>> >>Why would ATHM want AT&T stuff ?<< <<
Frank,
Since AtHome was already getting into non-cable-access, i.e. dial-up & ADSL, wouldn't economics of scale be automatic? Why reinvent the wheel when Worldnet already has this type of access? (At least the dial-up part -- the ADSL part would represent duplicated effort.)
Also, it will make migrating subscribers from Worldnet to AtHome seamless. Keep the same customized home-page, the same web-page, the same e-mail address, be billed the same way ... etc, etc...
If Worldnet and AtHome remained separate entities, how would one justify to T's shareholders -- to the bean-counters -- migrating subscribers from Worldnet, where T gets 100% of the profits, to AtHome where T only inherits 50+ %.
Wait a minute ... what profits?
HEP_Ronin
P.S. I've been lurking on this board ever since I picked up some ATHM about 9-mos ago. And I find your posts informative -- to a fault. Knowledge is power! Thanks. |
