cybercrimes
join:2003-12-24
Phoenixville, PA | comcast you lose
comcast you knew you lose |
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WORSE. THAN. CARTER.
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join:2001-12-30
Backyard
 ·1and1
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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| Four Score And Seven Years From Now
Philadelphia will have FIOS, maybe. The corrupt City Council and the neophyte mayor Nutter with his cronies will be fleecing Verizon before, during, and after the Fios installation takes place.
Little Nicky Scarfo was the head of the mob in Philly and when he went to jail I think City Council and the mayor took over. The jails are filled with former mayor John Street's friends and business associates. Street's brother Milton was caught and tried by the feds. State senator Vince Fumo is in the fight of his life trying to stay out of jail. City Councilman Kelly's top aide is on trial today also. And there is a lot more.
FIOS in Philly, maybe, maybe not. 
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
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Re: comcast you lose
said by cybercrimes  :comcast you knew you lose Comcast didn't lose. All this means is that Comcast simply didn't offer a bribe that was high enough.
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saturation p
join:2002-06-07
Philadelphia, PA | finally some direct competition
competition may be bad for business but its usually good for the consumer. I admit there is corruption in philly. But just because there is does not mean there are no good people (unsung hereos) who are fighting back. Being cinical is easy. |
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bender
Bite my shiny metal ass
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join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL
clubs:
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| reply to pnh102
Re: comcast you lose
said by pnh102 :said by cybercrimes :comcast you knew you lose Comcast didn't lose. All this means is that Comcast simply didn't offer a bribe that was high enough. so in other words, they lost. |
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fatmanskinny
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Wandering | The First FIOS Customer will be.....
The CEO of Comcast followed by many Comcast employees. |
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ztmike
Mark for moderation
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join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN
·Comcast
1 edit | Caps
You know what I find funny..Comcast still employs caps on their Docsis 3 speed tiers.
AND their the same cap on the less speedy tiers (250GB/month)
I honestly see FiOS winning in the long run for 2 reasons, 1.) Its FTTH 2.) NO CAPS (as of yet) and right now..their speed tiers are above ANYTHING Comcast has atm 20/20 anyone? |
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RockCake
Premium
join:2005-07-12
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon Online DSL
| SEVEN years?
I know it's a big city and all, but doesn't that seem a bit long?
Heck in 2016, I expect to have the Internets beamed directly in into our brains, along with our flying cars! 
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"Come, come Maurice. What is a simple bite on the buttocks among friends?" |
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GeekGirl1
The Medium IS the Message
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join:2007-01-28
Morrisville, PA
2 edits | Sorry, all sports will be on CN8
That's the Comcast-owned channel used for sports overflow in case Comcast Sportsnet was already used. Supposedly went defunct at the end of the year. (Don't know if it's still on in Philly, I have FiOS.)
Wouldn't it be a nice payback if Comcast moved all it's sports coverage to a channel not carried by FiOS? I wouldn't put it past Comcast to do something like this.
Hope Verizon got a good contract to make sure this doesn't happen. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | reply to RockCake
Re: SEVEN years?
2 years * 3.5 mafia factor
Seriously though, Verizon will be rolling out 100/20 fiber, you just watch...the Obama ISP bailout will give them a tax break if they do... |
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keefer
Premium
join:2007-01-21
Philadelphia, PA | reply to GeekGirl1
Re: Sorry, all sports will be on CN8
Hooray!? I'm finally getting Fios.  Hopefully sometime soon! ;o |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | Fios and tru2way , tivo etc
If Fios was around i would switch, but i wouldnt switch if they didnt support tivo. Verizon needs to jump on the tru2 bandwagon as well. Otherwise, it not going to be as attractive. |
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ptrowski
Got Helix?
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join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
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| Comcast should be a bit nervous...
Now that their nemesis on the HSI front had the gates to the castle opened for them, Comcast had best start coming up with some interesting customer retention packages or one hell of a marketing campaign...
I can see it now..."Everytime FIOS is installed in a new home a cuddly kitten is killed. Stay with Comcast, we won't kill that kitten". |
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11 | reply to bender
Re: comcast you lose
More like they blinked. |
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bakalao2k
join:2001-03-20
Chicago, IL | reply to ptrowski
Re: Comcast should be a bit nervous...
Bring FIOS to the city of Chicago. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | reply to ptrowski
Verizon should under-price philly. So to get maximum subs, even if they did just in center city. 10meg symmetric would be bad either. |
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ggma1126
ggma1126
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join:2008-08-30
Claymont, DE
| reply to pnh102
Re: comcast you lose
said by pnh102 :said by cybercrimes :comcast you knew you lose Comcast didn't lose. All this means is that Comcast simply didn't offer a bribe that was high enough. Yep they didn't offer as much as a bribe as they did in Wilmington DE |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| flawed strategy
If Comcast thinks they the'll just force customers who use more than 250gb per month off on their competition so that they make less money.. they may be right.. but what Comcast doesn't know is that Verizon is prepared to spend Comcast under the table more than 5x what Comcast is actually worth and has credit for another 5x when it comes to last mile ISP. The big question is whether those customers begin telling their friends who use under 250gb that the service is much better with Verizon than Comcast.
Even Time Warner is biting their nails but following the lead of Comcast in expanding caps to other markets.. They even had a nice push poll on CNN wondering whether consumers would really ditch their cable-tv service and utilize internet based media only?
Just to make it seem more unpalatable they say, on a computer monitor as if it's the old clunky CRT's of the past. Hah! Video data can go anywhere these days, from a 1" portable media player to a HD 60" plasma screen (provided the source is of HD divx/h264 quality & resolution and of a decent bitrate).
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
·Future Nine Corpor..
·VOIPo
·Vonage
| reply to DaveNJ
Re: Fios and tru2way , tivo etc
FiOS supports CableCARD, which support the Series3 line of TiVo.
TiVo has no Tru2Way products released to the public yet, and the status of development is a big unknown.
I have no problem with my Series3 right now with CableCARD. Works just fine. |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
clubs: | Shun evil.
Comcast is pure evil and must be cast into the lake that burns with fire. |
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