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@Home Network Approaching Shutdown
David Harris writes: "A bankruptcy court ruled today that the @Home network will be shutdown at midnight, unless the company reaches new deals with its cable partners and creditors. The decision is a victory for bondholders, owed $750 million by Excite@Home, whose motion asked the court to shutdown the network on grounds that AT&T's $307 million offer to acquire @Home's broadband network is not adequate and fair value for the network could only be found if a shutdown was forced." Read about it on excite.com, while you can. CNet has a good analysis of where things stand. 45% of the cable modem users in North America! Ouch.
Glad to be an AT&T customer =P
The AC Avenger strikes again!!!!
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I'm excited @Home around midnight often.
another end user fucked in the ass by his isp
Good thing I'm a DirecTV Internet subscriber, at least they're less likely to go bankrupt. People still buy those TV things, don't they?
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
+MONDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+MONDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+TUESDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+TUESDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+WEDNESDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+WEDNESDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+THURSDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+THURSDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+FRIDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+FRIDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+SATURDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+SATURDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+SUNDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: Today is the Lord's day.
+SUNDAY AFTERNOON+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
First they limit us to 128k upload, then they threaten to pull the plug.
DSL is looking better every day.
Look, I just made you read my signature.
I just wish they'd fix Slash so that it adds that to all the links, because as soon as you click on something it uses normal Slashdot.
Holy shit dude, you're back! Look at my user history and realize that you have been the source of inspiration behind my very best work.
I hope to see you at +2 again very soon.
Regards,
~wally
Thank you for the kind words, but unfortunately after being gang-modded down into negativeland I think getting back up is going to be a challenge at best, since my name is on somebody's blacklist now. I've got a new account ready, but I just wanted to give this one a final go. You, Mr. Bell, seem to be in fairly good standing though; if you ever have any mod points and are feeling generous feel free to boost me up. Good luck, and be on the lookout for my new account (it should be pretty easy to recognize :-)
(I would post anonymously, but the editors seem to have removed that privilege from my account. Oh well.)
Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever
I think this is the first time a first post hasn't been modded down as a troll.
History in the making here folks!
Take a look at this comment which was posted in response to @Home Network Approaching Shutdown. The comment, which is one line in length, was moderated to +5 Insightful. What the fuck?
Guys.. this is the worst example of moderation I have ever seen on Slashdot. This isn't +5 Insightful at ALL. If anything, it is -1 Redundant -- if his cable service is shut off, then of COURSE he can't read Slashdot.
I'm really beginning to have issues with the moderation done on Slashdot in general -- Anti-Microsoft posts are automatically moderated up, Pro- (or Supporting-) Microsoft posts are automatically moderated down, reguardless of content. It is as though the moderators don't even read a post before assigning moderation. ("What? This post starts 'True... but Microsoft DID do this right..'? MOD IT DOWN!@$!!")
The irony: Slashdot is pro-free speech, and yet if you try to support Microsoft (or any other company which doesn't open-source their software), you are immediately silenced.
Hipocrites.