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October 15, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — America Online (aol.com), announced the launch of its
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High-Speed Broadband service over the Time Warner Cable system in Cincinnati
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and Greensboro.
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AOL High-Speed Broadband combines the advantages of a broadband connection
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with the ease-of-use and community atmosphere that have made AOL the world’s
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most popular online service. With this broadband service, AOL members can
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access multimedia content, instant messaging and interactive gaming
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seamlessly integrated into the AOL client software.
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Barry Schuler, chairman and CEO of America Online, said “the Internet is
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entering a new era as a significant number of consumers begin to adopt
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broadband connections. Consumers in Cincinnati can take advantage of even
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greater online convenience than they’ve known before, paving the way for
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them to make the medium even more central to their lives with services like
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home networking, online music, interactive gaming, and more. We are
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confident that AOL can lead the way in the broadband era based on the
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unparalleled understanding of what mass-market consumers want that has
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helped us grow to more than 31 million members around the world.”
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AOL’s High-Speed services offers consumers a wide range of high-speed
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content through partnerships with media and entertainment leaders. Among the
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offerings available are news reports and live coverage from CBS News, CNN,
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and the Weather Channel; Sports highlights and more from the NFL, NBA, and
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NASCAR, as well as CNNSI, HBO Sports, CBS Sportsline, and Turner Sports;
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Music videos and more from Get Music and Rolling Stone.com, as well as the
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Radio@AOL service that will be featured in AOL 7.0; Movie previews, animated
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content, short video clips, and entertainment news from HBO, Moviefone,
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Warner Brothers Online, E!, Cartoon Network and others; Business and
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technology news from CBS Marketwatch and CNET; Interactive features and
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animated cartoons for Kids from Cartoon Network, Kiddonet and Warner
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Brothers Online; and Travel destination guides and previews from
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Travelocity.
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With the launch later this month of AOL 7.0, high-speed content will be even
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more seamlessly integrated into the world’s most popular online service. A
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dedicated “High-Speed AOL” area will appear as part of the AOL Welcome
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Screen and across channels and sites – automatically presenting relevant
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broadband content as members explore the service, so that they can access
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audio and video content with a point and click.
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Subscribers to the AOL High-Speed Broadband services will pay $44.95 for
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unlimited use of their broadband account and $2.95 per hour for dial-up use.
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Members who want to get unlimited broadband connectivity, and unlimited
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access to AOL’s worldwide network of dial-up connections from any location,
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can choose to pay the single price of $54.95 per month. There are no
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activation or cancellation fees.
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Glenn Britt, chairman and CEO of Time Warner Cable, said “by offering AOL
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High-Speed Broadband and other ISPs over Time Warner Cable systems, we are
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taking a major step in fulfilling our commitment to enhance choice,
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convenience and value for consumers. The ability to offer AOL and other
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choices to our customers – a first among the country’s cable systems – is
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just the latest demonstration of Time Warner Cable’s technological
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leadership.”
