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AOL to axe broadband and narrowband sections?

AOL's Access division is reponsible for trying to get broadband AOL consumers. It's been a huge struggle as AOL has to pay the broadband companies providing the connection a fee, cutting into their profit margin. Secondly rumors are that RoadRunner cable and AOL Access haven't exactly been getting along, as Tech Dirt points out.

CNET points out that AOL Access faces a crunch. Dial up users are converting to broadband via local cable companies already, thus trickling away. Second is that local cable companies are grabbing a lot of the early switchers to broadband, meaning AOL is either fighting to keep the customers it has and switch them to broadband with a slight loss in profit, or trying hard to woo existing customers away who aren't interested in broadband because they're reluctant to change.

Now comes a big rumor via Valleywag that AOL's Access division is going to make some massive cuts come in August to early October of this year due the lackluster broadband performance.

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