'buddy list'. You can instantly communicate with friends and family that are on AOL. I use this feature constantly, and it saves me tons of phone calls. Plus it's an effective way to communicate. Even though I'm soon getting TCI @Home service, I'll still keep my AOL with a TCP/IP connection, which is like 9 or 10 bucks a month. And remember I'm a telecommunications software professional, so I'm no novice to technology, and I still love AOL. AOL will soon be ubiquitous and available with cable access and xDSL, if the information I'm reading is correct. I believe they'll use this leverage to exponentially increase not only their annuity streams of revenue from added subscribers, but their advertising revenues. I'm buying as much as I can with a several year horizon. Next Previous \| Previous \| Next \| Respond \| View 2 replies to this message Quotes - 100-Day Chart - News - Profile - Earnings - Discussion - Web/Info View SubjectMarks Bookmark this Subject America Online (NYSE: AOL) Date: Jan 15 Last Trade 146 1/2 Change + 2 0/0 (+1.38%) Bid 0.000 Ask 0.000 Volume 010,576,7000 Prev.Close 144 1/2 Open 146 00 Day Range 145 00 - 149 1/4 Last Tick 0-0 Avg.Volume 016,697,9000 52-week range: 22 49/64 - 167 00 Discussion \| People \| MetaCrawler Subject Titles Only Full-Text This Subject Only Send questions and feedback to webmistress@techstocks.com Terms of Use