Alright enough @home threads... were screwed...

[Ziptar]

Judge Ruled @home can break contracts........:|

 

[mithrandir2001]

:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|

BREAK OUT THE PROZAC!

 

[TallBill]

<< The company was still signing up new subscribers yesterday. >>



Either they plan on continuing service in some way... or they are real a$$holes.

 

[gopunk]

i don't think so. carlson ruled that the hearing can't be delayed, which is a good thing. at least for att@home users, like me.

and the breaking of the contract, according to the article, is so that companies pay more, not normal users.

 

[mithrandir2001]

<< and the breaking of the contract, according to the article, is so that companies pay more, not normal users. >>


Well as you know, if the companies pay more, the customers will end up paying more. But frankly, cost is secondary to me. To many people, only one high-speed provider is available to them. @Home is the only thing I have...I'm too far from the Bell building to get DSL. Comcast WILL eventually provide us high-speed service if @Home goes dark; the question is how long do we have to wait until Comcast is ready?

 

[ILikeSprite]

NOOOOOOOO! :| How much longer till my cable gets shut off??

 

[Ziptar]

<< i don't think so. carlson ruled that the hearing can't be delayed, which is a good thing. at least for att@home users, like me.

and the breaking of the contract, according to the article, is so that companies pay more, not normal users. >>



Read This !!!




<< Some of Excite@Home's bondholders have requested that the cable ISP shut down its service unless its partners are willing to pony up enough money to keep it afloat or pay off the company's debt. Sources say creditors are playing a "game of chicken" to get AT&T to raise its $307 million bid for Excite@Home's assets. >>



If the partners say NO.. Then we are screwed.... I bet @home shuts it off as quick as they can to get leverage.....

 

[grifterspawn]

/me is scared

 

[TerriLeLuv]

well i just got my cox email..
saying download a free server just in case.. alot of good that will do me, beings that i dont have a home phone line.
blah

 

[mithrandir2001]

They are currently negotiating to avoid a shutdown at midnight...

Reuters

 

[Viper GTS]

<< well i just got my cox email..
saying download a free server just in case.. alot of good that will do me, beings that i dont have a home phone line.
blah >>



You have broadband but no home phone?

I've said it before, & I'll say it again...

If you think you can rely on broadband to replace your landline, you're nuts.

Viper GTS

 

[TerriLeLuv]

i know im nuts
guess its time to call qwest and get a dang phone ugh, i so like my cell phone and cable internet

 

[Sugadaddy]

YOU'RE ALL GOING BACK TO 56K!!!!!!!!

////points and laughs

 

[Keego]

do AT&T customers have to worry?

 

[N8Magic]

<< YOU'RE ALL GOING BACK TO 56K!!!!!!!!

////points and laughs >>



Ha ha indeed!

Us Canadians have had a contingency plan for this, my ISP has completely switched over from @Home to their internal network. Was your transition smooth in Montreal there Sugadaddy?

/me points and laughs at the throngs of new dialup users!

 

[khtm]

yet another reason it suxxors to be American

-khtm-

 

[mztykal]

POINT'S AND LAUGHS AT YOU ALL!

Hahaha! Years of my dial-up usage have now paid off. All those who mocked me, shall suffer for I am now on cable, and you'll be one 56k! So HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!

 

[Geekbabe]

<< do AT&T customers have to worry? >>



I have mediaone aka AT&t according to a letter I got this eeek we should be okay, we'll need a new home page but I never used excite@home's page anyway.

At any rate I'm going away for the night, won't know if I need a modem till like Sunday ,oh well at least my friends have DSL

 

[teriba]

This is just American @Home right? My parents are on @Home back in Calgary and they are in the Caribbean right now. Will they no longer have access when they come back?

 

[StageLeft]

I'm on @home right now and i can say that if it goes down for an extended period of time I will NOT get dialup. Never again. If I have to use internet and none at home i'll just use it at work. I'm never going to desecrate myself with 56k ever again.

 

[khtm]

<< This is just American @Home right? My parents are on @Home back in Calgary and they are in the Caribbean right now. Will they no longer have access when they come back? >>



Yes. This only affects Americans with @Home. We're safe

-khtm-

 

[mdennison]

I'm on COX@home. Will this include me? They have not notified me of anything...

 

[Sugadaddy]

<< Us Canadians have had a contingency plan for this, my ISP has completely switched over from @Home to their internal network. Was your transition smooth in Montreal there Sugadaddy? >>




When did they do this? I didn't have any downtime, but it was slow for a few days a week or two ago... But it's now back to normal, maybe even a little faster than it used to be...

My ISP is Videotron, but they're owned by Rogers now I think.

 

[Ziptar]

<< They are currently negotiating to avoid a shutdown at midnight...

Reuters >>




I still say the Bond Holders will let it get shutdown just to get a better negotiating position....... they could give 2 Sh1ts about us....



mdennison


Yes that includes you !!

 

[Scooter]

/me gives Sugadaddy, N8Magic, khtm, and mztykal the finger ---->cnlm