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To: Bridge Player who wrote (16079)	5/9/1999 4:49:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 41369

<< Also, anyone using the free online service from those small local companies? I have dozens of friends who are quiting AOL and begin to use those free services...>> People will not stay with this. One gets what they pay for. Let's see broadband as a free service. Glenn

To: Bridge Player who wrote (16079)	5/9/1999 5:17:00 PM
From: Pruguy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Free service has proven it is not a threat....this concept has been around for a long time and has not had any measurable impact on AOL's growth....It is either not having any impact at all or it is so small it cannot be measured.......In either case it is not a threat to earnings.....By the way, membership as a percent of revenues has gone down every quarter for well over a year.....not because the growth in membership revenues are anything less than amazing, but because they are deriving revenue from multiple areas. Very nice try but that is not a likely senario to cause a hiccup in earnings over the next 3 quarters......My challenge is still open and unmet