[DeTomaso] AOL Status

[msm at portata.com]

It has been a case study in how to screw-up a company.  It is
particularly apropos with the recent focus on the Detroit automakers. 

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/124/dead-man-walking.html



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of SOBill at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 5:18 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] AOL Status

FWIW,
 
My connection to AOL (via Time-Warner cable modem) has been down  for
one 
week.
 
AOL customer support (finally) said today:
 
"If you use the AOL service bundle with Time-Warner cable you will  not
be 
able to connect to the Internet. The Time-Warner servers no longer
connect to 
the AOL servers and we can not say when that situation will change.  We 
recommend that you unbundle AOL from Time-Warner and either use Verizon
FIOS  
(fiberoptic cable cum modem) or DSL. If you want to stay with
Time-Warner  cable, 
switch from AOL to Time-Warner's Road Runner service."
 
This  message is being sent via AOL using a Verizon USB WAN device to
connect 
to  AOL.
 
If you have the misfortune of using being in a Time-Warner cable  area
and 
you use AOL, you may already know this. It took me a week to find it
out. Seems 
pretty clear to me that Time-Warner is teeing AOL up to be  sold free of
any 
legacy connections to Time-Warner.
 
If you do not have the misfortune of a Time-Warner cable/AOL ISP
lashup, you 
are probably OK as is. 
 
Comments?
 
Have fun,
 
SOBill  Taylor
sobill at aol.com
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