AOL abandons the broadband market

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]