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Listen to all the companies spin (was Re: AT&T: 15 Mbps Internet

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Mon Apr 3 08:20:48 2006

Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 07:20:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <17455.15678.286743.556989@roam.psg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, Randy Bush wrote:
> when you have a giant company with a broken business model,
> send in the lawyers and lobbyists to extend it a few years.
> after all, it's kinda working for the mpa and riaa.

Several companies made presentations at the same Bank of America
investor's conference.  You can listen to their presentations online

Cablevision: <http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/media06/id08210195.cfm>
Comcast: <http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/media06/id76206158.cfm>
Disney: <http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=DIS&script=1010&item_id=1224636>
SprintNextel: <http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/media06/id11110129.cfm>
Verizon: <http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/media06/id89205298.cfm>
Viacom: <http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/media06/id52208131.cfm>

They may all have broken business models.  But it may be useful to
understand them.


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