IQ News: AOL, CompuServe, Won't Merge on Digital Highway

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Last week’s news that America Online plans to buy the online service CompuServe set off widespread fears that the two services would eventually be combined. But industry watchers threw cold water on that notion, citing the vastly different markets for the two online services.
“Those [CompuServe] members won’t be treated differently than in the past,” said Kate Delhagen, senior analyst at Forrester Research. “In time AOL may pitch them the AOL brand [as an additional service].



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