21.   But the product also allows people to drop the American Online subscription service entirely and still keep chatting with their friends.

22.   But the long-awaited subscription services will enter an online world where the free music swapping they are meant to counteract is at record levels.

23.   But the subscription services will enter an online world where the free music swapping they are meant to counteract is at record levels.

24.   Called wireless cable by the industry, MMDS is a subscription service similar to cable TV that is offered over the air.

25.   Compuserve, for example, is developing a low-cost Internet access service that will be an alternative to its regular subscription service.

26.   Consumers who pay for subscription TV services in the U.K. buy them either from the cable companies or from BSkyB.

27.   Consumers who buy subscription TV services in the U.K. must buy them either from the cable companies or from BSkyB.

28.   Could it even be Napster itself, once the company launches a new subscription service?

29.   Earlier this week Sony and Universal Music announced plans to launch a joint music download subscription service.

30.   Eight years ago, the popular Dallas sports columnist Skip Bayless went solo with a fax-based subscription service.