Excite@Home May Have To Call It Quits

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Author: tim cutler
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Subject: Excite@Home May Have To Call It Quits
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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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