One is that the bill should clearly exempt broadband access, as well as dial-up service, from tax.
One of the most troubling issues it faces is the slow growth in subscribers to its dial-up service.
On September 18th Mr Hastings explained that the company feared being left behind by technological change, like AOL with its dial-up service.
Brand X started off selling dial-up service to customers, but as the Internet grew the company began offering broadband options as well.
Early on, Yahoo and AOL ruled as powerful news aggregators (believe this or not, AOL once convinced newspapers and magazines to pay for story placement on its dial-up service).
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That's a critical point for EarthLink, which is seeing the numbers of subscribers to its dial-up Internet service decline faster than it can add subscriptions to new broadband services.
When a company has a business opportunity that demands more processing capacity, or new applications, or adding hundreds of new users, they can dial it up through their cloud computing service provider with slightly more effort than it takes to get lunch delivered.
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One elderly resident sorely missed her weekly council Dial-a-Ride service to pick her up and take her to the shops.
Jim Pickrell got into the Internet service provider business in 1995, back when dial-up connections ruled the day and a 56k modem was considered fast.
But it said BT still charged for using that network in its wholesale dial-up pricing plans, even if some wholesale buyers did not require that service.
In mobile, email, its newly acquired About.me service and in its new video chat service, the company is trying to erase your memories of AOL dial-up CDs in your mailbox.
You can be Earthlink and have a great business as an Internet service provider, but if the world is clearly moving away from your dial-up technology and on to broadband, you lose.
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