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AT&T Broadband To Merge With Comcast Cable

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-the-markets-down dept.

quualudes was one of the many people to submit the AT&T Broadband/Comcast merger. CNNfn has more of the story as well. 72$ billion is the cost. Wow. I wonder how this affects @Home. One alert reader also submitted the news that Comcast will evidently by launching a video gaming channel - more information will be coming in February 2002.

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  1. press release by cha0sadddddddd · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.att.com/press/item/0,1354,4135,00.html

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  2. This is good, AT&T is extinct by Ars-Fartsica · · Score: 5, Interesting
    AT&T, since Armstrong became CEO, has been an ongoing tale of poor decisions and huge losses. Its worth noting that AT&T lost money owning the cable business - Armstrong was paid an astounding amount to build the cable empire at AT&T only to sell it for less than it cost him. Pathetic. Armstrong clearly needs to go, but at this point its unlikely AT&T will survivce in any case - they will almost certainly be swallowed by SBC.

    As for the cable business, Comcast can only be an improvement. AT&T service was dismal, but typical of this truly out of date corporate dinosaur.

  3. Hmm, my list of TV channels is going to shrink ... by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I pay $20 for cable TV every month through a deal my neighborhood struck with AT&T Broadband (read : the majority of idiot around where I live have imposed this shit to people who wanted something else). Net result : my channel offering is the crappiest I've ever seen, and all the remaining good channels have been taken away slowly one after the other by AT&T-B without anybody being able to complain about it.

    Now I guess I'll have only the Home Shopping Network, the weather channel, and the 3 (*3*!) religious-oriented channels left before I can finish posting this. Oh well, time to sell that TV and the TiVo and start reading again ...

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  4. Re:@homeattbicomcastdial-up? by lsd4all · · Score: 5, Funny

    These guys look good.

    http://www.enron.com/corp/products/broadband/

  5. Re:Restrictions? by ShadeEagle · · Score: 5, Informative

    Read it closer... especially the last few lines.

    They guarantee nothing, save that you get a bill.

    Oh, and if you sue them, YOU pay the lawyer fees regardless of whether you win or lose.

    Copy 'n pasted from the Second Example: (Caps and all...)
    FINALLY, YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS AT&T AND THIRD PARTIES WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE AT&T WORLDNET HIGH SPEED SERVICE FROM ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, OR COST (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) RESULTING FROM YOUR VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ACTIVITY RELATED TO YOUR AT&T WORLDNET HIGH SPEED ACCOUNT.

    In the first two examples, read "You're Responsible" REAL closely.

    More Examples:
    http://www.attbi.com/general-info/policies.html
    http://www.att.net/general-info/terms.html
    http://www.att.com/terms/