As an early adopter in Cable Modem Technology since the hey days of 1995 as being one of the few orignal beta testers for Fremont. I have the answer to why @ home networks failed. One of the post's I've read already address this issue and indeed it has to do with Basic Accounting.
After my intial testing of the technology, I thouhgt to myself, cool this is worth my $40.00 a month and I've had their service for 5 years after that. But One problem! Not once did I ever get billed from @ HOME or TCI at the time. The only time I started to recieve a bill is when ATT took over the service and that was just in 2000. I guesse my free ride is over, but oh well, you guys @HOME have the best technology for $0.00 for five years for free service.
They did charge me for the inital install but no monthly service charge, what a deal!:)
-Nael
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As an early adopter in Cable Modem Technology since the hey days of 1995 as being one of the few orignal beta testers for Fremont. I have the answer to why @ home networks failed. One of the post's I've read already address this issue and indeed it has to do with Basic Accounting. After my intial testing of the technology, I thouhgt to myself, cool this is worth my $40.00 a month and I've had their service for 5 years after that. But One problem! Not once did I ever get billed from @ HOME or TCI at the time. The only time I started to recieve a bill is when ATT took over the service and that was just in 2000. I guesse my free ride is over, but oh well, you guys @HOME have the best technology for $0.00 for five years for free service. They did charge me for the inital install but no monthly service charge, what a deal! :)
-Nael