[aclug-L] Re: FYI, Cox & excite@home related

[David Carmichael <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

If you are in Wichita.. they use RoadRunner service and from what I have
read the Excite@Home troubles should not effect the Wichita area.
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From: "gLaNDix" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 9:10 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: FYI, Cox & excite@home related


>
>
> Has cox released any sort of statement dealing w/ this? Ie:
> "everything's kewl, don't worry" or "dude, you're all screwed"...
> (well, something like that)...
>
> gLaNDix
>
> > I thought this might interest some of you. I didn't know Cox was
> related
> > to
> > @home before I read this. So you may see service issues as excite@home
> > goes
> > under.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > From: smallbusinessbuzz@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > bullet2
> > bullet2bullet2HOME WORK
> >
> > News and commentary for owners of home-based businesses
> > By Michael Warshaw
> >
> >
> > The announcement of Excite@Home's bankruptcy earlier this week was
> hardly
> > news. The struggling broadband provider had been cutting costs and
> > fighting
> > off fiscal failure for months. The real news of the announcement was
> in
> > the
> > multitude of cable modem users suddenly left wondering if their
> Internet
> > connection would survive the latest dot-com debacle.
> >
> > Excite@Home doesn't just provide cable service to it's own customers,
> it
> > also provides it to Comcast, Cox, and AT&T subscribers. If service is
> > interrupted because of financial squabbles, or if the dwindling number
> of
> > broadband providers leads to higher prices and poorer service,
> millions
> > can
> > be affected.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >    -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott K. [mailto:bigscottk@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 12:09 AM
> > To: Pamela Gail Kliewer
> > Subject: Got Cable? You Sure? Hmmm....
> >
> >
> >
> > I thought that you would find this interesting!  This is from Small
> > Business
> > Magazine to which I subscibe.
> >
> > Be Blessed!
> >
> > Scott Kliewer
> >
> > From: smallbusinessbuzz@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > HOME WORK
> >
> > News and commentary for owners of home-based businesses
> > By Michael Warshaw
> >
> > The announcement of Excite@Home's bankruptcy earlier this week was
> hardly
> > news. The struggling broadband provider had been cutting costs and
> > fighting
> > off fiscal failure for months. The real news of the announcement was
> in
> > the
> > multitude of cable modem users suddenly left wondering if their
> Internet
> > connection would survive the latest dot-com debacle.
> >
> > Excite@Home doesn't just provide cable service to it's own customers,
> it
> > alsoprovides it to Comcast, Cox, and AT&T subscribers. If service is
> > interrupted because of financial squabbles, or if the dwindling number
> of
> > broadband providers leads to higher prices and poorer service,
> millions
> > can
> > be affected.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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