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To: Teflon who wrote (214)	2/20/1999 4:19:00 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

AOL's servers decide to connect me at 30k!!!!! 3COM offers a free phone line check to see what your line can give you. My phone line goes though a couple of links that make it impossible to run at more than 28.8, no matter what is at each end. You might also be stuck. Now that I am on COX, no problem. I am really unhappy that my monopoly cable provider can force me to pay for @home, instead of allowing me a choice, but it looks like this is being upheld by the government. This is going to be a major problem for AOL, and a good lock for ATHM. You have to pay ATHM for their portal before you can use anyone else's, if you use a cable connection. This will make ATHM the "Gorilla" of the cable connections, because they have it sewn up.

To: Teflon who wrote (214)	2/20/1999 4:23:00 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

>>AOL is a Gorilla for many reasons, but the main one is the reason that Uncle Frank's Grandmother looks to it to introduce her to the internet. Two corrections, Teflon: Violet, aged 81 1/2 and a newbie Internet Surfer, is my mom, not my grandmother. imo, AOL is not a Gorilla (yet). Frank

To: Teflon who wrote (214)	2/20/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: KY	Respond to of 54805

Teflon, I have come to know AOL extremelly well over the last few months (since they own a good chunk of the company I work for). It is unbelievable how much leverage they have with every vendor/marketer on the web. They continue to make deals SO FAR IN THEIR FAVOR it's ridiculous. I think they will continue to do this in order to cover as many bases as they can in the shortest period of time so that they can indeed excecute their "AOL Anywhere" strategy. One advantage AOL has: These guys know the customer and are excellent marketers.