[PLUG] Re: @home

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

At 04:55 PM 12/2/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> I guess that both are involved in data transport, but in different ways.


But as a customer, I am having a hard time understanding exactly what the 
California Bankruptcy Judge gave the bondholders permission to shut 
off.  That is, what change will the customer see?


> "Bankrupt" does not necessarily mean "going out of business."  Sometimes a
> bankrupt firm is continued in business because that is in the best interest
> of some set of third parties such as creditors, but is reorganized to
> recognize management failures, loss of stock value, etc.

Right, but the Bankruptcy Court has given @home permission to "turn off its 
service".  Since I don't know where its service ends and where Comcast's 
begins, I can't predict what effect this will have on me as a 
customer.  The business pages that are reporting this are unclear about the 
technical effect.  I had hoped someone on this list understood that and 
could explain it to me.


> Bill
>
>
> You wrote:
> This is really the crux of my question: what is "ISP service" if not "data
>    transport"?  What is going out of business, a "content provider", or an
>    "Internet access provider"?
>
>    Art


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