[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.

[spycatcher]

That's why I think it won't last but a day or two if at all. But we customers need to insert ourselves into the picture with threats of DSL, DirecTV/PC/Duo, asking Congress to remove monopoly protection, class-action lawsuits, etc.

What's funny is how they're recommending free dial-up as a replacement. Of course if they really cared about the customer getting comparable service they would also recommend DSL or DirecPC for the people who critically need fast service. But that means the customer would be happy and not return to them.

They waited til the last minute in order to use us as hostages, when they could have warned people who have critical needs to switch to DSL long ago when people had a chance to get it set up. They gambled with our lives and lost, now they want us to barely get by without them if *they* decide to hardball @Home.