66466388
join:2006-11-22 | Take a hit
i hope it hits them well enough, and LOWER THE PRICES OF CABLE ,PHONE AND INTERNET
damn it |
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ztmike
Mark for moderation
Premium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | internet?
Who cares about the tv portion, Comcast needs to be hit where it counts most with their service which is the internet.
Might straighten Comcast out with their "Sandvine" and caps. |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | Explain "sandvine". I've never heard it before... |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| reply to 66466388
Re: Take a hit
said by 66466388  :i hope it hits them well enough, and LOWER THE PRICES OF CABLE ,PHONE AND INTERNET damn it hahahahahahahahaha - you funny; lower prices are not in the near future for the U S of A.
plus, it says overbuilders, like RCN, are being impacted the most. As soon as we reach duopoly equilibrium, you can count on regular price increases; even now, FIOS has done nothing to lessen the annual cable tv price hikes and verizon has even raised tv prices recently.
lower prices - you funny  |
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kreggo
join:2003-03-10
Pearland, TX
| Wish I could get FIOS
I wish Verizon could expand into ATTs turf and give me FIOS. I'd like to see the Telcos compete against each other. Let me chose between ATTs cheaper, crappy, antique, copper cable and Verizon's more expensive, fast fiber service for my internet.
I couldn't care less about TV.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| reply to 66466388
Re: Take a hit
quote:
Of course who "wins" is irrelevant if we don't see lower prices thanks to the competition -- and so far prices seem to be rising.
Lower prices won't happen in the long run. This just means tighter profit margins, and everyone bundling more stuff to justify raising prices. Lower prices will be offset by higher service fees, installation fees, package changing, etc.
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jgkolt
Premium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
clubs: | they have a killer product
they just arent in the markets i live in and have lived in so i cant switch if i wanted to. |
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ieolus
Support The Clecs
join:2001-06-19
Duluth, GA | reply to kreggo
Re: Wish I could get FIOS
There is absolutely nothing stopping Verizon from doing that.. oh, other than a gentlemen's agreement amonst RBOCs not to compete against eachother, oops.
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b10010011
Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA
1 edit | I would drop Comcast in a heartbeat
If I could get FIOS. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to N3OGH
Re: internet?
said by N3OGH :Explain "sandvine". I've never heard it before... "sandvine" = how comcast is thwarting bit torrent seeding by sending forged RST packets to other peers.
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You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth |
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avguser
join:2003-02-09 | I'm Switching
Two-year FIOS Internet user here and I just signed up for a FIOS TV install in October. the TV side finally became available in my neighborhood. So, for this user, Comcast is getting hit hard. SAme for my neghbor, too. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | T.V.
Theres really not much competition on video(everyone rapes/gouges on video)
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You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | reply to dvd536
Re: internet?
Thanks.... |
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rody_44
Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA
·Comcast
| winning
verizon has a total of 500,000 video subs. a rough guess would probably be between 100.000 - 200,000 of them was even comcast subscribers. now consider of the 3 million subs comcast signed for phone service probably 1-2 million of them was verizons subs. kind of shows who is winning. |
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Answer Guy
join:2006-07-28
Grass Lake, MI | reply to ieolus
Re: Wish I could get FIOS
That is not completely true. Verizon and AT&T do compete against each other for local and long distance service. This area is very, very small, so it is not a huge shcok that 99.9% of people don't know about it. |
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Answer Guy
join:2006-07-28
Grass Lake, MI | reply to rody_44
Re: winning
This relationship between phone service and video service means nothing unless you know the profit margins for each service. Without knowing the margins, you can't even compare 50 million to 100,000 customers. |
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johndoe303
join:2003-01-01
Boca Raton, FL
| Verizon over all others!
imo Verizon is winning on all fronts.. They're leading with HD PQ with FiOS Tv and they're winning with HSI from FiOS Internet. While they did increase their prices it's ok, they're still cheaper on on par and providing MUCH more service. It seems everyone I talk to on any site WANTS FiOS.. Not just our little bubble here, everyone from gamers to people in my industry. As FiOS becomes more available expect to see these numbers jump. It's a better product and everyone wants it period.
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jgantert
join:2004-06-02
Columbia, MD | Wait and see...
Verizon TV will drop like a rock when the new IMG is pushed to all of its customers. |
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Richard B
Fur It Up
join:2007-06-22
Portland, OR | Fios not hit hard
Any effect of fios is negated in high density areas due no wide spread deployment to MDUs. Verizon keeps on saying the check is in the mail but I have not seen it. |
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matrix3D
join:2006-09-27
Deep River, CT
| reply to en102
Re: Take a hit
Tighter is a relative term. When your profit margins are so huge to begin with, it begs the question as to how it becomes that way, doesn't it? I always find it hilarious when they justify the price increases as being related to increasing costs and yet they report record profits. I'm sorry, but if you raise prices equally to the amount that your costs increase... shouldn't your profitability remain the same? You don't need college level economics to figure that one out, it's elementary mathematics. |
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