[NTLUG:Discuss] directlink.net (ex)-users

[Steve]

Kenneth Loafman wrote:

> As to the rumor that @home is going under, its the Excite portal that's
> losing money.  Worst case is that AT&T will take over the transmission
> side and maybe up the prices a bit.  Don't know how they could justify
> it though if you compare against the bandwidth required for cable TV and
> its costs.


AT&T has stated that they won't let the service just flame out. I'm not 
sure if this means "not flame out for a really long time but maybe for a 
short while" or "no interrupted service until we figure out what to do 
with it." I don't know if AT&T really wants the actual @home cable modem 
service; I would think that they'd prefer to rent that out to somebody else.

@Home has a large customer base, and their whoe service system (well, I 
guess AT&T's network now...) is built out and tested. That's going to be 
attractive to a lot of buyers who're basically circling above waiting 
for the Ch. 11 reorg to start with a cleaner slate.

Steve (who just signed up recently)