Finding A Backup To Excite@Home

from the not-an-easy-task dept

News.com has a detailed article about what the various cable companies are trying to do in their mad scramble to figure out a backup plan if the network gets shut down tomorrow - as some creditors want. Basically, it appears that most of the cable companies that use @Home are screwed. They're all working on alternatives, but none will be completely ready by tomorrow. Every company will have some percentage of customers without service - possibly for as long as six weeks. The backup plans all seem pretty rushed - so who knows how well they'll even work. The article fails to mention the stunning backup plan Comcast suggested to its customers this week - which is that they should sign up for a NetZero account which gives them 10 free hours of dialup access. Gee. Thanks. Anyway, one comment on this whole mess: the creditors and some others are claiming that the @Home network is really worth $1.5 billion. Here's a note sent to those people from the world of reality: the network is worth as much as anyone is willing to pay for it. No more, no less. I don't see any other bidders banging down the door to beat AT&T's offer of $307 million. If they continue to complain and bitch and moan, they're likely to get less. Just look at what happened with Metricom. When you're bankrupt, you're really not in a great position to be greedy. Take the highest bid and live with it.

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