Re: 19 Billion.... with a B in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20152062 en Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:30:05 EDT Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:30:05 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20166924 anon : I think they Mean Louisiana, beleive it or not we had a very high profit margin last year.

Los Angeles, the west is sucking right now

Who knows, no one will buy a company 19 bilion in debt.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20166924 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:24:42 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20154818 anon :
said by HappyBunny See Profile :

Since I am in the "lucrative LA system", I hope for Time Warner or Cox.
You've been wishing for 6 years now. Maybe time to wish for World peace or something ..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20154818 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:01:43 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20153660 Chris 313 :
said by jeffro See Profile :

Nothing would make me happier than to see Charter go bye-bye. Anything is better than them. If they got bought I'm hoping for comcast. That's the other provider in my area.
You're saying what I have been for a while. Comcast is the Borg of cable companies, they will assimilate every system in their until only TWC and Comcast remain. The rest of Charter will probably get sold off to mom and pop places. It'll surprise me if there's anything of Charter left after this potential sale.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20153660 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:56:19 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20153165 TuPaK : comcast? are you serious?!! /me slaps jeffro around a bit with a large trout]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20153165 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:34:32 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20152086 morbo : i think we realize that's where the debt is from. but it really doesn't matter. taking on too much debt as charter did is stupid. their stock has tanked over the past few years.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20152086 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:35:25 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20152062 cork1958 :
said by zafasinating :

charter is excellent in my area.

10mbit/1mbit and no bandwidth caps. no other options here come close.

if i were to loose charter to comcast i would be most unhappy!
and anyone else that took over would most likely lower speeds.
Yep,
Been awesome for me too, for 8 years now! Whereas, Comcrap, right around the corner from me, but unavailable, sucks.
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said by markopoleo See Profile :

Still they have did good in the last 2 years, they shaved 1.5billion of it off.

I think what most people don't realize is that most of that debt is from purchasing of other cable outfits in the early/late 90s. Mind you approved by loan companies..

Yes its a big debt, but other communications companies have debts close to that and have been hanging on for a LONG time.
The debt was from purchasing other cable system at very high prices, Charter wanted to get big fast and they did that by buying anything they could get their hands on. The side effect was that they and Adelphia bought systems well above their true value which needed upgrades and other large capital expenditures. They also bought very remote non cluster'able systems with little ability to collapse hubsites and save on economies of scale. In the end the debt is from buying systems they probably shouldn't have bought in the first place!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20151999 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:19:45 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20151745 anon : charter is excellent in my area.

10mbit/1mbit and no bandwidth caps. no other options here come close.

if i were to loose charter to comcast i would be most unhappy!
and anyone else that took over would most likely lower speeds.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20151745 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:52:34 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20151615 HappyBunny : Be careful what you wish for--if there is anything worse than Charter, it is Comcast. Since I am in the "lucrative LA system", I hope for Time Warner or Cox.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20151615 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:11:48 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20151553 jeffro : Nothing would make me happier than to see Charter go bye-bye. Anything is better than them. If they got bought I'm hoping for comcast. That's the other provider in my area. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20151553 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:59:52 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20151472 markopoleo : Still they have did good in the last 2 years, they shaved 1.5billion of it off.

I think what most people don't realize is that most of that debt is from purchasing of other cable outfits in the early/late 90s. Mind you approved by loan companies..

Yes its a big debt, but other communications companies have debts close to that and have been hanging on for a LONG time.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20151472 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:40:22 EDT Re: 19 Billion.... with a B http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20151392 coastjam : At a boy Neil you and Paul go sail around the world with your money. The find a new venture to bankrupt. Oh I mean bilk the death out of while your customers suffer.

Not bad for two men who have not even reached the age of 50!
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