ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA | Yippie
1 million less customers for Comcast. |
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ILpt4U
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| said by ninjatutle  :1 million less customers for Comcast. They don't all come from Comcast. There is Bright House, Time Warner, Dish Network, DirecTV, Charter, etc etc. And some just have "Bunny Ears" before getting U-Verse. |
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CO_Chris
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said by ninjatutle :1 million less customers for Comcast. DO I See a ATT fan Boy? |
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dustman81
join:2002-05-28
Tallmadge, OH | reply to ILpt4U
One from TWC right here. |
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ninjatutle
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join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | reply to CO_Chris
Nope, a former battered and abused Comcast customer. |
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texan fanaaaaaa
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No you see someone who can't stand Comcast's services |
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Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | Should I be impressed?
It took them this long to hit a million.... I would hardly call that break neck speed. I'd probably never switch from Dish due to Dish's equipment being the best in the business. |
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OSUGoose
join:2007-12-27
Columbus, OH
clubs: | Thats nice
but i dont see me being on of those 17 million yet, not even any sign they are gonna serve my sub div. while all rounds us is |
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Rick
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join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
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| 16 Million say NO
to Uverse.
Isn't that what those numbers really mean? Umm..hello?
You have this supposedly exciting new product that is supposedly all the latest rage and undercutting cable..it
finally makes it's way to 17 million homes..and 16 million say..thanks..but no thanks.
That's how I see those numbers. And it is PATHETIC at best.
And spells the END of AT&T..at worst.
Yes ladies and gentlemen. The END of AT&T.
Because you simply cannot lose as many landlines as they have..and take almost HALF your DSL customers to try to fill in those uverse gaps and expect this company to survive.
Notice that other statistic..because that is exactly what is occurring. 46% of these customers for uverse internet are being cannibalized from their own customer base.
What we have going on here is similar to if mcd's posted quarter after quarter about how their HAMBURGERS and FRY's customers were abandoning them left and right..and they hoped that hot pumpkin pies at Halloween would somehow fill the gap. Well..guess what? It won't. Because it was the landline and dsl business that was their backbone. And one of 17 people saying yes to Uverse..and almost HALF them being their own customers coming from somewhere else..is not a recipe for future success.
It is a recipe for DISASTER when you are a company of this size and magnitude.
They are being whittled down to an operation similar in scope to what AOL is today. A mere blip on the screen of what they once were.
I wish I knew what could save them. 2 years ago when I first began foretelling of this great American disaster approaching..I had ideas.
Today..I have none. Layoffs and more layoffs I fear I see coming. More and more cannibalization while they try to paint a pretty picture on the titanic going down. Comcast surpassing them as the largest broadband provider before years end.
What ever happened to this company? What happened is they never saw or cared about the threat that began developing over a decade ago. Didn't care enough to improve their network the way they needed to to compete in this new world of hdtv and very high speed broadband. Cared too deeply about growing this relic of a company even larger..by adding just more of the same. Cared about their profits and dividends. And never saw the nukes coming at them.
16 Million people...just saying No.
No..to Uverse. No..to AT&T.
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Bell System
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Strongsville, OH
1 edit | Comcast Rick = Tokyo Rose?
Why do I hear the voice of "Tokyo Rose" or the one from the european front when reading one of Rick's rants?
Edit: Lord Haw-Haw |
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ninjatutle
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Re: 16 Million say NO
The same old rick roll copy and paste rant. And you hate competition because...... 
I hate Sprint but I don't want to see them die off. I hate Comcast but I don't want to see them die off either. Competition is good for the consumers. |
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Rick
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Re: Comcast Rick = Tokyo Rose?
said by Bell System :Why do I hear the voice of "Tokyo Rose" or the one from the european front when reading one of Rick's rants? That's not a crackling coming from me. It's coming off your own bell system and returning the static to your ears.
I'm on a cable co's digital fiber/coax soon to be docsis 3.0 connection which is crystal clear.
Maybe that's the problem with AT&T?
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Bell System
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Strongsville, OH | I'm hearing quite well, thanks! |
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Rick
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Re: 16 Million say NO
Where in the world did you ever read into my post(s) that I hate competition?
