Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26 | Fifty-one stories tall
for corporate HQ; one line at a time for the scrolling "what's on" channel.
Priceless.
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caesarv
join:1999-08-02
Santa Rosa, CA | and I just got a rate increase
How coincidental that yesterday I was notified that my monthly rate will go up $6/mo. |
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TMMerlin
The Devil made me do it
join:2003-06-19
Oxford, MI
 ·EarthLink
| What a way to go ..I bet they don't own the building !
The "financiers" own the building and Comcast probably didn't have to pay any money down ! They become renters !
Then write off the rent as ops cost on taxes .. get a 100 year lease with rent appreciation clauses to suit them.
Now the real prize would be, if the rental cost per sq ft is less than the average price in philli ! or better yet, less than the aggregate cost of there current digs, to boot.
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espaeth
Digital Plumber
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN | Their name is only on the building because...
they are the primary tenant.
As the article states:
Comcast leases about 90 percent of the building. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| It Isn't Owned by Comcast
This building isn't owned by Comcast. Comcast has a 15 1/2 year lease occupying about 90% of the spaceAbout two-thirds of the leased retail space will be open in the Market at Comcast Center by the grand opening June 6, said John Gattuso, a senior vice president with Liberty Property Trust, which developed and owns the building in a joint venture with CommerzLeasing und Immobilien AG. |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| cancel cable tv
get rid of cable tv from every service provider.. it's 40% commercials, and 60% aggravation.. i seldom bother to watch cnn anymore as well because of all the drug ads and nonsense advertisements. cnn has become the mtv of news, so why pay for it anymore, screw them... if that's the "best, most trusted name in news" then news has gone to the toilet.
now the rest of you need to line up and say "i'm fed up and i'm not going to pay for it anymore".. come on, it's easy.. with $4 gasoline, your bound to be looking to cut expenses anyway.. so do it on the backs of comcast and others by canceling the tv service. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to TMMerlin
Re: What a way to go ..I bet they don't own the building !
Correct. The building is owned by a REIT and Comcast is only leasing space....and it's for 15 1/2 years. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to tmc8080
Re: cancel cable tv
Why? |
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espaeth
Digital Plumber
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
 ·voip.ms
·Vitelity VOIP
·Callcentric
·VoiceStick
·ViaTalk
 ·Comcast
·Embarq
| reply to tmc8080
said by tmc8080  :get rid of cable tv from every service provider.. it's 40% commercials, and 60% aggravation.. 3 words: Digital Video Recorder.
98% enjoyment, 2% commercial-skipping aggravation. |
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
Premium
join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA | reply to openbox9
said by openbox9 :Why? here we go |
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Monster Rain
Premium
join:2002-08-03
USA
| reply to espaeth
Re: Their name is only on the building because...
said by espaeth :they are the primary tenant. As the article states: Comcast leases about 90 percent of the building. Oh, those annyoying littele details called facts don't usually stop the people here. lol |
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benc
Premium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
·Charter Pipeline
·Future Nine Corpor..
·Callcentric
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to caesarv
Re: and I just got a rate increase
Do you have alternatives?
I recently had my father drop Comcast (which used to be Insight just a few months ago; Comcast bought this service area), and use Verizon DSL.
The primary reason I wanted him to switch was because of torrent throttling and the caps, which I understand aren't even enforced fairly (same price, different caps).
Price was also a minor factor.
Speed? Not so much. Downloads are somewhat slower, but uploads are twice as fast.
I think Comcast is evil. I thought Charter was bad, but I'd pick Charter over Comcast any day. |
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fishmaster
Premium
join:2004-10-08
Rockford, IL | 'Value of Service'
So this is what Comcast means by the rate hikes increased value of service...mmmm 
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dadarkside
Premium
join:2006-05-20
The Moon | For a suppoesed media company...
That was one pathetic and boring tour. That guys monotone narration made me cringe. |
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Somnambul33t
L33t.
Premium
join:2002-12-05
Mullica Hill, NJ
clubs:
·Comcast
| more union disasters
FYI:
this building uses water-less toilets, which require less plumbing. in order to not cause a union walk-out and keep the work on schedule, former Mayor Street forced a compromise where they had the pay the plumbers union to install all the normally standard toilet water pipes to all the bathrooms even though they werent being used.
that's philly and good 'ole mayor street for ya. |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | Since most so called enviro friendly tech doesn't work, it is a good thing they ran the water pipes. It's almost a guarantee that those waterless toilets are going to fail. |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | World Domination
So now we know where skynet will become sentient. We will need to recruit Steve Gutenburg to defeat this "tower". |
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CColon
join:2008-04-20
Philadelphia, PA | reply to Titus Pullo
Re: Fifty-one stories tall
The new building is gorgeous. |
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jc100
join:2002-04-10 | reply to caesarv
Re: and I just got a rate increase
Got to pay for the new building somehow... Along with the CEO / Exec's Cushy offices. Did you actually think they'd write these off and not pass on the expense to the customers? HAH. |
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58483323
Gurt me
join:2003-06-23
Normal, IL | reply to dadarkside
Re: For a suppoesed media company...
That video was ridiculous. I could barely watch the whole thing. Most boring video I've seen in a long time. We looked at dessert for like 20 seconds. |
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