North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: @Home ordered to shutdown at Midnight
AT&T couldn't move people off of @home because there was still a valid contract in place, until Excite broke it and turned off service. On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Sean Donelan wrote: > > > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > > I've had no problems, apparently some people are on AT&T @Home, while > > others are on AT&T Broadband, I am an AT&T Broadband customer, some of > > my friends (Atlanta, Seattle) are AT&T @Home customers who no longer > > have access, AT&T claims that everyone who lost access lastnight will > > be online with AT&T Broadband within ~10 days. > > Dumb question. If AT&T knows it will take them 10 days to fix their > network, why didn't they start 11 days ago? If AT&T had done that, it > would have been finished already. I guess I will never understand > the logic used by telephone companies. > > On the other hand, I don't understand what this gets [email protected]'s > creditors. Once AT&T transfers its subscribers to a new network, why > does it need @Home's network assets. Over the next 10 days, @Home's > value to AT&T drops to zero. > > Heck, Priori handled their shutdown better. > >
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