brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL | hey
Leave Comcast alone let them expand. At least they are doing better than AT&T. They are still in the dark ages with ADSL. |
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baineschile
2600
Premium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI
 ·Comcast
 ·magicjack.com
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
1 edit | And they are right
Did anyone intervieneve when Microsoft owen 85% of their marketshare (computer operation systems)?
If Comcast can expand they should...its called capitalism. ATT, Verizon, and the Satellites are formidale foes, and one will always keep the other from becoming a monopoloy. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO
·VOIPo
| I say let 'em grow.
Maybe then I can get cable internet, I live about 10min from them(maybe 12-15-ish I don't look at the clock that much) and 5min or so away from a new subdivision was put in a few yrs ago and they don't have CC ether if they get it maybe CC will extend the line to my house. I would still keep dish and VOIPo though. And I like capitalism let. CC grow. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | Law Suite
Everyone knew this was going to come. The FCC tired it before and it was shot down by the courts. Time for the Courts to put the FCC back in its place.
Way to go Comcast! |
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rob316
join:2005-10-17
Carteret, NJ
1 edit | reply to me1212
Re: I say let 'em grow.
I am a Socialist pig, down with big business (lol)  |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Sarcasm? or not? |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | reply to me1212
Let them sprout with conditions. Make them share the lines..Hehe.
No more hiring of lowlifes...My declarations will be finalized at a later date. |
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UofMiamiGrad
Premium
join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY | Close Terrestial Loophole & Let Them Grow
FCC should allow them to get bigger, but the terrestial loophole should be closed, so they can't screw rivals out of programming customers want. See if Comcast wants CSN HD in Philly all over the place, as well as CSN-NW HD. Bet they balk. |
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rob316
join:2005-10-17
Carteret, NJ | reply to me1212
Re: I say let 'em grow.
Sarcasm of course, even though I hate Comcast this is America and they have the right to expand how ever they want. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
1 edit | reply to ninjatutle
and we want the same thing with ATT and Bell South and every other phone company building out a new network.
And we want ATT and VZ to bring back ALL the jobs they outsourced over the years, Toledo has a nice office downtown that used to be staffed, i'm sure we could find some people here in town to go work there again.
by the way--Comcast didnt use tax payer money or anything from the feds to build out- they shouldn't be required to share like the Bells. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO
·VOIPo
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 I do not like the throttle, but if it that or dial-up the provide a good service to some people. And in America business should be able to grow and stuff. Plus if other cablecos would just expand we would not have this problem. |
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
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1 edit | As the cop said
in the Larry Craig case, "no wonder we're going down the tubes!"
All this talk in favor of allowing Comcast to control markets because they have the means is a 'might makes right' mentality born of - and in - ignorance of history. Sensible regulation isn't socialism; in fact, it's just the opposite: it's the only wall between us and fascism. But the sheeple buy into the endless 'smaller govt' mantra (rather than take control of THEIR govt.) and then wonder why everything is in the sh*tter when the dust settles and the corporations have their pe*ker up your arse.
History teaches people nothing.
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baineschile
2600
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join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | reply to hottboiinnc
Re: Law Suite
Suite law man!!!!
Suit* |
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baineschile
2600
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join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI
·Comcast
·magicjack.com
·Verizon Wireless B..
1 edit | reply to Titus Pullo
Re: As the cop said
Youre missing the point; the economy doesnt govern companies successes, consumers do. People bought Microsoft Windows because it made computers easier to use (as opposed to DOS or Linux which both are much more technical). If Comcast, or any other TV/Broadband provider has a good product, and they end up owning 99% of the market, so be it.
People will buy a product they want, that is at a fair price. Should we tell WalMart to close half of their stores because we dont have retail store regulations? Or are the low prices they offer good for budget conscience families. Should we tell 15% of PC users they have to buy an apple with leopard so the competition is more even? Cmon.
If a corporation fails, they fail for 1 of 2 reasons. The product they had isnt in demand anymore (SUVs GM), or they end up cooking the books and lying about PE share. What needs to be regulated more than anything is what indivduals take away from the company (million dollar bonus' for everyone at Enron!), not how many customers a company has. That is more of a task of the SEC, not the FCC. The FCC just needs to make sure that these large companies help subsidize local goverment needs. In the case of cable/telcom, that would be the 911 call centers, municipal buildings, and televised high school and government events. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| Personally, I have always found Linux and MAC easier to use than Windows.
Scheduler is a simple cron
stdin/stdout/sterr
Everything is either a process or a file - a process is a file that is running.
Windows doesn't share that simple philosophy, and has a super bloated piece called registry. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
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Re: hey
I'd agree on the first part:
Let them expand, as long as there is competition.
Since VZ is deploying FiOS TV, and AT&T is deploying U-Verse VDSL TV (and DirecTV), there is competition.
I do suspect that many of the 'small' players will be gobbled up, similar to what is happening with wireless. |
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decifal
join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
| reply to baineschile
Re: As the cop said
um.. The only factory/prebuilt computer I've purchased was my first one.. IT had windows already on it.. And at the time, I thought/knew that was the only os there was to use.. I've learned sense granted.. But I as far as choice was lacking knowledge of such options to even put in my request for another... But ignorance is bliss.. |
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
·Embarq
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No, you miss the point. Do you really think the FCC has communications regulations in place to hurt business? Yeah, they're all commie plants 
If anything, they're inept dolts, but they're ostensibly in place to police the market. We're still witnessing what happens when markets run unfettered, or have you forgotten that?
The FCC, and I'm no fan of government, is an arbiter for the communications market, not retail packaged products, and they don't care whether a company fails on merit or not. Certain regulations are in place & designed to prevent monopolies from existing, not for the punishment of success. If the percentage of market share should be adjusted, let it be by public referendum rather than a smattering of Atlas Shrugged koolaid drinkers.
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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL | economy
By not letting cable companies compete in other territories you're basically crippling the economy. |
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erikthebean
join:2007-06-25
Manchester, NH | Let Them Grow
I say let Comcast grow..if they can afford it awesome!! Just as long as other companies are allowed to go into the same territories i don't see the issue. Its when only Comcast is allowed in a territory..now that's an issue. |
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