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Microsoft to Offer High-Speed Internet Access, Revamp Web Site.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2000 by Pham, Alex
Aug. 31--SAN FRANCISCO--Making another run at America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp. today is announcing that it will begin offering high-speed Internet access in the fall, coupled with a makeover of its MSN online portal.
The project, dubbed "MSN 2001" within the company, is aimed squarely at luring Web surfers away from AOL.
"We are going to leapfrog AOL," said Mike Nichols, MSN's product manager. "We think we have a product that is superior to AOL."
AOL, the nation's largest Internet service provider, has more than 23 million users. MSN has just 3 million, despite having been in existence since 1995.
MSN is also targeting an estimated 14 million first-time Web users who are expected to sign up for Internet access over the next 12...
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