moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| For once, he is right.......
Cell phone service has a high churn rate. People can switch on a whim and not have to worry about monopolies or duopolies. Not so with cable TV services.
Also, Comcast is not going to run a help desk just for the phone. Sprint will handle this and if you piss off a customer over his cell phone service, will he blame Comcast since they sold him the service? And, if a customer cancels the cell phone due to poor service, will that affect the pricing of the 3 other services involved? 
Another thing to consider is the normal 2 year contracts for cell phones. Cable, DSL and DSS services are normally 1 year.
This could get interesting. |
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krayzie bone
join:2006-09-03
Marietta, GA | why anyone would sign up for quadruple play anyway is beyond me...It doesn't save you that much money (if any) and you get the same, crappy service from one provider. Yippee! |
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Trinijoy
Premium
join:2005-09-12
Brick, NJ | YEAH!
I LOVE BLUNT CEO's.
You go boy! |
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moby866
Premium
join:2000-10-07
Above you | I am unimpressed with Comcast
That is all.  |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
| Well...
... so much for me getting a cell then.
Not that I actually have a use for a cell, but it would have been just tacked onto the Comcast bill.
Ah well.
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Think outside the Fox... Opera |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | Unimpressed by your employees...
Maybe if you offered more salary and benefits you would hire more desirable folks. |
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JSRoman
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
| free cable- discounted ppv and hd/dvrs boxes
free high speed
discounted phone service
401k match up to 6%-Fidelity
average health care cost for employees
ESPP at 15% discount
tons of vendor discounts for working for Comcast-Verizon,Sprint,Cingular,Apple,HP,Dell
64 hours of flex time during the year if not used they pay you for it
vacation days on par with other big companies
stock options depending on time with company
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www.seabee.org |
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FanaticGamer
join:2006-10-16
Jacksonville, FL
| *High Five to fellow employee JSRoman*
I actually love my job thank ya very much, and love the benefits of it....
On point: Actually I wouldn't be surprised if we did have some Inhouse Tech Support Training for the Sprint Cell Phones, I would be cool with learning it for sure. I can't speak for the test markets, but if it launches nationally, I suspect a Job Posting For CAEs in Wireless. Time will tell....
-FG |
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
00000
clubs: | reply to krayzie bone
Re: For once, he is right.......
plus a contract for all of them. boo. |
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Sabre
Di relung hatiku bernyanyi bidadari
join:2005-05-17
·Comcast
| reply to FanaticGamer
Re: Unimpressed by your employees...
I'll third that. I don't work for Comcast anymore, but I left because I couldn't get the promotion I wanted in-house, not because of the benefits. Comcast's benefits, as outlined by JSRoman, are indeed excellent. For all their faults (and most every huge company does indeed have many faults), they're a good company to work for. Though I'm not sure how well cellphone service will fit them anyway.
Now if they were to look into Wimax integration, that might be interesting.
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to Trinijoy
Re: YEAH!
Indeed. Brian usually sounds like he's been smokin' a blunt... |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | reply to ninjatutle
Re: Unimpressed by your employees...
I said desirable folks. Not just anybody |
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BloodRoses
Gods lend wings to tainted hearts
Premium
join:2003-03-17
clubs: | reply to dadkins
Re: Well...
You don't have a mobile? You do know this is 2007, right? ~_^ |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
clubs:
 ·QuantumVoice
·AT&T Southeast
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by BloodRoses  :You don't have a mobile? You do know this is 2007, right? ~_^ I dont own one either your point? |
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yahtzee
Premium
join:2000-12-03
Richmond, VA | and your point?
Nick Saban also said he wasn't leaving the Dolphins.
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If ever offered a breath mint - take it. |
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mrks
join:2005-07-12
Lowell, MA | life @ Comcast
just left Comcast to work at Verizon, it's a much better gig |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI | reply to RadioDoc
Re: YEAH!
At least Brian's not trying to shove HDTV and Inet down a mile of twisted pair. 
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| I wondered how you were doing over there. Nice to see you again.
Somehow you don't seem to get that shoving HDTV and Inet down a mile of twisted pair is as easy as shoving it down a mile of RG6, but hey, you don't really care about facts anyway.
Enjoy the mild winter.
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Toolmaster of La Grange.
Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus! |
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Packeteers
Premium
join:2005-06-18
Forest Hills, NY
| quad play for $100 would be worth it
depends on pricing. $100/month for phone, long distance, cableTV and broadband may not be worth it to many who only need 2 of those service, but if you throw in a celphone using the same long distance, and a reasonable minimum airtime minutes, for the same $100, then you have something even I would go for. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| reply to BloodRoses
Re: Well...
Don't go nowhere... and I already have a camera, I surf the web on laptops, don't have anyone to call anyways.
The cell from Comcast was mere;y so I could have yet another toy. Not because I need one.
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Think outside the Fox... Opera |
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