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To: Scrapps who wrote (5769)	3/17/1999 3:48:00 PM
From: Daniel G. DeBusschere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9236

<<AOL is exclusive to @Home only by terms of the agreement between the two>> I am not sure what you mean by this. AOL (i.e. American OnLine) is a competitor of @Home and I do not believe there is any business relationship between the two parties. AT&T/TCI will control the cable plant and they have been given the right to exclude any ISP that wants to use the cable for providing Internet Services to their clients. It so happens that AT&T/TCI owns a big piece of @Home and it so happens that AT&T/TCI has decided that @Home will be the initial exclusive provider of Internet Services. This means that if you sign up for AT&T/TCI cable internet, then you get @Home for your ISP. You can also pay for another ISP account and access that account via AT&T/TCI via the net; however, you are paying for two ISPs. AOL's biggest threat to its subscriber base is that it does not have a broadband access capability. Since they cannot cut a deal with AT&T/TCI that makes economic sense, they are partnering with the RBOCs to get xDSL connections.