AOL recasting its cable broadband services
As part of its announcements this week AOL is also now going to push AOL services as the front end to cobranded cable broadband services since DSL providers already have strong relationships with Yahoo and MSN according to this New York Times story (registration required)
In the first of those deals, with Comcast, AOL will price the bundled service at $55 a month, $6 less than the combined price of Comcast's broadband service and AOL's bring-your-own-access plan.
Still, that is about $10 a month more than other providers are charging. That premium is how AOL actually makes a profit on its broadband service when Earthlink loses money charging $42 to $50 a month.