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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Prodigy (ISP)
		Prodigy Classic was discontinued in November, 1999 because it was decided that for financial reasons, its aging software should not be updated for Y2K.
		In 1996, Prodigy was acquired by the former founders of Boston Technology and their new firm International Wireless, with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú, a principal owner of Telmex, as a minority investor.
		Prodigy contended that the data were never transmitted; in fact, their software was preallocating disk space but not zeroing it before use -- a conscious choice intended to reduce startup time on slow home computers.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Prodigy_(ISP) (2816 words)

	Lunney v. Prodigy Services Company Court of Appeals Opinion
		Prodigy's role in transmitting e–mail is akin to that of a telephone company, which one neither wants nor expects to superintend the content of its subscribers' conversations.
		Prodigy, on the other hand, argues that while it reserves the right to screen its bulletin board messages, it is not required to do so, does not normally do so and therefore cannot be a publisher of electronic bulletin board messages posted on its system by third parties.
		Prodigy contends that such a duty would require an ISP to perform investigations on millions of potential subscribers, so as to be guarantors against harmful transmissions.
	legal.web.aol.com /decisions/dldefam/lunneyappeal.html (1885 words)

	What was Prodigy Classic?
		Prodigy managed such graphics as its star-shaped logo at a time when DOS, 300-baud modems, and ASCII text were the standards of the day.
		Prodigy thrived in the early '90s and even turned a profit in 1995.
		Prodigy Internet (PI) was introduced as competition against AOL, and the old Prodigy service became to be known as "Prodigy Classic" (PC).
	www.catchpenny.org /thoth/prodigy.html (604 words)

	SBC alliance with Prodigy
		Prodigy and SBC, the parent company of Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Ameritech, Nevada Bell and SNET, have joined their consumer Internet operations, making Prodigy the nation's third largest ISP and positioning it to best deliver the benefits of super-fast, always-on DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) broadband Internet access.
		As a result, SBC and Prodigy will be in a better position than virtually any other ISP to deliver customers the Internet experience they've been asking for through high-speed DSL Internet access and aggressive deployment of next-generation services, such as personal videoconferencing; video-on-demand and home networking.
		Prodigy Internet by Nevada Bell may package an upgraded look and feel, but your personal options and alternatives will be as broad and user-friendly as ever.
	public.nvbell.net /press/prodigy_faq.html (1076 words)

	Prodigy makes a run for the border \| CNET News.com
		On Monday, Prodigy and Telefonos de Mexico signed an agreement under which Prodigy will serve as a consultant for the giant telco on its ISP business, as a possible prelude toward merging the two services in that country.
		But the scaled-back agreement still is a sign that Prodigy is establishing a foothold with the biggest company in the Mexican ISP market, and may be a sign that the struggling ISP can rebuild itself as an international player.
		Meanwhile, Prodigy is shedding its old proprietary interface and moving all of its customers to a more traditional ISP service, and says its future lies with the open Internet.
	news.com.com /2100-1033-220771.html (1123 words)

	Prodigy (ISP) information - Search.com
		Prodigy Communications Corporation was a dialup service (a sort of "mega-BBS") for home computers in the United States before the advent of the Internet.
		Prodigy claimed it was the first consumer online service, differentiating itself from the leading service provider, CompuServe, which was used mostly by technophiles.
		Prodigy was founded in 1984 as Trintex, a joint venture between CBS, computer manufacturer IBM, and US retailer Sears.
	www.search.com /reference/Prodigy_(ISP) (2067 words)

	Davis & Gilbert LLP: New York Court Affirms ISP Immunity for Defamatory Postings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Prodigy Services Co. that Prodigy is a conduit for information, like a telephone company, rather than a publisher of information, like a newspaper or magazine.
		sued Prodigy on behalf of his son, a minor, alleging that "Prodigy was derelict in allowing the accounts to be opened in his name, and was responsible for his having been stigmatized and defamed" by having the boy's name linked to the offensive messages.
		The New York Court of Appeals decision affirmed the grant of summary judgment for Prodigy, strictly on the grounds that an ISP such as Prodigy is entitled to a qualified privilege from liability.
	www.dglaw.com /resource/janFeb2000_05.shtml (640 words)

	ISP Liability (BitLaw)
		ISPs are in a slightly different position when one of their customers misuses a trademark of another.
		In determining whether Prodigy was liable for the defaming statements of its customer in this case, a New York state judge was left to determine whether Prodigy was a "distributor" of information, such as a bookstore or library, or whether Prodigy was a "publisher" of information, such as a newspaper.
		Although the case was settled by the parties and Prodigy moved for a withdrawal of the judge's decision, the judge refused.
	www.bitlaw.com /internet/isp.html (1956 words)

	SNET DSL: Support : SBC, SNET and Prodigy
		Prodigy and SBC, the parent company of SNET, Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Ameritech and Nevada Bell, have joined their consumer Internet operations, making Prodigy the nation's third largest ISP and positioning it to best deliver the benefits of super-fast, always-on DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) broadband Internet access.
		As a result, SBC and Prodigy will be in a better position than virtually any other ISP to deliver customers the Internet experience they've been asking for through high-speed DSL Internet access and aggressive deployment of next-generation services, such as personal videoconferencing; video on demand and home networking.
		Prodigy Internet by SNET may package an upgraded look and feel, but your personal options and alternatives will be as broad and user-friendly as ever.
	dsl.snet.net /support/faq/snet-prodigyfaq.shtml (708 words)

