AT&T Leverages Excite@Home to Ramp Up Cable Deployment AT&T Leverages Excite@Home to Ramp Up Cable Deployment Paul Jones
Demand for broadband services has reportedly forced AT&T to pressure Excite@Home to accelerate its deployment of cable modem services in key U.S. markets. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, AT&T (T) executives said Excite@Home's (ATHM) poor performance was the subject of a recent meeting of Excite@tHome and its cable partners.
AT&T accused Excite@Home of dropping the ball in the high-stakes broadband marketplace and demanded the company improve performance to meet 100 percent of demand, the Journal said. But Matt Wolfrom, Excite@Home spokesperson, said the Denver meeting was a regularly scheduled gathering with its partners to review their performance and establish priorities.
"We attended the MSO Quarterly Summit in Denver last week to keep in touch with everyone because our operation is a partnership and we work together to make things happen," Wolfrom said. According to the report, AT&T executives chastised Excite@Home as a means to pressure the company into boosting its performance.
