Keith Morse wrote: <snip>
<snip>From a posting on the isp-wireless list today, there was a news articlethat said that DirectTV will be scrapping DirectWay in the near future.
Hopefully not. The correction states:
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FYI - This is from NRTC, a Powered by DirecWay partner
December 13, 2002
Hughes Denies DIRECWAY Comments in
The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 12
Hughes Network Systems (HNS) has assured NRTC that an article appearing in the Dec. 12 Wall Street Journal under the headline �Hughes to Halt Internet Offerings It Views Risky,� is in error. Hughes tells us that The Journal took comments made several months ago by Jack Shaw, CEO of HNS parent company Hughes Electronics, out of context.
An NRTC representative was present earlier this week when HNS CEO Pradman Kaul outlined the company�s current position on DIRECWAY during the Lehman Brothers Technology Conference in Orlando, FL. At that conference, Kaul said that HNS is continuing to offer DIRECWAY and expects to add 100,000 residential and small-office/home-office customers in the coming year. In fact, he said, HNS currently is adding 3,000 new DIRECWAY subscribers a week, which is ahead of the 100,000-per-year pace.
Kaul also said that subscriber acquisition cost (SAC) is the most significant factor limiting DIRECWAY growth. He estimated SAC to be $400-$500 per subscriber. In our communications with HNS, they have indicated their desire to move away from the subsidization of DIRECWAY and retail distribution through DIRECTV. Instead, they seek to shift more distribution to �Powered by partners,� including NRTC. Hughes has said that they will focus their efforts on the Enterprise and SOHO marketplaces.
In July 2002, Jack Shaw speculated in public on the possibility of discontinuing DIRECWAY service. Shaw�s comments appeared at the height of the public relations battle surrounding the proposed EchoStar/DIRECTV merger. At the time, many analysts believed that HNS was using Shaw�s comments and similar messages in an attempt to sway public opinion in favor of the proposed merger. The Wall Street Journal reporter appears to have used those out-of-date statements as the basis of the article.
NRTC responded to the July 2002 comments in the July 19 issue of The Download. As stated in that item, HNS executives assured NRTC then (and continue to assure) that they are not planning to pull the plug on DIRECWAY and will continue to support ongoing operation of that business.
Steve Weaver
Cherryland Online Services
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This is from: http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/isp-wireless/0212/msg06472.html
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