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Re: What to expect? said by Rob:said by nasadude:said by cwh:..... Most people are going to enjoy plenty of options and stiff competition. Dude, what you smokin' - can I get some of that? Stiff competition? Where is this competition coming from? At best, 99.9% of the U.S. population has a choice of one (1) cable company AND one (1) phone company for broadband. A lot of people (like me) only have a choice of ONE provider, either cable or telco. This merger WILL DO NOTHING to increase competition and the absolute most likely outcome will be to REDUCE competition. I think I'm going to start learning chinese so I will be able to surf the web 5-10 years from now - that's who will be ruling the internet, not the U.S. This merger can only INCREASE Competition. It can't REDUCE it because AT&T and BellSouth *NEVER* competed against each other. And who is to say competion WILL INCREASE??? I propose a stalemate. I believe that what will happen is the massive cable-co and telcos will snuggle up together, not really offering competion but rather a comfortable agreement of services and price.
This will not help the consumer. If one raises rates that gives the other freedom to do so.
See what the cable/sat are doing? Sat offers generally similar price, typically more HD content, but with the limitation of being disconnected durring inclimate weather. The cable co offers fewer channels (generally) at a similar price. They are using the 'we offer no dropouts' as the only real competative edge.
I have been going over the math of ATTs so-called 'bundled' services and came to the conclusion that the bundled price is typically 20-40 dollars more than buying the services seperately. How does that play out? I should buy more from you and pay more for all the services I get?
If anything this merger will only bring a new player in the field, but will not offer any competion. As of current, their IPTV prices alone cost more than the current cable pr sat company, and you get fewer channels (had they been currently deployed here).
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RJ44
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Nashville, TN | said by jimbo2150:I have been going over the math of ATTs so-called 'bundled' services and came to the conclusion that the bundled price is typically 20-40 dollars more than buying the services seperately. Can you share that math with the rest of the class? Would be very interesting reading. |
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| said by RJ44:said by jimbo2150:I have been going over the math of ATTs so-called 'bundled' services and came to the conclusion that the bundled price is typically 20-40 dollars more than buying the services seperately. Can you share that math with the rest of the class? Would be very interesting reading. Oy Vey... I have already posted the math in like 5 other posts... tired. If I get time later I will do it again here.
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| I'd like to see the math. I don't see any math in your posting history though. |
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 leXicon5Pelosi, SHUT YOUR Fing Pie HolePremium
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Saint Louis, MO | reply to jimbo2150
said by jimbo2150:Oy Vey... I have already posted the math in like 5 other posts... tired. If I get time later I will do it again here. I'm still interested in this equation...when I try to buy individual items...it cost ME more. Bundled, it's is actually cheaper....for ME....I guess in Bizarro World it would cost more if bundled. 
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