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1. Comment - AOL to Utilize P2P for TV Shows, Videos

   (Nov 14, 2005 - 7:40 PM)

   My goodness is AOL late at this!!
   
   I was paying $51 for monthy dsl with aol back when they first pushed broadband in late 2001 and when they merged with Time-Warner, I foresaw this development; had they had content that justified broadband to offer then, they could've converted at least 50-60 percent of their then 21 million customers to broadband and tripled their profits. And they could've kept customers like me that moved on to a more affordable dsl service. Instead, they sat on this potential development (which I actually thought they would go with Divx, which was already had a distribution method of hi-quality video virtually on-demand for broadband users, but was mostly limited to porn titles [an industry always ahead of the technological curve]), sat on their hands and I sat out on their service.
   
   Of course, this move is obviously AOL's way of tailgating Google's AND Yahoo's video search feature, albeit with classic tv programs.
   
   Bottom line: AOL can't have it both ways. They can't try to lead the pack while boosting the strategies of their competitors. Besides, the majority of the populace who moved to broadband have no idea what "Welcome Back, Kotter" is or couldn't name a single character from "Growing Pains". But I guess these are properties that are neither on dvd or currently in syndication(?), or in other words, properties not too many people care about. And neither will they care about AOL's latest bid to recover a lot of faith lost in them after their greedy, short-sighted practices over the past few years.