	AT&T- News Room
		The deal will enable Prodigy to be well positioned to meet and grow demand for super-fast, always-on DSL and dial-up Internet access, and achieve the scope and scale to more quickly offer next-generation, broadband-powered content and emerging services such as home networking and video on demand.
		Prodigy will use SBC as its preferred provider of telecommunications services, with the ability to offer integrated packages of services including Electronic Yellow Page directories and other telephone services and to reach potentially millions of new customers.
		Prodigy utilizes a nationwide network covering more than 750 cities in all 50 states allowing approximately 83% of the United States population to access Prodigy's services with a local telephone call.
	www.att.com /gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=7168 (1821 words)

	ACM Ubiquity - The Net Neutrality Debate
		An ISP that declared that it would bar access to all Web sites in which the word "xylophone" appeared might lose users with an interest in music and those opposed in principle to violations of net neutrality, but it would in no sense be breaking a law or violating a moral principle.
		Prodigy Services Co. case completed in the Supreme Court of New York in 1995, an anonymous user of the "Money Talk" bulletin board on Prodigy made libelous statements about the principals of the Stratton Oakmont securities investment banking firm in October 1994 http://tinyurl.com/rkyf3.
		ISPs who take money from content providers to increase accessibility to their content or to block access to competitors may forfeit their defensive claims to being content-neutral distributors immune to liability for libel and other legal infringements (I have not discussed other issues such as intellectual property violations).
	www.acm.org /ubiquity/views/v7i20_neutrality.html (1857 words)

	View from Washington
		ISPs on whose networks false or misleading e-mail has been transmitted would be able to recover from the sender the greater of actual damages plus attorney fees, or $1,000 per occurrence not to exceed $2 million.
		Thus, Prodigy was held not to be liable as a publisher or editor of the libelous e-mail.
		Prodigy, which had found Prodigy to be liable for defamatory messages posted by a third party on its bulletin boards.
	www.opengroup.org /comm/the_message/magazine/mmv5n2/view.htm (1521 words)

	More Info on prodigy - - prodogy - - prodagy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Child prodigy, someone who is a master of one or more skills or arts at an early age:
		Prodigy (rapper), an American rapper, the main vocalist of the hip hop duo Mobb Deep; or
		The former child prodigy beat competition from Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue in the survey, conducted by Thornton's chocolate manufacturers.
	www.usgovernetics.com /Pri-to-Que/prodigy.php (574 words)

	ISP-Planet - News - Prodigy Urges Shareholders To Wait
		Executives at the fifth-largest ISP in the U.S. are telling their minority shareholders to wait before taking any action as a result of SBC Communication's decision to buy up the company.
		Prodigy (NASDAQ:PRGY) executives, hoping to avoid any improprieties, have named a special independent counsel to advise shareholders affected by SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC) intentions to buy out the Internet service provider (ISP).
		Prodigy has been plagued with financial difficulties for more than a year now, even after considerable bailouts by its telco parent.
	www.isp-planet.com /news/2001/prodigy_sbc_deal.html (369 words)

	SNET Internet : Support :SBC, SNET and Prodigy
		Prodigy is now the nation's third largest ISP and the nation's top broadband DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) ISP.
		Prodigy will be in a better position to deliver customers the Internet experience they've been asking for through high-speed DSL Internet access and aggressive deployment of next-generation services, such as personal videoconferencing, video on demand and home networking.
		Prodigy Internet will provide an upgraded look and feel, and you will have the ability to customize your own start page around the information you find most important.
	www.snet.net /support/faq/snet-prodigyfaq.shtml (796 words)

	Prodigy Announces New Chief Executive - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Prodigy clearly lost the consumer ISP war to AOL, but it still boasts the largest Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) subscriber base.
		Prodigy says that its management turnover is in line with the industry as a whole.
		Prodigy announced a third-quarter net loss of $62.8 million, or 90 cents per share, in October.
	www.forbes.com /2000/12/06/1206prodigy.html (693 words)

	Prodigy and SBC
		In November 2001, SBC Communications acquired Prodigy as part of a tender offer for all outstanding Class A common shares.
		Prodigy is currently the preferred Internet Service Provider (ISP) for SBC's dial and DSL customers, providing an award-winning national dial network and Internet portal and related services.
		Prodigy has provided online services for nearly 20 years and is an expert at providing the tools and services Internet customers expect.
	myhome.prodigy.net /about/prodigy_and_sbc.html (90 words)

	Prodigy and SBC
		In November 2001, SBC Communications acquired Prodigy as part of a tender offer for all outstanding Class A common shares.
		Prodigy is currently the preferred Internet Service Provider (ISP) for SBC's dial and DSL customers, providing an award-winning national dial network and Internet portal and related services.
		Prodigy has provided online services for nearly 20 years and is an expert at providing the tools and services Internet customers expect.
	help.prodigy.net /about/prodigy_and_sbc.html (90 words)

