[rescue] Boy, am I glad I didn't switch to Cable modem service...
David Passmore
rescue at sunhelp.org
Sat Dec 1 21:09:42 CST 2001
On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 09:56:19PM -0500, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> @Home should never ever have even dreamt of trying to provide those
> kinds of services to the cable companies. That kind of economy of scale
> simply does not ever work. It simply cannot and the death of @Home is
> the final concrete proof. The "greed" of the cable companies, while
> very real, has nothing whatsoever to do with why @Home failed.
@Home didn't 'dream' of providing services at that price point forever. The
failure to renegotiate those contracts for a favorable revenue-sharing
agreement is the problem.
David
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