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entity.
The deal works like this:
1) WorldCom buys CompuServe for $1.2 billion in stock
2) WorldCom splits off the online service business from the network
infrastructure business at CompuServe
3) AOL sells ANS (its network infrastructure division) to WoldCom in
exchange for $175 million in cash plus the online service portion of the
CompuServe business
4) AOL signs a five-year contract with WorldCom for network services (i.e.
those which used to be provided by ANS and the network infrastructure part
of CompuServe).
Net Effects: H&R Block is rid of CompuServe.  AOL owns CompuServe's
subscribers and is out of the business of deploying modems and routers.
WorldCom owns the networks built by AOL and CompuServe and sells network
services to AOL.  The big get bigger.
Anybody else wondering how Prodigy is faring with their recent
sale/outsource of their network infrastructure?
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Questo è il testo della lettera arrivata nella mia mailbox mercoledì
10/9.
(inizio)
Dear member
CompuServe Corporation (and its owners, H&R Block Inc) Monday
announced
that they have entered into an agreement with WorldCom Inc under which
WorldCom will acquire CompuServe.  In a separate agreement, WorldCom
is
selling CompuServe's online businesses to America Online (AOL), and it
in
turn is making arrangements with AOL Bertelsmann Online Europe (the
company run by AOL and the German media group Bertelsmann) to operate
the
CompuServe Online Service in Europe.
CompuServe's efforts to deliver relevant content that meets its
members
needs has won the clear admiration of AOL's management. AOL is equally
passionate about creating a service for all consumers that's easy to
use,
useful, fun and affordable, and recognises CompuServe's pioneering
role
in developing the interactive medium.
In bringing the two companies together in Europe, AOL Bertelsmann
share
our excitement about future plans. Indeed AOL Bertelsmann has pledged
to
invest further sums in developing better content and better access for
CompuServe. The transaction, expected to complete within six months,
will
undoubtedly accelerate the development of the online industry in
Europe.
CompuServe and AOL Bertelsmann are pleased about the many ways in
which
we can add further value to our services.  CompuServe's strengths in
the
business and professionally-oriented market and AOL's strengths on the
consumer and entertainment side will ensure that  our members will get
the very best content available online, using the best technology.  
CompuServe will continue to operate as a separate brand, and its
business
strategy will remain focused on meeting the needs of the professional
consumer at work and at home.  You can, of course, continue to use
your
existing software and network to access the CompuServe services.  
Amid all the excitement of the moment, there are some very real
opportunities for new products and enhancements to the CompuServe
service.  Please stay tuned - the best is yet to come!
Sincerely,
Jerry Roest
Vice President, Europe
Bertrand Usunier
General Manager France
(fine)
AOL è  un servizio che si rivolge all'utenza domestica, con milioni di
iscritti in USA (penso siano 9milioni). Compuserve invece si rivolge
ad una clientela che ha bisogno di avere maggiori garanzie di
affidabilità (liberi professionisti, aziende).
Tutti gli iscritti a CS, oltre all'eterna spocchiosità con cui
guardano gli iscritti di AOL, sono seriamente preoccupati dal livello
del servizio che AOL riuscirà a garantire (AOL ha grosse difficoltà a
causa del numero dei suoi clienti, linee occupare, velocità di
trasferimento, ecc.). Pare che molti abbiano già disdetto
l'abbonamento a CS.
Ciao Fabio
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