[spycatcher]

Cox (hardball negotiators who care little about customers)is now running a blurb on channel 71 saying that we will "likely" lose service tonight. I don't even have a dialup modem in my system and don't plan on getting one. If it goes out they will lose tons of customers to DSL, so I'm betting it will only be out over the weekend at most.

There will also be a renewed push to eliminate the cable company monopoly over our cable lines. Then AOL etc will be able to offer cable access. These people are as stupid as the music companies when it comes to the internet.

[IronJack]

I've got a dialup, but I don't have an ISP through dialup. I'd rather go back to chiseling my posts on stone tablets and hanging them in the public square.

[newzjunkey]

There will also be a renewed push to eliminate the cable company monopoly over our cable lines.

Let's hope so. Funny how @Home has been losing money so, but no word on competitor RoadRunner. @Home capped the streams, perhaps to save on costs, and yet are losing millions per day. Maybe they deserve to go under. I guess they can't hope for a gov't bailout like those opportunist airlines. Pity.

[Black Cat]

They're SAYING that, but they aren't stupid -- cut the customers off and they'll NEVER come back. Everybody's posturing but they know how badly they all need each other through the shakeout.