# 6 hours till Excite@home cuts off - tick tock baby **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211 "2001-11-30T22:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/1 "2001-11-30T22:51:59Z")
I imagine lots of SDMB cable internet users are in the same boat as myself as Excite@home service users. [The judge says it all goes off at midnight sans an agreement](http://www.msnbc.com/news/665584.asp?0cm=c20). It’ll be an interesting time tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/2 "2001-11-30T23:51:39Z")
Comcast@home user here, and it will indeed be an interesting night. From various stories around the net, I have gathered that a worse case scenario would be a few week outage, but I would dearly hate to go back to a dialup for even that short a time. Cutting off almost half the broadband users in the US would not be a Good Thing, and I think most of the players involved know that. I am fairly confident the creditors and AT&T will reach some sort of agreement. \ ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/3 "2001-12-01T01:15:58Z")
The ruling only says that it may be shut down at midnight. I doubt if it’s in anyone’s best interest to alienate a huge base of customers so there is some home for service staying on or being restored. Still, glad I have netzero loaded and a Yahoo email address ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/4 "2001-12-01T01:20:39Z")
“Cutting off almost half the broadband users in the US” That many? Hmmmm. Those intersting files I like to get I won’t be able to…if no one uploads. well, I always thought satellite modems were a nice deal. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/5 "2001-12-01T01:39:50Z")
Well, i admit that “half” was a bit too high. There are so many different estimates for broadband usage, it’s hard to get a handle on it. (residential, or business, or both, etc). I do know that roughly four million users are involved in the outcome of this ruling. Apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/6 "2001-12-01T02:25:45Z")
Slight hijack- I live in British Columbia, where @home was recently bought out by Shaw Cable. They gave everyone two weeks notice to change their email address, because they wanted to distance themselves from @home’s financial troubles rather than pick up the home.ca domain-name cheap. F\*ckers. How many people have to change resumes, business cards, inform all their contacts of changed address, etc? The @home domain name at least was easy to remember. They wanted to saddle me with ltaylor239@shaw.ca or some similarly crappy address. Well, this is becoming more than a slight hijack so I’ll just go froth at the mouth in the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/7 "2001-12-01T05:12:20Z")
It’s 13 after midnight here on the East Coast, and Comcast@Home is still churning. I think we’re in the clear. I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/8 "2001-12-01T05:17:52Z")
Still on here in Albuquerque…Comcast ---
**Author:** ![sim0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@sim0n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sim0n)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/9 "2001-12-01T05:50:26Z")
I think that it is Midnight Pacific time- so still 2 hours… If I get cut off I’ll be upset- it just seems wrong. I just found out yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![modro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@modro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/modro)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/10 "2001-12-01T06:00:05Z")
ATT@home here… If @home ceases service, all I have to to is reboot, and the network that ATT put together will kick in, and I will still be good to go… At least that is how it is supposed to work. I will have to change e-mail addresses though _sighs_ ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/11 "2001-12-01T06:01:19Z")
Color me clueless…What’s going on?? I’m a comcast@home user, and I haven’t heard a thing. ---
**Author:** ![sim0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@sim0n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sim0n)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/12 "2001-12-01T06:09:06Z")
here ya go: [http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad\_topright\_tech&T=markets\_bfgcgi\_content99.ht&s2=ad\_right1\_technology&bt=ad\_position1\_technology&middle=ad\_frame2\_technology&s=APAfpOhU\_QXQgSG9t](http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_tech&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=ad_right1_technology&bt=ad_position1_technology&middle=ad_frame2_technology&s=APAfpOhU_QXQgSG9t) and > **[Technology News](https://www.cnet.com/news/?tag=mn_hd)** > > CNET news editors and reporters provide top technology news, with investigative reporting and in-depth coverage of tech issues and events. and > **[Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance News](https://finance.yahoo.com/)** > > At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life. ---
**Author:** ![EandCDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e274bd/32.png) [@EandCDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EandCDad)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/13 "2001-12-01T06:09:08Z")
excite@home, the company that is the internet service provider for you filed for Bankruptcy in September (they contract with comcast to be the ISP). They are apparently losing money hand over fist and got permission from a judge today to stop providing service to comcast, Cox, and ATT (among others) until they can renegotiate a better deal with the companies they provide service to. That will make the company more valuable when they sell it to ATT or whoever. The service CAN be shut off at midnight. They may get a new deal by then or they may put in some interim agreement or they may shut the whole thing down. That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/14 "2001-12-01T06:19:49Z")
Green Bean, today was the deadline for Excite@home, who is bankrupt, and its creditors to come to an agreement. Those include investors in excite@home who feel that AT&T, who has an offer on the table to buy excite@home, should pay more. The judge ruled in favor of the creditors and bondholders, some of whom who want the service shut down, so they can save money while negotiating with AT&T and the cable operators. This can affect around 4 million cable modem users in the US. I am sure somebody will be around to explain it better than I. ---
**Author:** ![sim0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@sim0n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sim0n)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/15 "2001-12-01T06:42:22Z")
uhh, I guess the first link I posted is dead, but the other 2 work. ---
**Author:** ![sim0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@sim0n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sim0n)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/16 "2001-12-01T08:14:56Z")
all is clear on the home front 🙂 er, I mean the @home front ---
**Author:** ![sim0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@sim0n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sim0n)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/17 "2001-12-01T08:16:27Z")
I guess I should say I’m with Mediacom cable in Iowa City, Iowa. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/18 "2001-12-01T12:51:37Z")
My email server died, but I still have web access. Formerly AT&T Broadband in Chicago til @Home took over. \ ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/19 "2001-12-01T14:13:31Z")
I still have email and full net access here in Abq with Comcast, I hope they aren’t just stringing us out for the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211/20 "2001-12-01T15:09:39Z")
My internet server just died. I am using my dial up connection for work to set up my TCP/IP connections, and using my browser as normal. At least I don’t have to install AOHell or shit like that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-hours-till-excite-home-cuts-off-tick-tock-baby/96211.md?page=2)