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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.

  2. 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)

  3. 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.

  4. 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.