Mr Attitude
@mindspring.co
| reply to Jim Gurd
Maybe That's Not The Point
Let's play a little game - I bet that you can't tell me which shell the pea is under. That's one point. Some of Comcast, AT&T, and AOL Time Warner's business dealings are so intermingled, it is difficult to see where one ends and the other begins. That is point 1.
Point 2 is that Comcast would like to give the illusion of "open access." In some markets, they have Juno Broadband as an option. Juno has basically no features other than X amount of dialup per month and the infamous Juno email. AOL is AOL. The advantage to Comcast of making AOL available is to convince the AOL subscribers to ditch their dial-up modems to give Comcast a piece of the pie. The intent is to migrate the mindless masses who wouldn't know High Speed Internet if it bit them in the butt. For an established Comcast High Speed Internet user, neither offers any real competition.
But what about EarthLink? Same speeds, same lines, etc., so there is no difference in speed. Why not welcome them with open arms? The reason: Features. Look back over the last 10-1/2 months of Comcast High Speed Internet. Email issues. Webmail issues. Problems accessing webspace. Gigglenews. No user accessible network status pages. No dialup available in the rare (your mileage may vary) occurrence that your connection goes down or if you want remote access if you are away from home. Having meaningful competition would demonstrate how pathetic CHSI really is. And it would tend to drive Comcast to get their shit together.
It is much easier to keep people guessing which shell the pea is under. |
