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Excite@Home may be shutting down service after Nov 30.
<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/663926.asp?0si=-" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.com/news/663926.asp?0si=-</a>
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100012,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100012,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01</a> <-- heres the info
Looks like the Sheriff Might be going back to dialup...
that is so incredibly depressing Sherrif
dont take away my broadband Excite!!! damn you!!!
*cry*
my only other choice here would be the unstable at all speeds DSL service for $10.00 more than my cable......or ...dial up.
/me just going to cross fingers and hope that i won't lose my broadband.
If so then I guess I will have to get DSL.....
All I can say this is just another thing piled on top of my bad week.
Ok my b/f works at a company that provides this, they have been told nothing either way, although he did say, he doesn't think its real likely.
One can hope! :(
The three Canadian ISP's that use @home are bailing:
Cogeco has officially severed all ties with @home, and are running everything on their own network.
Rogers and Shaw are in various states of transition from @home, lately they have been focusing on new email addresses and servers for their customers.
[quote]Originally posted by Sheriff Q:
<strong>Excite@Home may be shutting down service after Nov 30.
<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/663926.asp?0si=-" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.com/news/663926.asp?0si=-</a>
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100012,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100012,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01</a> <-- heres the info
Looks like the Sheriff Might be going back to dialup...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Dude! I heard about that last night on the news. That suxx! Excite @home is going bankrupt and the government is forcing them to shut down.
AT&T has already informed its users that if they are not allowed to purchase and operate Excite's broadband operations, they have already setup their own infrastructure to keep everybody on line without interruption.
Yeah, I got that letter too, they said there could be a small interuption, but hopefully not major.
a geek without my internet? NOT a pretty thing!
Hmm...with my experience with AT&T I would say that you still might be up the creek. I have never seen a company as big as AT&T screw up a wet dream but they amazed me and did.
I feel sorry for anyone that is used to high speed dropping to dialup. Hopefully, you will be ok. :)
I could switch to DSL if necessary.....
i would probably end up switching to DSL also...
[quote]Originally posted by Sheriff Q:
<strong>Excite@Home may be shutting down service after Nov 30.
</strong><hr></blockquote>Wow another thing shutting down that you use, whats the chances of that???
:)
[quote]Originally posted by El Batcho:
<strong>Wow another thing shutting down that you use, whats the chances of that???
:) </strong><hr></blockquote>
TELL ME you did NOT just say that!
/me does the Spin-a-roonie
[quote]Originally posted by Venom:
<strong>
TELL ME you did NOT just say that!
/me does the Spin-a-roonie</strong><hr></blockquote>Naw what I meant is that you know stores close every night and stuff, and with the economy and all the .com companies going belly up from unloyal and treasonous users that things seem to close a lot.
:)
[quote]Originally posted by Sheriff Q:
<strong>Excite@Home may be shutting down service after Nov 30.
<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/663926.asp?0si=-" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.com/news/663926.asp?0si=-</a>
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100012,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100012,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01</a> <-- heres the info
Looks like the Sheriff Might be going back to dialup...</strong><hr></blockquote>
well I have had excite@home for a while,and I live in so cal,what they told me is that the transition from excite to powerlink@home will be seamless and smooth and no rate changes.my emails will change from @home.com to @powerlink.com is the worst that will happen.actually another good thing is that they will bill it on my cable bill instead of a separate bill.
I think the performance of the system will get better too,now that they will have money to do repairs and upgrades.
so I geuss I am lucky.. :)
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I hope this doesn't effect my Comcast Cable - My E-mail account is through Excite@home. O god, O god, O god, O god, O god, O god, O god, O god, O god, O god, O god, O god, O god, O god, I can't live on dial up. I gotta have my fix of broadband man! I need it! Come on!
Taken from
Posted on 10-16-01
<a href="http://www.cmcsk.com/news/20011016-61992.cfm?ReleaseID=61992" target="_blank">Comcast, Excite@Home Reach Internet Service Agreement</a>
Here is a quote, but I don't know how reliable it is, since its from Comcast:
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Philadelphia - October 16, 2001 - Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. Senior Vice President David Juliano today announced that Comcast and Excite@Home have reached an agreement to provision new high-speed Internet customers.
"Comcast and Excite@Home have reached an agreement that allows Comcast to continue deploying high-speed Internet services to our customers. Comcast is pleased that the two companies were able to reach this resolution quickly, without having any impact on new or existing customers," said Juliano.
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Lets hope its true...
I just wonder with all this going on, how can they still advertise for service and take appontments to set people up?
[quote]Originally posted by Draggar:
<strong>Taken from
Posted on 10-16-01
<a href="http://www.cmcsk.com/news/20011016-61992.cfm?ReleaseID=61992" target="_blank">Comcast, Excite@Home Reach Internet Service Agreement</a>
Here is a quote, but I don't know how reliable it is, since its from Comcast:
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Philadelphia - October 16, 2001 - Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. Senior Vice President David Juliano today announced that Comcast and Excite@Home have reached an agreement to provision new high-speed Internet customers.
"Comcast and Excite@Home have reached an agreement that allows Comcast to continue deploying high-speed Internet services to our customers. Comcast is pleased that the two companies were able to reach this resolution quickly, without having any impact on new or existing customers," said Juliano.
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Lets hope its true...
I just wonder with all this going on, how can they still advertise for service and take appontments to set people up?</strong><hr></blockquote>
O god - I hope they stay up - I can't go back to dial up and being dropped every 2 minutes by the carrier.
:( :( :( :(
Wow i guess i am lucky, Road Runner rules ;)
I remember @home stock..."an EXCELLENT buy at $12 a share"..now it's like 0.02..hehe
Don't really know what to make out of this but here is what my cable provider says......
[quote]Charter Communications has not filed for bankruptcy.
@Home is the name of a third-party company that Charter has contracted with to provide Internet access and e-mail services to cable modem users in the home.
@Home has filed for bankruptcy. If you contract with Charter for @home services your cable modem service will end November 30th - if and only if the Bankruptcy Court agrees. Until that decision is handed down, no one knows with certainty what will happen.
Charter has stated that they will continue your Internet service via their Pipeline service in the event @Home disconnects its service.
However, I would take this opportunity to remind you that through SVSU you can take advantage of the Cardinal-Link cable modem service at a lower cost than Charter's Pipeline service.
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They arent the only people losing their broadband on november 30th. I am on Telstra Bigpond Advnace Cable here in australia and due to changes in plans (3gig transfer limit being imposed on the unlimited plan) i am cancelling tomorrow. Mr. FEST is going back to dielup, not a happy day
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Burn.
[quote]Originally posted by ilovetheusers:
<strong>
O god - I hope they stay up - I can't go back to dial up and being dropped every 2 minutes by the carrier.
:( :( :( :( </strong><hr></blockquote>
It seems like my local Comcast @Home is also offering Roadrunner now, and is trying to get all their Cable Modem subscribers to their own network (ready Next spring).
I may jump ship to roadrunner if it comes to that, but if the courts grant Excite the ability to shut down, Comcast, AT&T and a few others will appeal, forcing them to stay up until they can get back to court.
Well, this doesn't affect me, as I am stuck in the 56k Doldrums....but I've noticed this has struck at the heart of many users. I saw this link and remembered this thread. May be no new information for the people who are following it... But this came from CNet.com titled "Finding a backup to Excite@Home."
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-8010578.html?tag=lthd" target="_blank">http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-8010578.html?tag=lthd</a>