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To: Mr. Park who wrote (31387)5/16/1999 4:31:00 PM
From: Rainmaker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 36349
 
Icy, a few months ago, AOL took their first step towards broadband deployment via copper by announcing an agreement with Bell Atlantic. Their move to cable is merely to compliment their broadband portfolio, IMO (ie. cover all the bases - they need satellite for the entire suite).

Earthlink is my ISP, they have Charter Communications to provide high speed internet service via cable. Recently, they announced a partnership with Sprint for DSL.



To: Mr. Park who wrote (31387)5/16/1999 10:27:00 PM
From: P314159d  Respond to of 36349
 
Very good point, and one I didn't consider for the buyout side.

On the AOL trial, it was originally a GTE/ORCTF solution that AOL was trialing. Then they came up with the BEL deal. the question I have is that the BELs of the world want to be ISP also, so why would they just let AOL waltz right into that last mile? Probably because they have little infrastructure in place to deal with the NET and can get a better deal using AOL sharing the customer service.


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