ISPs find it hard to keep pace in high-speed world

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Most of the estimated 7,900-plus Internet service providers, or ISPs, are expected to close shop. Hundreds are already for sale and many are losing money. Some are expected to vaporize in a wave of coming consolidation or close down. They face an incrasingly competitive landscape sinc emore customers are demanding faster speeds through digital subscriber lines or cable and wireless connections. The demand is posing a problem for most smaller ISPs since they rely on other companies to provide the faster connections. ISPs also face delays in getting high-speed service from digital subscriber line wholesalers.

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Lucent CEO says Alcatel deal wasn't righ, so he moved on

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Lucent Technologies Inc on May 29 ended merger discussions with French competitor Alcatel because the transaction had become an acquisition of Lucent rather than a merger of equals, according to Lucent CEO Henry Schacht. Schacht says Lucent had not pursued the agreement because his firm could not complete its turnaround. The merger, which would have valued Lucent at around $23 billion in Alcatel stock and offered shareholders no premium, would have formed the biggest telecommunications gear manufacturer in the world.

Acquisitions & mergers, Foreign operations, France, Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Telecommunications Equipment, Lucent Technologies Inc., Compagnie Financiere Alcatel

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Free ride is ending for millions of Internet users

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Free Internet access is disappearing as a slew of companies close shop for economic reasons. Altavista, for one, has cut off 3 million users of its free Internet service which is provided by 1stUp.com since 1stUp is going out of business. WorldSpy, FreeInternet.com and Freewwweb have also gone out of business. Freebie Internet service provicers (ISPs) have found that advertising alone cannot cover operating and marketing costs. In fact, weakening advertising has hastened the demise of free ISPs.

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