Excite@Home May Have To Call It Quits

tim cutler plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Mon, 20 Aug 2001 16:11:39 -0700


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I'm thinking Mr. Der.Hans is correct. Cox@Home started attempting to be
a portal itself (dreams of AOL) and then suddenly (more work than they
thought) they became ExciteAtHome. I would hope Cox/Excite turns that
job over to Yahoo.

"der.hans" wrote:
> 
> Am 20. Aug, 2001 schwäzte Michael  J. Schweppe so:
> 
> > This is somewhat disheartening to hear, espeically since I live in an
> > area just outside of DSL.  Any speculation on how this may pan out?
> >
> >       http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-202-6928152.html
> 
> I thought excite was only providing email, dns and other soft services. The
> cable companies, cox in Phoenix, are providing the physical network,
> Internet feed and maintenance of both, right?
> 
> If that's true excite's demise would only stop their screwed up email and
> dns hosting services. That should be easy enough to replace, especially
> without the half a billion dollar debt.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
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