I heard on the tele that they go before a judge on friday for bankruptcy and he can decide to shut them down immediately

Being a subscriber thru my cable company will I be left in the dark?

 

Only if your cable company do not have an ISP waiting in the wings to replace excite@home. Maybe roadrunner. They are currently the largest cable modem provider distrubiting thru Time Warner Cable.
Call your cable operator to get the info.

Tan
Director of Business Sales
Time Warner Communications

 

I understand that AT&T is trying to buy Excite. A pocket change transaction for them. You should have gotten a letter in the mail that went into all the "what evers". Just waiting to see how it shakes out

 

So you are right, there is a small possibility that the network shuts down on the 30th.

ATT offered 300 million and the creditors for the @home network are not budging, they want more. So if no one is around, the network could go dark. Unlikely the judge would do that. I think (and hope) he presses them to keep the service going.

Both Comcast and Cox will be up the creek until they have their own capability.
I am following closely as I would lose my home fast connection.

 

I think AT&T is a good bet. In Canada Rogers Telecom, and AT&T teamed up, and rogers is now taking over my internet. and changing my email address as well.. Bastards!!

 

my brother has the @home service in Ft. Worth. For a cable modem, it really really really sucks - its quite slow and service has been junk, but this is only for his area, not every @home subscriber. He mentioned the bankruptcy but figures it would be a good time to switch to DSL for five bucks more a month.

 

mine is now powerlink@home

 

what really sucks is that i had excite stock before they became @home. and man, that stock was a winner for me. was part of the reason i was able to afford my car. After they became @home, i sold. I am sooooo glad i did. Man.. i would kill myself if i saw the stock drop like that.