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To: Dr. D who wrote (763)1/20/1999 6:32:00 PM
From: Mr Bones  Read Replies (3) of 1434
 
Jinx, I think you're right on the money. I think most of the cablecos will make lousy ISPs although they might need a few bad experiences to convince themselves of that.

> For instance, lets say a National Cable provider.
> Do you really think a cable company could actually
> muster the know-how, to successfully manage a
> customer support intensive enterprise such as a
> ISP. They can barely keep their cable online 5 day a
> week. You can never talk to anyone when your
> service is out. They need experienced talented
> technology savvy support services to survive.

To those of you who are interested, I posted some of CB's comments about broadband access in message 287. Here's a direct link that will hopefully work:
Message 5103320

Peace,
Mr Bones
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