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neofate
Caveat Depascor
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join:2003-11-11
Birmingham, AL
| reply to SyNiSt3r
Re: charter being sued.
Interesting article, but doesn't surprise me.
I agree with all the sentiments that yes Charter is in debt, but so are thousands of other huge corporations. As long as they are consistently paying their creditors they are not in 'trouble'.
This suit is not , imo, what it might seem to be at first glance. Verizon doesn't want to kill Charter and gain nothing. They want to benefit in some way. It is simple leverage. If they can pull off a strong argument and the case itself seems to be leaning towards Verizon, Charter is likely to allow some agreements to be made.
Verizon stands to benefit through a host of potential arrangements between the two companies and infrastructure deployments. A smart move on Verizons point.
As for the argument that Charter doesn't have the funds to substantiate a long-term legal battle. That is incorrect. What is another half a billion on 19? If they felt they really needed to set a legal precedence here, for what ever reason, Charter could (and might) stick the battle out with equivalent legal teams.
Though, just from my own perspective, I see this as a more specific/regionalized attack than a national corporate one. In other words I don't see the phone service being completely changed nationally on Charters customers regardless of the outcome of this case.
Though as Tech Geek mentioned, nothing surprises me with legal battles these days. Justice is hard to find,.. It is a roll of the dice many times.
Personally, I think Charter is hanging in there 'allright'. I wouldn't mind Charter (in my area) being bought out by Comcast. Though I am not for lowering feasible competition. Though, (in myarea) we have AT&T with DirectTV/Dish vs Charter. No other cable companies are in direct competition. So a buyout in the Greater B'ham area would simply put the management and services in another companies hands. I simply believe Comcast and the like are a touch better managed as a whole.
This isn't based on any major research or fact,.. just some reading and gut feeling. Either way I am happy with services as they are 'generally'. The only thing I would like to see Charter do is (even with the debt) try and push further on the cutting edge of transitional technology instead of being a step behind a lot of the competition yet charging equivalent prices.
Time will tell.. but as alot have said,.. so many Charter haters (most customers) have used this 'Debt' argument for so long it really starts to lose its feasibility due to how long Charter has remained on its feet.
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jarablue
Always be true to yourself
join:2001-06-11
Worcester, MA
| reply to SyNiSt3r
Charter charges 80 dollars per month for 16/2 that will be in my area a YEAR from now, hopefully. Verizon offers 16/16meg symmetrical FIBER for 59 a month.
Charter is crap. No wonder Charter is afraid of Verizon. You would too if the girl liked you then a Officer in the Air Force showed up.
Charter will be gone in 5 years. | |
ykronic
Premium
join:2006-01-31
Canada
| reply to rosiemeow
"I saw good people leave there each night depressed, distraught, tearful, suicidal and dead. It is not a joke - it is fact, and had I not resigned when I did I would have pulled down into that myriad of despair as well."
As someone who's worked tech support in a call center and been down the suicide road when I was younger, I've seriously got to wonder what goes on in your head that you can put the 2 together like that. Yeah a call center is generally a crappy job, it's bureaucratic, the people running the center generally do so with their head up their rear, and 90% of the people that call in are miserable, pissed off, or bitchy. But if a job sucks you quit. If a person is honestly going to kill themselves they have a lot more issues in their life and with themselves than just working a dead end job.
Charter's not the devil nor one of his peons. It's just a company with the same business tactics of every other major corporation out there. Get over it.
Will this change your mind? I highly doubt it. But quite frankly that was one of the dumbest statements I've heard in a good long while. | |
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