	IEP-SAC - Internet Concepts, Infrastructure, and the Service Providers
		Prodigy is a strong Web aggregator, collecting sites it has prescreened for solid reliability, ease of use and high content quality.
		Prodigy provided a stunningly reliable connection, and only its lack of any substantial exclusive content prevented it from garnering better notices.
		Prodigy also gives users 1MB of storage space for personal Web pages, as well as simple tools for creating, managing, and uploading pages.
	www.iepsac.org /papers/p04c05b.htm (1550 words)

	Prodigy (ISP) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prodigy was founded in 1984 as Trintex, a joint venture between CBS, computer manufacturer IBM, and retailer Sears, Roebuck and Company.
		Prodigy had hoped that its service would be much like today's Internet portals, offering news, weather, sports, shopping for groceries or general merchandise, banking, brokerage services, and airline reservations.
		One explanation for Prodigy's slow response to a changing marketplace may be due to the conservative cultural bent of IBM and Sears, Prodigy was slow to adopt features that made its rival, AOL, so appealing -- for example, anonymous handles, online chat, and unmoderated bulletin boards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prodigy_(ISP) (2783 words)

	FindLaw's Modern Practice - Feature - Defamation Immunity On The Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		CompuServe, a federal court in New York allowed the ISP Compuserve to escape liability for statements on its bulletin board on the theory it was a mere distributor.
		Prodigy - which followed shortly thereafter - a New York state court held that the ISP Prodigy was liable (to the tune of a potential $200 million in damages) for defamatory remarks on its bulletin board.
		Of course, this was a dubious distinction that allowed one ISP to escape liability merely by outsourcing content control - or simply not exercising any control in the first place.
	practice.findlaw.com /feature-0803.html (1901 words)

	SBC's acquisition: Why Prodigy, why now? Answer: DSL
		On Sept. 21, SBC said it plans to purchase the outstanding Prodigy shares it doesn't already own for $5.45 a share, for a total of around $378 million, including debt.
		Telecom companies' ISP efforts haven't been vibrant, largely because they haven't been a priority, analysts said.
		EarthLink, one of the last remaining independent ISPs, would be an attractive takeover candidate for a lot of companies, including Microsoft's MSN and media companies such as Disney, said Thomas Morabito, an analyst at McDonald Investments.
	review.zdnet.com /4520-6033_16-4206465.html (770 words)

	Why Are IBM and Sears Selling Prodigy
		As to being first to provide a product or service, Prodigy was a pioneer in popularizing the concept of on-line communications, "but was late in updating its cartoon-like graphics and in emulating the slick marketing techniques of its rivals," notes the Journal.
		The industry’s leader, America Online (AOL), was able to differentiate itself from the rest by coming up with innovative features such as facilitating "chat" sessions among its subscribers and providing their members with "bulletin boards" as a medium where members who share interest in certain topics can exchange such ideas.
		It is not clear what were the causes of the marketing failure, but one possibility is that IBM and Sears might not have provided the necessary funds to launch a major ad campaign.
	www.morevalue.com /glossary/restrict/Divestiture-Prodigy.html (465 words)

	My Mac Online: The Archives: July 1997: Software Review - Prodigy Internet
		Now, with the growing fame of the home-town ISP, Prodigy has stepped into the light and created Prodigy Internet, a service resembling the easy-to-use ISP many of us have come to know.
		Prodigy, on the other hand, is a direct connection to the Internet using nothing but FreePPP and Netscape.
		And while Prodigy uses proxy servers for the connection, their servers are amazingly fast.
	www.mymac.com /archives/jul_97/prodigy.shtml (841 words)

	Prodigy Signs on As Exclusive Co-Branded ISP for Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation; Prodigy Increases Push to Reach ...
		Prodigy is the first national Internet provider to combine both customer service and technical support in one toll free call for live, in-language help to the Spanish-speaking customer-- help on everything from loading the software to online registration to the different service options and billing.
		With this relationship, Prodigy will work with HBCi, Inc., the interactive division of HBC, to integrate HBC radio station web properties into the bilingual Internet service thus allowing its visitors an easy way to receive culturally relevant local content and to listen to their favorite HBC radio programs over the Internet.
		Prodigy utilizes a nationwide network covering more than 850 cities in all 50 states allowing 90% of the United States population to access Prodigy's Internet services with a local telephone call.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_April_26/ai_61690016 (831 words)

	SBC Strengthens Ties With Prodigy
		Prodigy, on the other hand, focused on residential dial-up accounts and building out its non-subscriber efforts like email, news, chat and its portal.
		Prodigy will act as a wholesale ISP of sorts, offering SBC DSL and business dial-up, in addition to its residential dial-up accounts, through Prodigy's Internet services.
		Charles Foster, long-time SBC executive and newly-minted Prodigy chairman, chief executive officer and president, said the agreement lets his company focus on moving the ISP forward.
	www.clickz.com /showPage.html?page=565261 (339 words)

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