From Rogers:
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Rogers Responds To Excite (at) Home Court Decision
TORONTO, Nov. 30 /CNW/ - Rogers Cable issued the following statement in response to the U.S Court decision on Excite (at) Home.
The judge's ruling gives Excite (at) Home the right to re-negotiate their contracts with their cable partners. "Rogers is currently in discussions with Excite," said Alek Krstajic, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. "We have always been interested in an orderly transition period."
"It appears that Excite (at) Home has taken some scattered action across North America that is impacting the service of some Rogers customers who have Lancity modems. This represents about 10% of the Rogers (at) Home customers. Rogers is making every effort to restore service to these customers.
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It appears that from Rogers perspective it is @HOME who is shutting down parts of the country, not the MSO
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If the ongoing negotiations with Excite are not successful, Rogers will launch its contingency plan for Internet connectivity."
Updates will be issued as further information becomes available.
Rogers Cable Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. (Toronto: RCI.A and RCI.B; NYSE RG). Its hybrid fibre-coaxial network is the most advanced in North America, delivering high quality entertainment, information and communications services to 2.3 million customers in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland. Rogers' network is more than 84% two-way ready and is ideally suited for delivering interactive products and services that require significant bandwidth, such as Rogers(at)Home, high speed Internet access via cable. As Canada's largest cable operator, the company also owns and operates over 250 Rogers Video stores.
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