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Loker
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join:2004-07-11
Fargo, ND
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once Comcast hits 30% competition is out the window....everyone will be stuck with the telco tv offerings whenever they get around to getting it launched in more than 5% of their areas...(that number was pulled out of my butt....I think that is a fair assessment of areas that have TV service from a telco though....)
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
1 edit | said by Loker  :once Comcast hits 30% competition is out the window.... what competition? we don't have competition now. There is the pretend, FCC competition (200k/200k definition for broadband, one connection in a zip code means the whole zip is serviced; oh, and don't forget BPL!)
yeah, yeah, we got telco video, but ATT is a crippled offering and prices are already going up for verizon video customers - doesn't smell like competition to me.
comcast going over 30% won't mean a damn thing. Martin just wants to suck up even more to the telcos. After all, he is thinking about running for political office (in NC, I think). | |
phattieg
join:2001-04-29
Winter Park, FL
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said by Loker :once Comcast hits 30% competition is out the window....everyone will be stuck with the telco tv offerings whenever they get around to getting it launched in more than 5% of their areas...(that number was pulled out of my butt....I think that is a fair assessment of areas that have TV service from a telco though....) Well, the only problem I see with your logic, is if you consider multiple telco providers can, and do, service an area, yet cable companies don't, then ask why... Basically, to provide the service, it is going to cost the same for both providers, so it's not possible to get much cheaper, hence your dish cost a few dollars more, or less, depending on your area, which location is another factor. Some cities have 2 or more cable providers, but neither is much different in price. Telco's, however, have ways of "cutting corners" on prices, by delivering their call on their own network, etc.. Nobody's restricting cable companies from building in areas where another one is present, it's just simply not a practical, or financially beneficial thing to do. Competition doesn't always grant peoples wishes. Personally, if another cable company sprung up in Jacksonville, I would be interested to see the cost difference. I doubt it would be much, because I take calls for an area where Knology is in the same area, and I hear people constantly say the prices are the same, and honestly, the cost for TV there is more than here.
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Dr Slow
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Competition? Where?
All we have is cable and satellite and satellite Internet stinks, so we have cable for T.V. and Internet, there is no competition. | |
moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
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said by phattieg :Well, the only problem I see with your logic, is if you consider multiple telco providers can, and do, service an area, yet cable companies don't, then ask why... Not for long.
Verizon doesn't have to share their fiber and is pulling copper fromhomes that get FIOS service. | |
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