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| | I want only one thing for cable COMPETITION. If I had 3 good cable providers able to offer me service, there would not be a service problem. They would be calling me asking if I wanted more bandwidth and rebate. One day they will reap what they sew. | |
|   telcolackey5The Truth? You can't handle the truth
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Death Valley, CA | Re: I want only one thing for cable It is clear that few people understand the economics around COMPETITION. The market cannot support the competition that you demand. TV has competition with DirecTV, Dish, Cableco, now telcoTV, etc. Internet has competition with CableCo, telcoDSL/FiOS,Uverse, etc.
However in some areas it does not YET make business sense to overbuild an environment to compete with the incumbent.
Now look at cell phone carriers... Lots of competition, but why are the prices still so high for a low bandwidth very simple service delivery? My cell phone bill is larger than my data, TV and phone combined. Each of these services has far more infrastructure, content contracts, etc | |
| | | | Re: I want only one thing for cable said by telcolackey5:Now look at cell phone carriers... Lots of competition, but why are the prices still so high for a low bandwidth very simple service delivery? My cell phone bill is larger than my data, TV and phone combined. Each of these services has far more infrastructure, content contracts, etc Cell phone service was a government mandated duopoly when it first started. Erecting a tower is a lot easier than running cable to each house.
Also, many people did not change their service until number porting came about. Now people change cell phone providers every time their contract is up. | |
| | | telcolackey5The Truth? You can't handle the truth
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Death Valley, CA | Re: I want only one thing for cable You did not answer my question around competition vs. cost on cell phones | |
| | | | | | Re: I want only one thing for cable said by telcolackey5:You did not answer my question around competition vs. cost on cell phones Why is the price so high? Because they can.
Airlines were accused of anti-trust because they would often match prices within minutes of each other. One airline would up its price to a certain destination and then another would do the same thing. American Airlines used to own and run Sabre (online reservation system) and a couple of others ran System One (later Amedeus.) They could monitor flight schedules, pirces and capacity all day long for themselves and others using the system. If they found one airline full and charging a higher price, other airlines would raise the price on that same segment.
Cell phone companies charge what they charge because people pay it. When people stop paying for it, then they will either lower the price or stop offering the service. Ringtones are a perfect example. It doesn't cost T-Mobile between $1.99 - $2.49 for a ringtone yet they charge that because people buy ringtones. Mostly, it's kids who have no bills and no concept of savings. They get used to it and still pay.
ATT got the nod from Consumer Reports off all people because their child cell phone control program while being $5/month was a better deal than what other companies had in terms of what it offered and the cost of the plans. | |
| | | | | telcolackey5The Truth? You can't handle the truth
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Death Valley, CA | Re: I want only one thing for cable Ah... So the competition that people believe will solve everything, may or may not do anything. | |
| | | | | | | | Re: I want only one thing for cable said by telcolackey5:Ah... So the competition that people believe will solve everything, may or may not do anything. It might. Notice that many people use cell phones because they are cheaper than home phones and include long distance for free. And people are always switching carriers because they can. Not so much in the wired TV world (whether it be from cable or the telcos.) | |
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