Excite@Home Dropped

by Maarten Goldstein, Aug 31, 2001 7:15am PDT

According to this story on CNET, cable providers Comcast and Cox Communications have decided to drop Excite@Home. This is not an immediate ending of their deal and Excite hopes to reach a new agreement before the partnership ends on June 4 2002. It's uncertain what happens to the Cox and Comcast Excite@Home Internet customers if no new agreement is reached. In related Excite@Home news, the board of directors have authorized the company to hire an investment banking firm to advise with the needed restructure of the company. Excite@Home is in trouble with a huge debt and investors coming to collect.

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By: -=kodiak=- x Show Full Post

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weird
last night around 3 am the cable tv died and then the cable modem
i boot up this morning, do a good ol dhcp renew within my linksys router... new ip >=|

/me gives rogers@home the big middle finger

Aug 31, 2001 9:42am PDT

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weird last night around 3 am the cable tv died and then the cable modem i boot up this morning, do a go... : -=kodiak=-
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  same thing happened to me, where do you live? : dynokill
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    north of whitby... in the boonies : -=kodiak=-
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      ontario of course... a good 45 mins east of toronto : -=kodiak=-
      
      is Cogeco your provider? yeah, it happened to me around 4:00-5:00.. I know this because I usually watch ... : dynokill
- http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=1887074 : OverBurN
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  is the new one in the 24.x.x.x range? : the archvile
  - yea it is : -=kodiak=-

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I just read the @Home article. Man WTF are these stupid fux thinking? On one line it says that everyone is trying to emulate AOL. Hmmmmm, most AOLers I know would just say "Looky how fast the perty pictures load on my AOL browser" if they were to get High Speed access. If only they would have stuck with what people really want. High speed no frills connection to the net at a low price. Also think about this, instead of upgrading the network and getting rid of upload caps they spent that money on "Content Development". GG @home

Aug 31, 2001 11:59am PDT

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I just read the @Home article. Man WTF are these stupid fux thinking? On one line it says that everyone i... : GravyBoat
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- yet more proof that advertising isn't a legitimate revenue source for this kind of service. Didn't Juno... : the archvile
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  That's pretty pathetic I agree. Content development is totally unnecessary, especially when people just... : Dobbs
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    what WAS that special @Home browser anyway? Just a rebranded version of IE or Netscape? : the archvile

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Weeee! I get to keep my cable! (Though the aforementioned focus on content IS ghey...) Low latency high packet loss beats high latency high packet loss anyday! :-P

Aug 31, 2001 1:34pm PDT

Weeee! I get to keep my cable! (Though the aforementioned focus on content IS ghey...) Low latency high p... : three-d

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so... what are they gonna use instead of @Home

Aug 31, 2001 7:28am PDT

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so... what are they gonna use instead of @Home : elosorojo
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  they'll have to go back to non-adverspammed, packet-loss free, standardised cable Internet service. Boo... : the archvile
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    On the phone they told me it will remain $40/month with the difference you can "buy" more upload. Donlo... : kava
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      not bad, but hopefully you only have to pay no less than $10 more per month to get double the current up... : the archvile
      
      yeah I wouldnt pay for it if it was much more than $10 extra/month. Ill, just stick to doing fills. ;P : kava

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i say drop excite@home because odds are these guys wont bounce back.

Aug 31, 2001 12:25pm PDT

i say drop excite@home because odds are these guys wont bounce back. : tension

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"It's uncertain what happens to the Cox and Comcast Excite@Home Internet customers if no new agreement is reached."

Its not really uncertain. I am with comcast and 2 weeks ago they said in a letter that they'd be switching from "comcast@home" to Comcast "High speed internet access". My email would change fromxx@home.com to xx@icomcast.com.
I called them yesterday to find out more. I asked about speed caps. She said the speed caps @home used were a problem and we now can "buy" more upload speed if we desire it.
Sounds like an improvement to me. :)

Aug 31, 2001 7:51am PDT

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"It's uncertain what happens to the Cox and Comcast Excite@Home Internet customers if no new agreement is : kava
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- sounds sweet hope cox does the same and doesn't fuck it up : aliengrey

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i have cox@home, if i don't have a cable modem next june i'll be one pissed off mother fucker

Aug 31, 2001 12:14pm PDT

i have cox@home, if i don't have a cable modem next june i'll be one pissed off mother fucker : aliengrey

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Dec 31, 1969 4:00pm PST

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  @home is the AOL of cable. DSL works fine... it's usually more expensive but packet loss and latency is... : Sludgehead
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    DSL is fine, if you live close enough to the telco, otherwise you are screwed. Additionally, unless you ... : Quagmire

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Does this mean comcast will finally decide to lay cable to my house?

They said it'll cost around $7000. I'm thinking no.

Aug 31, 2001 7:29am PDT

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  Might as well get fiber layed then... it might increase the value of your home, as well... : indeego
  - I think they're saying it's too much to bring the coax down to our house...I'm pretty sure the street al... : Kiwi Man

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I called comcast one day and they tolled me they were bought out and were soon to change to fiber optics in my area

Aug 31, 2001 8:27am PDT

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I called comcast one day and they tolled me they were bought out and were soon to change to fiber optics ... : outrend
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- told - for you english teacher : outrend

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How can you know if this affect you? Does this affect all over the US, or maybe just the west coast or the east coast?

Aug 31, 2001 7:30am PDT

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How can you know if this affect you? Does this affect all over the US, or maybe just the west coast or th... : yes4me
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- type in "www" into your browser. That's usually your ISP's set home page. : indeego

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damnit damnit damnit ................. NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Aug 31, 2001 8:09am PDT

damnit damnit damnit ................. NOOOOOOOOOOOO : outrend

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I'm guessing that AT&T won't take action until the very last minute, since they invested so much in @Home. They're still showing the TV ads more than ever.

Aug 31, 2001 7:33am PDT

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- I read that ATT said they will do whatever it takes to keep their customers online... Thank god. I love... : Former_HPB

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LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!

Aug 31, 2001 7:25am PDT

LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR! : the archvile

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shaw has already done this btw, im not sure then their contract is up though

Aug 31, 2001 7:23am PDT

shaw has already done this btw, im not sure then their contract is up though : boobie

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wow. i hope rogers does too

Aug 31, 2001 7:16am PDT

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wow. i hope rogers does too : boobie
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- bewbies! w00t. : king_darius

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Man, soon we'll be left with only timewarner/aol

Aug 31, 2001 7:17am PDT

Man, soon we'll be left with only timewarner/aol : -efx-

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