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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.

3 of 444 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Lightning bolt! by Markos · · Score: 0, Troll

    Never before have I seen such nerds.

  2. Go figure by usurper_ii · · Score: 0, Troll

    1. billed as broadband
    2. crappy service. Dial-up faster...
    3. 70.00 a month = no customers
    4. profit ???
    = F*cked Company poster boy

    --
    Ron Paul
  3. Re:It was the name that did it! by Mr+Teddy+Bear · · Score: 0, Troll

    Lag time for satellite depends totally on the orbit the satellite has on the earth. There are 2 geosync orbits around the earth. one (which is what all the old ones use) is waaayyy up above the earth. THAT orbit would make about a .5 to 1 second delay. Now the other one, which is much closer (but still not as close as cell phone sats) is actually much faster than most connections (unless you are directly on a backbone.)

    The fun fact for the day is that many DSL connections and most overseas connections are made via satellite.

    By the way, for one who might argue that cell phones have horrible lag... this is true.. this is for two reasons: 1. it is not a geosync sat so it isn't in the same location all the time. and 2. Cell phone towers using way-slower-than-light-speed connections between eachother. A cell phone conversation might have to go through several towers on each end. Go figure. :-)