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...brass is being forced to prove the decision was not a mistake. Despite its powerful brand and unrivaled global member base of 34 million, the AOL division has seen its once stratospheric subscriber growth slow, its ad revenue fall and its international operations bleed money. The much ballyhooed broadband move--in which networked homes will enjoy high-speed connections to movies and music whenever they want--is off to a rocky start. Any delay is crucial to consumers eagerly anticipating the broadband revolution, because if AOL, with all its affiliated cable systems and entertainment properties, can't deliver those services...
...division's long-term-growth gambit is to attract as many of its dial-up customers as possible into the promised land of broadband, where they would pay more--eventually as much as $200 a month, in Pittman's rosy scenario--for a variety of on-demand services, from wireless instant messaging to the ability to listen to Norah Jones or watch A Beautiful Mind anytime they like...
...Grassroots Wi-Fi access points, called "hot spots," are already spreading throughout Asia. Hong Kong's Rosedale Hotel, for example, wanted to market itself as a cyberboutique. Last year the establishment spent a mere $650 to install Wi-Fi and now gives wireless broadband service away to guests. In Singapore, networking giant Cisco systems has helped put hot spots in A&W Restaurants, shopping plazas and at the city's convention center. In Japan, NTT Communications has announced it intends to sprinkle Wi-Fi base stations around the country?a move that observers say could pickpocket revenue from sister company...
...only a small group of communications-crazy customers. So far, KT and Hanaro combined have signed up fewer than 300 users. But KT is forecasting 3.6 million Koreans will by using the networks by 2005. South Korean telcos are betting on Wi-Fi, and hoping that the next broadband message appearing on their wristwatches doesn't describe a new, killer technology...
Johnson said that as a “consolation prize” the group looked into installing HBO and other premium cable channels in House common rooms. But AT&T Broadband, Cambridge’s cable provider, will not install HBO in a space available to more than just a single family, according to Johnson...