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To: steve host who wrote (12537)	4/23/1999 8:02:00 PM
From: CGarcia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

...and if you believe that...I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you! hahah...For one thing...Cable won't be the way to go for fast speed on the net...too many drawbacks..slow in reaching homes...shared connections lowers net speed...forget that...I just got my DSL connection today and was told AOL will be offering DSL connections soon...this is a goldmine...I won't sell for 5 yrs...I invested $30,000 in AOL, and in 5 yrs will walk away a millionaire...peace and good luck to all!

To: steve host who wrote (12537)	4/23/1999 10:04:00 PM
From: Dennis J Baltz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Steve I think your opinion assumes AOL won't have access to Broadband Cable. They have the assets to buy ATHM or another Broadband Cable company but a more reasonable future projection will be for Congress to legislate Broadband Cable companies the same way they legislate telephone long distance. Time Warner has a monopoly where I live and there are many other across the country. Congress does not like monopolies and will most likely force Broadband Cable companies to go the way of long distance companies. My county's telephone monopoly is GTE, but I am not forced to use GTE long distance. I can switch between any long distance company I want over GTE monopoly lines.