ke4pymPremium
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC | Too bad... No one is willing to put up and shut up and vote with their wallets and shut their services off... |
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| Re: Too bad... I'd have to agree with Doc on this...But...
The problem may be that there isn't any other choice?
I know if my Cable ISP decided to hit me with $10 charge, I'd have to pay it or switch to DSL..> Which of course I'd have to have a POTS line to get.. Unless I pay 60-8o a month for dry line from Covad. All of which kills any savings that I was enjoying by using cable and Vonage.
Where does the consumer win? |
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | That's a good point and would be a concern if Shaw was preventing the customer from using Vonage if the $10 isn't paid. But they aren't. The customer can continue doing what they are doing, ignoring the "preferred treatment" much like someone who buys a cheap-fare coach ticket ignores the people in first class as they walk on by.
In fact, this sounds more like Shaw has been taking marketing lessons from Monster Cable...if people are silly enough to pay it, why not sell it to them? 
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said by chesney09:I'd have to agree with Doc on this...But... The problem may be that there isn't any other choice? I know if my Cable ISP decided to hit me with $10 charge, I'd have to pay it or switch to DSL..> Which of course I'd have to have a POTS line to get.. Unless I pay 60-8o a month for dry line from Covad. All of which kills any savings that I was enjoying by using cable and Vonage. Where does the consumer win? Exactly why Comcast is driving speeds up only in areas competing with FIOS. Otherwise, why bother if the consumer has no choice. |
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Or it could be there is LACK of competition.. |
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said by RadioDoc:In fact, this sounds more like Shaw has been taking marketing lessons from Monster Cable...if people are silly enough to pay it, why not sell it to them? Like when I bought a $90 DVD player and the salesman tried to sell my a $180 kevlar coated fibre optic audio cable to go with it. |
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 pcscdmaChocobo Chocobo Random BattlePremium
join:2004-01-14
Winterset, IA | reply to RadioDoc
said by RadioDoc:In fact, this sounds more like Shaw has been taking marketing lessons from Monster Cable...if people are silly enough to pay it, why not sell it to them? Shaw cable should sue monster cable because they are using the words cable.
Then they would be monster cable. |
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I was wondering WHY others are getting 6MBps as STANDARD connections on Comcast while those of us in Kearny, NJ are only getting 4MBps. We have NO CHOICE here and we are in a METRO AREA but we happen to be in a COMCAST zone between Time Warner and Cablevision but just a few blocks away... SUCKS having NO CHOICE because everyone else is enjoying 6MBps while we "crawl" at 4MBps...
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to ke4pym
They might if they had a choice. Here's my take on it:
»Why Do We Need Tiers? |
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boo hoo |
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