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Excite Could Go Dark On Friday

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the after-excitement-comes-the-little-death dept.

robvasquez writes: "According to this CNET article, excite @home could be pulling the plug on cable modem subscribers. What's your providers back up plan? Could milions of trolls and Nimda spreaders be taken off line?"

8 of 464 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Cox by Colin+Bayer · · Score: 2, Funny

    @this-space-for-rent.com

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  2. Re:Well... by BilldaCat · · Score: 3, Funny

    This coming from someone with a geocities webpage.

    Kettle, meet Pot.

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  3. Millions of trolls and Nimda spreaders... by Manaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could milions of trolls and Nimda spreaders be taken off line?

    What, AOL are being closed down too? :)

  4. Re:Cox by DragonPup · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want my email address to end with @cox.com, sounds a little too pornoish to me ;-)

    -Henry

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  5. Kind of a drastic solution by ryanvm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Geez - I guess that's one way to keep people from using NAT behind their cable modem.

  6. Re:Cox by Rudeboy777 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Suddenly the guy with sucker@home.com is going to consider getting a Hotmail address!

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  7. Still can sign up! by SparkyMartin · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://www.home.net still has a link to sign up for internet service. I bet you can get a great deal for only 3 more days.

  8. Re:Cox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    heh heh heh

    you said "Cox"...uhh..."staying up"

    heh heh