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11-30-2001, 02:22 PM
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@Home
Breaking News
Excite May Disconnect Tonight A U.S. federal bankruptcy judge ruled Friday that bankrupt service provider Excite@Home can cease service at midnight, as requested by creditors. Story to come. (From PC World) |
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11-30-2001, 02:23 PM
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Better start dustin' off the ol' 56Ks...
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11-30-2001, 02:25 PM
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No Refunds Issued.
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www.excite.com is going down ?
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11-30-2001, 02:28 PM
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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 |
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11-30-2001, 02:31 PM
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11-30-2001, 02:34 PM
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Man, I'm glad I left AT&T when I did... woohoo!!
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11-30-2001, 02:39 PM
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Man, i'm on DSL, but that would sure suck ass for all those cable modem user. Shit. I dont think it will happen though.
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11-30-2001, 02:44 PM
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Would be a great day to own a dsl company.
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11-30-2001, 02:49 PM
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11-30-2001, 02:54 PM
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"Carlson said arguments by the cable companies that millions of Excite users would have their Internet access shut-down were not persuasive, saying he was confident that the cable companies and Excite would come up with
new arrangements to continue Internet service without interruption." -http://www.msnbc.com/news/665584.asp?0cm=c20&cp1=1#BODY |
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11-30-2001, 02:57 PM
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Wouldn't count on it though... not if they're still losing 6 mil a week... If AT&T can't pull this out of their ass, who the hell is gonna?
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11-30-2001, 03:05 PM
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bitchslapping zebras!!!!!
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AT&T is refusing to be held hostage as they call it --
can't say as I blame them -- |
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11-30-2001, 03:44 PM
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So if they were to shut down at midnight I guess if everyone spammed the shit out of the internet they couldn't get in shit for it?
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11-30-2001, 03:54 PM
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Get Bell Sympatico High Speed Edition. @home or what it's known as now @rogers is crapola.
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11-30-2001, 04:08 PM
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My cable provider whom switched over to @Home a year or so ago, went off their network two weeks ago because of the quality of service -- lack thereof. Still can't say I'm happy, because when my provider wasn't on @Home, they still sucked quite a bit.
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11-30-2001, 04:44 PM
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this could suck pretty bad. I found out I can't get DSL where I live so it looks like I
ll be going back to the ole 56K modem. . . it will take me forever to get anything done at that speed  |
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11-30-2001, 04:47 PM
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I prefer to use modems :-) it's a good exercise in patience!
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11-30-2001, 04:56 PM
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11-30-2001, 05:16 PM
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Does this mean every @home connection might be shut down? Or just excite@home? I'm on mediacom@home can someone clear this up for me.
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11-30-2001, 05:23 PM
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Hmm,...Good question, I know I am on excite@home but It's not too bad, there is two internet connections here, one cable and one dsl so I'll have internet regardless.
But since excite@home is about to cease, I have started to spam the shit out of the newsgroups. I guess they can't boot me off there service since they are just about to not have one themsleves. *************************** Phuk.Org Dialer Cash Upto .75 Per Minute http://www.phuk.org/ *************************** |
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11-30-2001, 05:25 PM
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11-30-2001, 05:45 PM
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hmm does this affect all @home customers? even cox@home ? or is excite@home different?
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11-30-2001, 05:51 PM
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@Home Users = Watchin' more TV shortly.
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11-30-2001, 06:12 PM
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kmanrox,
It looks like you would be included. Here is something from the article on it: The ruling affects many of the nation's largest cable companies, including AT&T (T: Research, Estimates), Comcast Corp. (CMCSK: Research, Estimates) and Cox Communications Inc. (COX: Research, Estimates), that sell Internet access through @Home's network. So you might be on the list. I got a letter from AT&T telling me that they may be able to switch me to a different network and I would still have a connection. Hopefully all goes well. |
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11-30-2001, 07:07 PM
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All @home connections would be gone.
The credits say they're losing more money every day. I'm concerned about the traffic decrease |
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11-30-2001, 10:22 PM
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12-01-2001, 12:32 AM
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This goes against my capitalist instincts but I think that 4 million high speed internet connections getting toasted deserves an intervention by the president to get these people to sit down at a table.
They did it for the railroads... The market will probably be screwed on Monday if these 4 million connections, including my own, go down. Think about it, likely that a vast majority of these 4mil are the most influential people doing business on the net. Not to mention, say goodbye to lots of online ordering before Xmas... Anyone think I'm nuts?! lol Brad SinTalk.com |
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