"NEW YORK, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Hughes Electronics Corp. (NYSE:GMH - News), the top U.S. satellite television operator, said on Friday it would shut down its loss-making high-speed Internet business, three days after it and No. 2 rival EchoStar Communications Corp. (NasdaqNM:DISH - News) pulled the plug on their proposed $18 billion merger."
Many have been laid off, all their 400 employees will be too.
Since I am currently a DTV subscriber and the DirectvDSL shutdown *may* affect me (or us), let me just say this...
It will not affect me (us) to the extent that it will those 400 employees. In a time when layoffs are widespread, its even harder when it happens during the holiday season.
Best wishes to those DirectvDSL workers getting laid off.
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Happy holidays....your fired.