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join:2001-04-26
South Bend, IN
 ·magicjack.com
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to asdfdfdfdf
Re: you would be happy about this..... Agreed. At&t has recently seen a HUGE hit in loss of customers where I live to other Cell providers, Cable providers, and even Satellite providers. In the last 3 weeks we have had 5 At&t representatives at our door, asking what type of service we use for TV, Data, and Voice. I did a study, and contacted a few friends, and in seems that At&t has taken a 23% loss in clients in my zip code alone over the last year due in part to Comcasts, DTV's & Dish Networks Advertisement campaigns on local TV, in their total Telephone+Data markets to other competitors. At first they tried to lobby the Cell providers by Township to get their proposition for cell tower construction denied by ...ahem... swaying the vested parties interest by whatever means, The ones that succeed they continue to trail into appeals to slow down their deployment as best they can hoping for a favorable outcome in the end.
It seems to me that it is in a companies best interest to get the first foothold in the area, and maintain that relationship as long as possible. Obviously BPL is no exception other than the fact that they have higher legal, R&D costs, and such, which has caused their slower deployment. The minute somebodies bottom line was threatened, the opposing community swung into action to prevent it's deployment as best they can. Even if that means using old or outdated issues with the technology to prevent future deployments. |
