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To: chalu2 who wrote (5020)	2/13/1999 1:55:00 PM
From: MaryinRed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Look at it this way... "market expansion"....getting more people to be aware of "online" is always a plus for the leader.... different services for different folks....and besides....AOL can always buy them...if they get too frisky... smile....Mary

To: chalu2 who wrote (5020)	2/13/1999 1:58:00 PM
From: HECTOR RUBERT	Respond to of 41369

I agree. Besides I don't see any fund managers taking any positions with Prodigy any time soon. AOL is on everybody's books and managers want AOL to grow their funds' annual return. The only people banging the table for Prodigy are: Prodigy and ....AOL SHORTS!!! I'm long for the next 4 splits. Hector

To: chalu2 who wrote (5020)	2/13/1999 8:43:00 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 41369

Lately, Prodigy has started to come out with their ads containing mention af AOL. In my opinion, doing so is a tacit acknowledgement by Prodigy that AOL is the leader. Prodigy ads also display very prominently that their monthly rates are very low, some 9 and odd dollars. I do not think that in this business, low rates mean anything. The other day, some TV analyst was mentioning that AOL owns some million telephone lines. If Prodigy owns a comparable amount of phone lines to assure a connection to its users at all times, then surely they cannot charge the ridiculously low monthly fees. I would not worry much about Prodigy. Instead, I would be curious to know what is AOL management's view of where Cyber community is headed towards and what they are doing to meet that. Wireless cable access, DSL, e-commerce, e-ballot (since they have 16 million users and counting) etc. etc. Chinmoy