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Broadband Bermuda Triangle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the man-overboard dept.

An anonymous coward sent in: "Mike from Techdirt has written an article in Salon.com about how he is the bermuda triangle of broadband, and how the government should kick him out of the country if they really want to save the broadband industry. Apparently, he's been kicked off 4 or 5 different broadband networks in the past year alone as each company went bankrupt or gave up the business."

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  1. Re:Broadband not profitable by dirtyhippie · · Score: 2, Interesting

    With the market size, that wouldn't be even close to being near being profitable. Joe Schmoe wants an email address. I highly doubt that the cost of serving SMTP is what's making these companies go bankrupt anyway, and I highly doubt that giving everyone a static IP would help.

    Incidentally, I've had Roadrunner for almost 3 years now, and never any significant trouble. I wonder why Roadrunner continues while the others fail? Is Roadrunner profitable? Or is Time Warner just stubborn and rich?

  2. No Competition = Broadband Blackout by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There is a good resource here that explains why all of these broadband providers are going out of business.