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Cool! no more new users for now to clog up the lines.
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ExciteAtHome Stops Taking New Subscribers
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Reuters) - Bankrupt high-speed Internet service provider ExciteAtHome Corp. (Nasdaq:ATHMQ - news) said on Wednesday it had stopped accepting new customers in an effort to preserve cash.
``We are no longer accepting new subscribers onto our network,'' a spokeswoman told Reuters, saying that the decision was made on Tuesday and took effect as of 12 p.m. PST on Wednesday.
She said the company was ``committed to providing services to existing AtHome subscribers'' and that halting new subscriptions would help to maintain those operations.
ExciteAtHome filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sept. 28 after striking a deal with its controlling shareholder, AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T - news), to buy the company's high-speed access business for $307 million.
The company's service, which has 3.6 million subscribers, was the primary high-speed Internet access service for customers of cable television companies AT&T Broadband, Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq:CMCSK - news) and Cox Communications Inc. (NYSE:COX - news)
Dave
ExciteAtHome Stops Taking New Subscribers
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Reuters) - Bankrupt high-speed Internet service provider ExciteAtHome Corp. (Nasdaq:ATHMQ - news) said on Wednesday it had stopped accepting new customers in an effort to preserve cash.
``We are no longer accepting new subscribers onto our network,'' a spokeswoman told Reuters, saying that the decision was made on Tuesday and took effect as of 12 p.m. PST on Wednesday.
She said the company was ``committed to providing services to existing AtHome subscribers'' and that halting new subscriptions would help to maintain those operations.
ExciteAtHome filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sept. 28 after striking a deal with its controlling shareholder, AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T - news), to buy the company's high-speed access business for $307 million.
The company's service, which has 3.6 million subscribers, was the primary high-speed Internet access service for customers of cable television companies AT&T Broadband, Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq:CMCSK - news) and Cox Communications Inc. (NYSE:COX - news)