Quite the reverse. I'd just like to see something competitive is all...not a next generation disaster.
My posts simply call it like I see it as it relates to the technology from a business perspective.
And call them what you will..but my predictions for 2 years now are all coming to fruition. Nowhere in the country has this mega disaster played out like it has here in Ct.
From the political to legal battles..the dislike for vrads..
and our state being surrounded by Verizon and their FIOS rollout..here we are..stuck in the middle with AT&T.
In all honestly..I feel sorry for the AT&T workers in this state..many who are former SNET workers. SNET was a great company and to be so shackled by the mismanagement that is occurring is devastating to them I'm sure. We're also seeing many of the diehard snet/at&t customers even jumping ship in the Ct. forum. That tells the real story I think about how they're fed up with what has occurred and have decided that they too want something better. And who can blame them? Certainly not I. It's up to AT&T to change my mind. And the minds of everyone who has finally said..
enough is enough.
And until that day comes the demise of this company will continue.
Sad ..but true.
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ILpt4U
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1 edit | reply to Rick
The problem with this analysis is bad method.
NONE of those (46% of 1 Million is....) ~460,000 customers that switched from DSL to U-Verse had AT&T TV. Some may have had the AT&T|Dish Network service, but no one had a purely AT&T TV service. AT&T gets all the U-Verse TV revenue.
~6% of potential customers have already adopted, and the service has been available (in select areas) for what, 2, 2.5 years?. If you take into account that many areas are in their first and second years of availability (some areas in their first few months), and combine that knowledge with the fact that potential customers might be in contracts with current providers, there is already a built-in bias against switching to AT&T U-Verse when it first appears.
Anyone have any idea how fast POTS grew in terms of customers vs service available? Cable? Cell Phone Service? It would be interesting to compare these growth numbers. I doubt they are too far out of line.
I think U-Verse is doing OK so far. |
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Rick
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Waterbury, CT
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| You have NINTY FIVE PERCENT of people who can get this service right now...
saying NO to it.
That is NOT a winning product no matter how you try to slice and dice it.
And that 5 percent who are saying YES includes ALL The built up anticipation of their die hard fans who get to finally say..It's HERE. I can switch from cable.
And so..in reality..you're probably really looking at something like a 2 1/2% success..conversion rate from cable.
Sir..that won't even begin to save this company from the demise of landlines and dsl that is occurring.
And will continue to occur in the many years ahead.
And remember..the cable co's barely even have docsis 3.0 out yet.
Sorry to say..but I think that AT&T is finished.
And at best..will someday be but a former shell of what it is today.
That's my prediction..has been my prediction..and I'm sticking to it unless something dramatic happens.
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etaadmin
join:2002-01-17
Dallas, TX
| reply to Bell System
Re: Comcast Rick = Tokyo Rose?
said by Bell System :Why do I hear the voice of "Tokyo Rose" or the one from the european front when reading one of Rick's rants? Edit: Lord Haw-Haw Actually I see in rick's reviews the voice of an unbiased and intelligent analysis. |
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here | reply to Gilitar
Re: Should I be impressed?
Fios took about as long to hit a million TV subs from its inception. This isn't a bad roll out. |
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here | reply to Rick
Re: Comcast Rick = Tokyo Rose?
'I'm on a cable co's digital fiber/coax soon to be docsis 3.0 connection which is crystal clear.'
Almost anyone who is on DSL is on a "fiber" link at some point too. |
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elbm
join:2000-08-03
Reisterstown, MD
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| reply to Rick
Re: 16 Million say NO
Comcast has had 30+ Years to market their product and have about a 40 percent take rate, leaving on average 60 percent of the potential customers saying no to comcast. ATT has in about 18 rolling months (meaning house one has had u-verse available for 18 months and house 17m has had it available for a day.) time gotten to a 6 percent take rate. 6 percent at this point is not bad. People are slow to change even if they dislike their current provider. If ATT can sustain 6 percent per year in about 5 years they will pass Comcast on take rate. |
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