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Comments on news posted 2002-01-03 09:28:51: According to this Infoworld article, AOLTW continues to file additional requests for approval in an effort to sign up at least three nonaffiliated ISPs in each area it operates cable networks, a condition that the FTC placed on last year's merger. ..
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  icp1Premium
join:2000-10-13
Saint Louis, MO | Oh wow, such big companies! Well, Until they agree to let a national ISP like MSN (like that would ever happen) use their connections, then this is all trying to get the least competitive small companies they can get to satisfy their merger conditions.
Granted I don't live in those areas, so don't know how large they are, but they are all local/regional at best. | |
| |  nc1165
join:2001-04-10
Delray Beach, FL | Re: Oh wow, such big companies! said by icp1:
Well, Until they agree to let a national ISP like MSN (like that would ever happen) use their connections, then this is all trying to get the least competitive small companies they can get to satisfy their merger conditions.
Granted I don't live in those areas, so don't know how large they are, but they are all local/regional at best.
The exception being Earthlink.
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If my enemy cuts me, I will drown him in my own blood. | |
| | icp1Premium
join:2000-10-13
Saint Louis, MO | true, but as the article states, that agreement was in place before any of the merger... | |
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| | More importantly They are only choosing to have competiton in cities that they have the largest customer base in. Time Warner currently charges up to $85/month for cable modems in Farmington Hill, MI. Allowing a competing ISP would mean people could get satellite for TV saving them over 20% a month and cable modems for $40/month. Time Warner can survive like that in their bigger cities, but not in clusters of just 4 suburbs. There overhead is way too high. This is why "Open Access" is a fraud. | |
| | nc1165
join:2001-04-10
Delray Beach, FL | Re: More importantly According to ABC news and Good Morning America, it wouldn't kill Detroit to get out from behind that PC monitor and take a walk:
"Among "fat cities," Houston ranks No. 1, followed by Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Dallas, according to results released this morning on Good Morning America."
I wonder if there is a direct link between broadband internet users and obesity?
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| | | | | Re: More importantly Well then Farmington Hills must be bucking the trend because our broadband access sucks big time, thanks to the bastards at Time Warner Cable. | |
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 C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL |  Oy, I despise AOHell
quote:
AOLTW continues to file additional requests for approval in an effort to sign up at least three nonaffiliated ISPs in each area it operates cable networks
In other words, they keep screwing around with people so they can keep the networks to themselves, pervert them horribly enough so that anyone else signing on to it will end up getting blamed for the bad service, and people will only see ANY decent measure of service on AOHell's crapwork. quote:
a condition that the FTC placed on last year's merger.
You KNOW Steve Case will do everything to get out of this:•buy out the FTC•bribe people to not get on their networks (they wouldn't even NEED to bribe me if I was rep'ing an ISP)•And of course, that Legendary AOHell customer service!
AOHell will be the ruination of all cable/xDSL/broadband ISPs globally. they want to control all, yet don't even do enough quality work to even be considered a half-arsed job on any ONE facet of what they do. They make Microsoft's questionable business practices look like it was the only way they could keep a good product from going bad (and I can tell you right now, that as long as there is NO trace of AOL on a Windows system, you will have easily increased its stability by a very large factor).
"Thanks for calling AOHell Networks. May I help you?"
"I just got this new computer, and as soon as I ran your program, my hard drive exploded!"
"We're sorry, but your system sucks. Please buy a new computer."
"^%$#@ that, I'll get Linux on here."
"Congratulations, you have been chosen to try out AOHell Linux client version 17."
"What happened to the other 16?"
"You won't need 'em. We control the internet now..."
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Everything AOL touches just plain sucks. End of Story! | |
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