Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Broadband Is Dead (Or At Least Very Ill)

Posted by timothy on from the cringing-with-cringely dept.

Thornkin writes: "Broadband is dead. That is the proclamation of tech pundit Robert Cringely. With Excite@Home turning away new customers and going bankrupt along with most of the DSL companies, things are bleak and will get worse. The icing on the cake could be this bill which would remand the requirement for local phone providers to open their networks before competing in the long distance market." And at a different scale, apparently the DSL circuits in Blacksburg, VA (a place which liked to claim it was "the most wired town in America" not long ago) are now full, and turning away residential customers.

3 of 371 comments (clear)

  1. Broadband is dead? by eap · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's ridiculous. My connection is working just fi&&$^*^(&)#

  2. Yeah, like Video Gaming died in 1984 by ch-chuck · · Score: 1, Troll

    Looks like it's time for the Japanese to come rescue the U.S., again. Just wait 'till the Pokemon generation takes over the telcos! As it is their mgmt probably still pines for the days of leasing handsets forever, while being governed by senators old enough to have been personally acquainted with Thomas Edison.

    --
    try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
  3. Stop it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Stop wasting your time on slashdot open source loosers, go back and flip some burgers. I'm hungry!