unixgirlie
@mindspring.n | Re: I Never Could Understand AOL sure they merged with the 2nd largest cable company . . . 2 yrs after other ISPs began offering broadband to their customers. i'd say they did some ignoring. | |
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 2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI
| Re: I Never Could Understand AOL Fine, but what ignoring are they doing now??? 2 years ago couldn't be that late to the party. Almost nobody could get broadband of any kind in my top 10% of the wealthiest INNER INNER suburb in 2000. What did you expect them to do? What has any other non-infrastructure ISP done? Earthlink has a lot of DSL users who run on the backs of the RBOCs, but they almost surely lose money on all of them. | |
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unixgirlie
@mindspring.n
| Re: I Never Could Understand AOL waiting 2 yrs to jump on a market in a technical industry is a VERY long time. thats enough time to let any other company kick your ass completely in a market.
dsl cost just as much in 2000 as it does now ($50), so saying only the rich people could afford it then is so very untrue. the only difference in price between then and now is install prices - many ISPs now have promotions which give discounted or free installs. | |
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2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI | Ok, let me ask you a question: name me an ISP that HASN'T ignored broadband. Earthlink? MSN? Who? All I know is that none of these companies makes nearly as much money off of broadband as AOL-Time Warner, if they actually turn a profit at all. | |
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