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To: im a survivor who wrote (15702)	5/7/1999 3:27:00 PM
From: Greg Keeler	Respond to of 41369

True, AOL offers content and ATHM bandwidth, but ATHM bought Excite, which offers content. My son's girlfriend has @home and it is great. BTW, supposedly adsl and @home are pretty much the same in terms of speed, etc. Don't have a link, but read a long article about it on Marketwatch a few days ago. The author got both systems installed to compare them & said, basically, that there was little difference.

To: im a survivor who wrote (15702)	5/7/1999 3:54:00 PM
From: robert duke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Well it does make me emotional, can't tell you otherwise. But I have to say I have been a holder of the stock, not buying and selling all the time. And I know that AOL is the nyse, Buy what is happening is those that have large volumes of share not the MM which is what I said are dumbing and causing a panic sell oof or a shake out. Then now at the bottom they are loading up. So I'm trying.

To: im a survivor who wrote (15702)	5/7/1999 3:57:00 PM
From: Steeny	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Specialists Vs MMs. There ARE people on the NYSE who run around picking up shares. They are specialists. They generally act on behalf of customers, but they can trade for themselves-the customer comes first though. They are required to make liquid markets in the stocks they cover. NASD MMs are not required to make markets unless they are under private contract by a firm i.e. AMTD. The MMs are less regulated than specialists. Otherwise, there is not a huge difference. When someone says, "MMs are picking up shares in AOL", they are only off base in terminology, not necessarily reality.