No.... worse. The provider of high speed to millions...
The brewing conflict over the bankrupt ExciteAtHome's broadband network is best described as a daring game of chicken between corporate interests -- with the possible victims being not the corporations themselves but their millions of cable-modem subscribers.
Although experts say the odds are against it, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in San Francisco could rule Friday that ExciteAtHome (ATHM) must shut down its network, leaving its 3.7 million cable-modem subscribers without their beloved high-speed connections.
If Judge Thomas Carlson does this, it would be at the behest of ExciteAtHome's creditors, who say that the shutdown threat will force AT&T (T)-- ExciteAtHome's largest shareholder -- to pay much more than what it recently offered for ExciteAtHome's network. The creditors contend that the $307 million that AT&T suggested is too paltry a sum, and it won't cover the millions they're owed by ExciteAtHome.
~ Wired News