Hughes getting out of the ISP business

[raj2001]

Here we have the two internet services being offered by Hughes being canned:

DirecWay:
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-977119.html

"Satellite-television company Hughes Electronics on Friday will "clarify" its future plans for residential satellite-based Web services, following a published report indicating those services might be discontinued, a company representative said. "

DirecTV DSL:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-13-2002/0001857439&EDATE=

"EL SEGUNDO, Calif. and CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Hughes Electronics Corporation today announced that its subsidiary, DIRECTV
Broadband, Inc., would close its high-speed Internet service business in
approximately 90 days and work toward transitioning existing customers to
alternative service providers."

[Martyva]

The first sign of many, showing how the merger was bad for rural America. Now them farmers don't have to put up with high speed spam.