AOL’s year-and-a-half year old deal with Comcast to bundle itself with Comcast’s cable broadband service has still not surfaced…the deal has taken a detour, spurred by changing market demands and conflicting interests.
The delay in the AOL-Comcast pact underlines the cable industry’s reluctance to strike deals with Internet companies, according to analysts, a stance that could hurt Web companies seeking to shift consumers from dial-up to broadband-based versions of their services.
For AOL: “AOL has made it clear that the BYOA strategy, not bundles, is the future of our broadband offering,” AOL spokesman Jim Whitney said.
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