Anon | reply to Anon
Re: You call THIS news?! Yeah, speculation's a bad, bad thing, but then, sometimes, speculation is dead right. I cite WinFire.
There's a difference between DSL and AOL that you seem to miss. AOL, (love 'em or hate 'em), has a business model that (probably) works. Many, many DSL businesses have business models that were hatched as the result of a strenuous night of smoking hashish. WinFire was just one of the most egregious examples.
DSL is costly to install and develop the infrastructure for, and like all emerging technologies, someone has to pay those costs - and banner ads won't cut it. Arguably, they never could, but since Q4 2000, it's clear that the market downturn won't generate advertising revenues that will pay for the service that you have been enjoying. So, with no 'advertizing dollars' subsidizing you, you'll be exposed to fair market rate.
And that's precisely where you are right now. |
