gaforces
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join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA | reply to MrMaster
Re: a la carte isn't the real reason
I cant see how the 70/70 isnt met, I havent been in a home that doesnt have cable for ages, besides mine  |
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TK Junk Mail
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join:2002-03-03
Margate City, NJ
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| said by gaforces  :I cant see how the 70/70 isnt met, I havent been in a home that doesnt have cable for ages, besides mine On my street, 30 to 40% of the houses have DirecTV or Dish. So, it is entirely possible that of the houses passed by cable, less than 70% actually pay for it. |
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gaforces
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA
 ·Cruzio Internet
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November 28th, @10:23AM
| Its the same here. Comcast is even out in the sticks/country here because they are much more willing to run cable now since they have competition from DTV/Dish (I see the comcast techs sitting in thier trucks in parking lots frequently doing .... nothing.)
$50+ DVR rentals per room for sat, its cheaper than cable but still too much for me.
A couple years ago a comcast girl came by here and told me they were hooking up everyones cable for free 30 day trial.
I told her I didnt want it, and she acted like I was refusing to breath or something and couldnt understand why I didnt want it.
She walked around the property like she owned it, I had to ask her to leave. She was opening gates into private areas and asking me about the neighbors.
Anyways Id say since they did that, they went over the 70/70 in my area.
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JoelC707
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| I'm not saying it didn't happen but that seems a bit strange for Comcast to turn everyone on for 30 days as a free trial. Besides, without a converter you can't get ANY digital, movie, or on demand channels. All you can get is the "expanded basic" lineup which are essentially the two-digit channels. Yes I know you can use a QAM tuner and get the unencrypted channels but I don't think that many people have those. I personally wouldn't be too impressed with that as a demo and I don't see them handing out an HD converter to everyone that says yes to the free trial.
Did this girl have any Comcast ID? Given she was walking around your property I'd be suspicious of a robbery attempt. There are only a few reasons why they would come onto your property. The two most notable are if you have a power supply on your property but they would have bought a small section of property from you and told you all of the details surrounding it at that time. The other reason would be if your drop/house has too much egress/ingress and is causing problems for others. But they would have disconnected it at the tap first and if that fixed the problem investigate further as a means of fixing the problem. |
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gaforces
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA
·Cruzio Internet
| She had the comcast shirt with a nametag, and 2 Comcast boom trucks out in the street waiting to hook me up
They have a specific longterm contract with the county, they pretty much go anywhere they want, usually its off some side street or parking lot so they can nap in thier trucks.
I was checking prices and they do have a $10.00 analog only connection now, with installation charge. OTA HDTV beats that anyways.
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‘Do ye, quieting in your bosoms your strong hearts,
Who of many good things have had your fill even to surfeit,
With what is moderate nourish your mighty desire; for neither will
We yield, nor shall you have all else as you wish.’
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fiberguy
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said by JoelC707 :I'm not saying it didn't happen but that seems a bit strange for Comcast to turn everyone on for 30 days as a free trial. Call Ripley... Yes - Comcast does do that in some areas... they will turn on areas for 30 days to try it out but it's usually in new home construction areas. Turning on other homes for 30 days is a BAD move.. you never know if you're going to turn a service on and send a fuzzy picture into the home because of a bad connection somewhere. but oh well.
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nothing00
join:2001-06-10
Centereach, NY
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"At an acrimonious two-hour hearing that ended shortly before midnight, Jonathan S."
They WORKED for two HOURS???
That's the most surprising things I read.
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