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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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Re: WOW FV.. wait a second... $3 per month per box for 100,000 is $300,000 in profit? Really?? Damn! I need to take your business school so I can turn my own business around then! 
I'm assuming you forget to factor in the cost of that box to purchase? Then, did you factor in the labor, insurance, vehicle and gas, telephone operator time, warehouse, and all the other related expenses in with that? How about the cost to maintain the boxes in the field , valid truck roll or courtesy.. ? For the record, an installation fee of $29.99 or "free" for that matter with no guarantee the customer will retain, HARDLY covers much of that cost.
It's amazing how much that so-called profit disappears so quickly.
Let's see now if another certain user comes back and tells me how I'm wrong now.
Also, you mentioned about consumers being able to have their own equipment... already in the pipe.
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Cost of the box to purchase? Most boxes they give out here are not new. They have just checked them and reset them. Labor, insurance, vehicles, gas, operator time, warehousing (such as it is) are all ongoing costs that are written off before they state their profits. They dont maintain boxes in the field. They just replace the defective one with another used unit. An "installation fee" is nothing but another ripoff. Really, how hard or complicated is it to "install" a cable box? Even the most stupid customer can do it nowadays.
"I's amazing how much that so-called profit disappears so quickly."
Since Comcast is VERY profitable, I hardly think they are suffering much at all.
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Ironically, they could easily give out older-technology boxes for "free" which don't support their latest, greatest gimmick features instead of sending them to a landfill.
I liked the profit comment too. Seems to be enough there to support this one-time expense, especially since it allows them to recycle a lot of bandwidth to unregulated "do you want fries with that?" add-on, high-profit product.
The only part of cable even marginally regulated these days is basic service. Comcast is trying to wiggle out of even that, and on the backs of those who can least afford it too.
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