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AOL ready to be split up: report

by Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
Page 2 of 2 EarthLink CEO Rolla Huff was recently quoted by the Wall Street Journal as describing the AOL access business as "worth aggressively pursuing," but it isn't obvious that anyone else would be interested. With ADSL, cable and wireless access widely available, dial-up is pretty much a legacy business in most areas. Still, if anyone can squeeze a buck out of AOL's dial-up business, EarthLink probably could. Absorbing those AOL customers would more than triple EarthLink's user base, so EarthLink could choose to shed a decent proportion of customers that turn out to be unprofitable and still keep the critical mass needed to continue to profitably ride the trailing edge of Internet access for several more years. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags AOL Advertising Internet Mergers Acquisitions Microsoft Yahoo! Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now << First page < 1 2 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

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