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AOL Dumping Some Broadband

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-is-a-bit-strange dept.

unsupported writes "Just days after news that AOL will be breaking up into 4 business units, AOL is telling existing broadband customers in 9 Southern states to find a new carrier. This news comes after AOL stopped selling broadband services earlier this year. AOL plans a similar phase out of existing broadband customers for the rest of the country over the next year."

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  1. AOL will stiff offer service OVER broadband by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    For like $10 a month, but now they just won't be selling their own broadband. I think they're trying position themselves as a content provider for broadband, rather than a broadband ISP. Amazingly, there are people that will want it.

    1. Re:AOL will stiff offer service OVER broadband by Soporific · · Score: 1, Informative

      And all the childless asshole loudmouths can roll it up and cram it.

      Do you think we want to deal with all your little miracles?

      ~S

    2. Re:AOL will stiff offer service OVER broadband by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      No, it does not depend on who you're trying to make happy, it's a matter of not going to extremes (like calling somebody an asshole just because he/she does not have a child).

  2. What are they really doing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Just the other day I got an AOL for Verizon DSL package in the mail.

    I think AOL is getting rid of their own native broadband providers, and plan to try and piggyback onto other ISPs.

    Ie; I pay Comcast for Broadband, and AOL for content.

    Which is probably a smart move for them, they don't need to maintain all the infrastructure, and people will still sign up who feel AOL improves their online experience.

    And stuff your elitism, there are plenty of folks who would rather remember an AOL keyword than a FQDN, IP address, or the odd combination of words they used in Google to get the page they wanted.

  3. Re:Doesnt make sense by thirteenVA · · Score: 2, Informative


    Last time I checked broadband was not available everywhere...

    In fact the last figures I saw for 2003 said that only about 36% of home users had broadband.

    Try this link for more information(note: this is a pdf)

  4. Re:AOL's Choice of Broadband Provider by RazzleFrog · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry but you are wrong. AOL and Time Warner exchanged stock 55%/45%, respectively, and formed a new company that is now called Time Warner. AOL is a subdivision of this company as is Warner Bros., HBO, New Line Cinema, etc.

  5. Not AOL for Broadband by rlandrum · · Score: 3, Informative

    AOL Broadband is not the same as AOL for Broadband. The difference is that AOL for Broadband is a $15/month service that let's users who already have a broadband connection access higher quality content.

    AOL Broadband is AOL's attempt at being a DSL provider. It didn't work out. In fact, ditching it is probably a good thing.

    Hope that clears things up a bit.

  6. Re:How in the world did AOL blow this one? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    The FTC put a lot of restrictions on how the two could mix and match as a condition of allowing the merger.