JSRoman
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join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
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Re: No Understanding of Business
said by Morac  :said by JSRoman : FIOS may have gone up 7%, but it's still 30% cheaper than Comcast. Comcast isn't raising rates to give bonuses to it's employees. To think that is just idiotic. How long has Fios been around?
Fios raised its rate after 1 year. Get used to it.
Bonuses to employees? Who said anything about bonuses. I was talking about your average increases that most people get from year to year, usually 3 to 5 percent.
Did you pay more for gasoline /diesel last year? My guess you did like everbody else and guess what, everyone who has fleet of trucks did also and that includes Comcast.
You are living in a fantasy world if you think you are not going to get yearly increases with FIOS TV.
Dates for you to remember.
2/1/07 Comcast announces earnings for 4th quarter
Some time in March DTv and Dish will anounce their price increases.
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Georgiaboy
join:2005-06-25
Savannah, GA
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said by Morac :said by pnh102 : Someone who says this clearly has no understanding of how business works. Every business will charge the highest price it can possibly charge before it starts to lose customers. Comcast can raise its rates only because it can get away with it. As a monopoly Comcast can charge whatever it wants. I understand that, but to raise rates just as a superior and cheaper service starts deploying takes some gall. They won't be able to do that once Verizon TV becomes widespread. I'd drop Comcast in a heartbeat if Verizon was available to me. And don't bother mentioning satellite. Satellite can't compete with Cable service for service. In the past it was able to, but it physically can't now since 2-way communication via satellite is severely limited. That basically leaves cable or nothing. Keep in mind that Verizon is good at cherrypicking. How much of the larger markets will it penetrate? They need to penetrate a good bit if they are to impact major cable companies such as Comcast. I, as of now, am waiting to see what is to become of ATT U-Verse since I'm in a former Bell South territory. ATT cherrypicks, but doesn't seem quite as selective as Verizon so I'll hope for the best. |
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redlines_r_us
@comcast.net | reply to chemaupr
Aside from a few token areas, the majority of the big V's deployment will be in the wealthy areas so at the end of the day, only 1 percent of Comcast customers will even have Fios available. No threat there! |
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