lordfly
join:2000-10-12
Homestead, FL | Cost?
Figuring at $150/battery (conservative), probably more, just the batteries alone will set them back over $2.5M. That should be about a $1.00 raise per customer.
This is not including overtime, battery disposal, and other installation issues. |
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Raptor
Not a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
 ·Bell Sympatico
| Needs more spin
They should spin it into a PR boost.
If you're a lucky customer who lives on a street we've rigged with celebratory customer satisfaction fireworks and they go off, you win U-Verse service for 1 year free*!!
*Free only if you or a member of the residence sustains injury from the winners fireworks. By accepting the service all subsequent rights to file suit are waived.
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....where's my fiber? |
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evilghost
Premium
join:2003-11-22
Springville, AL | AT&T will pass on the bill...
Now appearing on your AT&T bill:
Battery Replacement Fee - $3.29
Environment Handling Fee - $1.30 |
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
Premium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD | Sounds like it will be another line item
AT&T will probably just add this to your bill:
Avestor Battery Replacement - $2.99 |
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Raptor
Not a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
·Bell Sympatico
| reply to lordfly
Re: Cost?
said by lordfly  :That should be about a $1.00 raise per customer. Don't worry, it'll show up under "battery recovery fee". So you'll still be on the $34.99 plan technically. |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH | Well
You have to admit it would be cool to see one combust. |
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wruckman
Ruckman.net
join:2007-10-25
Northwood, OH | Ouch
Hate to be someone standing next to that when it goes off. But 4 in 2 years isn't that bad. That is a extremely small failure rate. With zero mortality rate thus far. |
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datwell1
join:2002-01-08
Falls Church, VA
| Overpriced!
Dear AT&T: This is just one more example of AT&T's poor management, including the U-Verse FTTC architecture.
Friendly regulators and brand recognition simply cannot carry incompetence forever. Their stock is 'way overpriced IMHO.
Just my two cents.
---Doug |
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FicmanS
Premium
join:2005-01-11
Brownsburg, IN
clubs: | reply to dslwanter
Re: Well
SOMEBODY must have some video of this somewhere, I was thinking the same thing...lol |
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davoice
join:2000-08-12
Saxapahaw, NC
·Comporium
| reply to wruckman
Re: Ouch
Except for the fact that AT&T has been so hell bent on butting them right up to people's homes, fences, yards, etc. So even 1 failure is not acceptable as it damages non-AT&T property.
If they want to blow things up in their own COs and ruin their own property, so be it.
But when they have equipment causing damage to private property, they are open to potentially substantial liabilities. And if someone can prove they knowingly did not take action to prevent such from happening, that's a lawsuit mega-judgment just waiting to happen.
}Davoice |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Raptor
Re: Cost?
LOL 
I would not be surprised.
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Canada = Hollywood North |
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wruckman
Ruckman.net
join:2007-10-25
Northwood, OH | reply to davoice
Re: Ouch
They should pass the liability off to the battery manufacturer. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to wruckman
i guess this is the cost of Explosive growth of a service....
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[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports |
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bassthumpa
Premium
join:2000-12-26
Austin, TX
| reply to datwell1
Re: Overpriced!
said by datwell1 :Dear AT&T: This is just one more example of AT&T's poor management, including the U-Verse FTTC architecture. Yeah, because it's AT&T's fault that the company that made the batteries went out of business. Right. 
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koolkid1563
Premium,MVM
join:2005-11-06
Powell, WY
clubs: | reply to wruckman
Re: Ouch
They can't because the company no longer exists. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to wruckman
The battery manufacturer went bankrupt in 2006! U-Verse is all about AT&T being cheap rather than biting the bullet and admitting they need more fiber. |
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33591094
join:2002-11-19
Canada | reply to wruckman
They are bankrupt and closed - have you even read the article, or are you headline surfing? |
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wruckman
Ruckman.net
join:2007-10-25
Northwood, OH | reply to koolkid1563
HAHA! Isn't that convenient. So, your saying that people can start a business and sell substandard and dangerous parts then close shop and not be liable? |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to FicmanS
Re: Well
Oh boy, I'm flying, this internet is fast, I'm on the phone and it sounds good, look at that beautiful picture on TV........BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM.......awe shit!!!!
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"You're as worthless as a screen door on a submarine!" Check out my Internet Radio Station & DJ Service, »www.thebomb102.com. |
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gaforces
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA
1 edit | reply to bassthumpa
Re: Overpriced!
said by bassthumpa :said by datwell1 :Dear AT&T: This is just one more example of AT&T's poor management, including the U-Verse FTTC architecture. Yeah, because it's AT&T's fault that the company that made the batteries went out of business. Right. Choosing lowest bidder is not always a good idea. Nor is it to take a deal that is too good to be true ... yea we'll get lithium battery's for the price of lead acid! It's their responsibility to make sure their equipment is safe for the community's they are deployed in.
Who knows what crap that blast blew into the air there, and that area is probably contaminated with all sorts of nasty chemicals.
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‘Do ye, quieting in your bosoms your strong hearts,
Who of many good things have had your fill even to surfeit,
With what is moderate nourish your mighty desire; for neither will
We yield, nor shall you have all else as you wish.’
Solon |
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