ztmike
Mark for moderation
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join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | OK> What about At&t?
Yet, At&t is going ahead with their plans..  |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| AT&T is being a little smarter about their plans...larger caps on low tiers to begin with.
quote:
The boiling frog story states that a frog can be boiled alive if the water is heated slowly enough — it is said that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will never jump out.
TWC = boiling water
AT&T = slowly heating it
Also, is AT&T in that market ? I know they're planning it for TX and Reno, NV.
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Pv8man
join:2008-07-24
Hammond, IN
| awww...
Brit made only $14.4 Mil.... 8% less profit then he did last year...awww...that's too bad.
I have sympathy towards your poverty, are you going to be able to survive??
It's called a recession, and we are all feeling it as we loose 40% of our 401k and our credit card interests skyrocket.
TWC...why don't you use the recession as a marketing advantage like the rest of the ISP's that are offering deals to try to keep customers. |
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ATT Victem
@bellsouth.net | Why no outrage against ATT?
Why aren't people complaining about ATT's ongoing rape plans? The big monopoly, newly rebuilt, is badder than ever. |
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Fisamo
Premium
join:2004-02-20
Apex, NC | reply to en102
Re: OK> What about At&t?
The ILEC there is Embarq. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| reply to ATT Victem
Re: Why no outrage against ATT?
said by ATT Victem :
Why aren't people complaining about ATT's ongoing rape plans? The big monopoly, newly rebuilt, is badder than ever.
Give it a little time. with these idiots at TW continually hanging themselves in regards to their own practices and policies, the attention will be focused on all carriers including the newly rebuilt Deathstar!
What surprises me is that there are no politicians sticking their neck out for the consumers. You could build a decent resume on fighting the monopolistic tactics of these carriers. For years we heard about "Big Oil" gouging the consumer but nothing about Big Binary! |
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AVonGauss
Premium,MVM
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL
| reply to ATT Victem
Not Karl, but most of the media I believe has/had forgotten about the AT&T trials or are confused with the details. During the TWC posts a few weeks ago, a lot of other publishers were making comparisons to AT&T's "unlimited" service forgetting the fact that they are doing the very same type of trials as TWC. AT&T is also being a little bit sneakier about how customers fall in to the metered billing trial - as another poster pointed out, AT&T is still at the slow boil phase. |
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | reply to Pv8man
Re: awww...
oh poor Mr. Britt how ever will he survive with only 14Mill
well I guess he won't (fire the B@##@$@d) and revoke his Platinum Parachute |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
clubs:
 ·QuantumVoice
·AT&T Southeast
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to S_engineer
Re: Why no outrage against ATT?
said by S_engineer  :What surprises me is that there are no politicians sticking their neck out for the consumers. Why should they, people voted them in so  |
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Squirrelly
join:2000-10-24
Harrisburg, PA | going down hill
What has happened to this country, we are going down hill |
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
Premium
join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA
·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Still expensive
That's $560 per person, considering there's probably 2 or 3 people to a home there, it's no big surprise why TWC wouldn't take on ftth.
Though, if I was in charge of one of these companies I would probably take a different approach. Such as cutting a deal with municipalities for them to foot the bill for such endeavors. Allow the city to own, operate, maintain, then just be a content provider, just what Earthlink does.
Although, it would probably take many years for the city to recoup it's investment.
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
Host:
Road Runner
PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
| reply to AVonGauss
Re: Why no outrage against ATT?
AT&T is traditionally a lot more sophisticated on the PR front than Time Warner Cable, which I think explains a lot of it. It also helps that as noted last week, people in those trial markets don't know they're on metered billing until after they sign up for service.
Rochester, NY is also a more technologically savvy market than I suspect Reno or Beaumont is. People in Rochester generally understood the broader implications of shifting the business model as the advent of HD video approaches... |
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
·Comcast
·Embarq
|  Companies are all the same.
 It does not make a difference which company it is they all have the best government money can buy. Welcome to the new USA now a Banana Republic. The law makers that we employ support big business rather than American Citizens. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| reply to Karl Bode
Re: Why no outrage against ATT?
said by Karl Bode :AT&T is traditionally a lot more sophisticated on the PR front than Time Warner Cable, I think you win the award for the understatement of the week! |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | You think that having your $14 million a year CEO call your customers confused for not wanting to pay $1-$2 per gigabyte in the middle of a recession might have been bad form?  |
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | reply to Mr Matt
Re: Companies are all the same.
I think we just need to find a way to become big business then they'll be on our side again |
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| What we need are our own lawmakers. Actually, no, what we need are more educated and involved voters. As it stands, many people only seriously consider candidates with the biggest media presence, and that translates into the candidates with the most money to spend. And who is in the best position to fund these candidates? Businesses, of course, which makes these candidates dependent on their financiers.
So the trick is to figure out a way to create informed, open-minded voters. Do that, and you'll go a long way toward solving the problem. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
1 edit |  Sent to Committee
The bill in question, H1252, was sent to the Public Utilities Commission yesterday without prejudice: »www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/B···utton=Go
I believe that means that they don't recommend passage or denial, but want to hear the thoughts of the Public Utilities Commission first.
Luckily, one of the chairmen of the Science and Technology committee represents Guilford County (the county Greensboro resides in). |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to Fisamo
Re: OK> What about At&t?
said by Fisamo :The ILEC there is Embarq. But in most of North Carolina, at least the major cities, it *IS* AT&T. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| More Info
Here is more info that was IM'd to me. A little hard to read, but a blow-by-blow of what happened when the bill hit the floor yesterday.
»groups.google.com/group/nc-publi···e843facb |
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