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DIRECTV Broadband Shuts Down

Posted by michael on from the fatality dept.

Phroggy writes "Effective today (Friday the 13th), DIRECTV Broadband is officially out of business. The company will remain partially operational for the next 60 to 90 days, and we will work to transition our roughly 160,000 customers to another provider. Details are still sketchy. So, anybody gonna be hiring in the Portland area in a couple months?" There's a press release about the shutdown.

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  1. The mom and pop isp's dream. by BaconLT · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Great! Finally, an opportunity for the underdog to topple the stronghold DirecTV had on the Satellite Broadband provision network.

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  2. MOD PARENT UP by Coke+in+a+Can · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bravo. I spent the last of my mod points last night, but if I still had a point left...

    +1, Insightful

  3. Read the Classifieds by flyondawall · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I posted a Programming position in the Oregonian and all I got was 20 replies. I mean, just cus your out of a job doesn't mean you should stop looking. Where are all the real programmers? So is the market really that bad? Flyondawall

    1. Re:Read the Classifieds by cmckay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Weeeeeeeee! I noticed you're using Opera... good choice! It's a fantastic browser.

      Okay, back to homework now.

  4. Re:Well... by DarkKnightRadick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I used to do tech support for DirecTV Satellite TV (via West Telecommunications, Huntsville, AL (please, someone nuke that building, they are the worst employer in the world!)) and can honestly say, I'm not freaking surprised. The low budget tech support I was forced to give makes me gag everytime I get spammed by a DirecTV e-mail.

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