| TW sucks TW sucks, just to be plain vulgar about it.. everything they touch turns to crap with higher prices. They have NOT been on the innovative trend doing anything for the residential subscriber, except around the margins. As much as Long Islanders hate cablevision, a merger wouldn't exactly help marketshare (as far as gaining subscribers) and probably have the opposite effect if they raised prices, lowered speeds, as they've done with other aquisitions over the years. Pay more, offer less just doesn't work these days with Verizon entrenched on Long Island.
With similar disgust, the AT&T deal sucks too.. nothing to benefit the consumer, lots of poor workers get fired in the duplication of services, deployment slows to a crawl with super duper iptv xdsl, paralleling the 1996 rollout from pupa stage BellAtlantic. Well, since I don't plan on living in a ATT/BellSloth domain, I could care less. Without a commitment to innovation on the broadband side, I dont' see any further consolidation happening this year. |
