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To: FR1 who wrote (7699)	4/11/1999 5:03:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 29970

Franz, That was a brilliant rollup of the situation. Thanks. Frank Coluccio

To: FR1 who wrote (7699)	4/11/1999 5:03:00 PM
From: Erik T	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

Aol et al. want to bypass @home completely and just pay rent on the wires to the cable companies. My understanding of this situation is perhaps too simplistic. I thought any ATHM subscriber can sign-up for AOL's content for an additional $ 9.95 per month, and would be just one click away, after logging on through ATHM's start-up page. I think the battle is over that all-important "first page" the customer sees each day. The individual customer's Portal to the world's internet content. AOL wants to be able to bypass ATHM's start-up page and be the one who directs the customer to content/e-commerce sites/etc. Without being the start-up page, AOL is just another Yahoo! or Excite, yet AOL would charge customers for the right to view their content, unlike Yahoo! Erik (IMO)