AOL abandons the broadband market

Posted on Nov 12, 04 12:21 AM PDT

Ooops AOL did it again... They have taken a business decision that just seems insane. "The company (AOL) has been e-mailing its customers in those nine states that they can switch to high-speed broadband service offered by BellSouth Corp. for a special promotional rate." (e-week) So, AOL will bet its business on dial-up subscriptions that are more expensive than competing DSL, and it will sell cheap PCs to consumers (possibly at a loss) to let them connect on the crappy dial-up connection. Wow, that's a business plan. [via gigaom]

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