Re: nobody cares about ISP Portals. in

Re: nobody cares about ISP Portals. in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20486545 en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:45:05 EDT Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:45:05 EDT Re: nobody cares about ISP Portals. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20487250 axus : If I use an ISP portal, its to get some more information about the ISP, find ways to pay the bill, figure out if they offer a free webpage or technical support. The news, weather, search crap is all done better by dedicated websites.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20487250 Thu, 15 May 2008 13:14:43 EDT Re: nobody cares about ISP Portals. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20487092 Corydon : You know, there's an awful lot of advertising on Comcast's web portal. Did anyone ever consider that it might actually be adding to the bottom line, not taking money away from network improvements?

Unfortunately, it's kind of hard to pick out exactly where the web portal stands in terms of whether it turns a profit or a loss because Comcast lumps it together with Spectacor (the entity which owns the sports teams in Philly) and corporate overhead. However, there was this paragraph in the Q1 earnings:

Corporate and Other

Corporate and Other includes corporate overhead, Comcast Spectacor, Comcast Interactive Media (CIM), and other operations and eliminations between Comcast's businesses. For the first quarter of 2008, Corporate and Other revenue increased to $110 million from $88 million in the first quarter of 2007 primarily due to the strong performance at CIM from internet advertising and search revenue and the inclusion of Fandango. The Operating Cash Flow loss for the first quarter of 2008 decreased to $81 million compared to a loss of $96 million for the same period in 2007.

(emphasis added)

In the worst case scenario, a loss of $88 million (and bear in mind this includes all of the corporate overhead expenses like the shiny new building in Philadelphia) is pretty small in the grand scheme of things (by way of contrast, capital expenditures in Q1 were $1.5 billion).

Disclosure: I'm an investor in CMCSA (which is why I see the financials...I received my proxy information a bit over a month ago).
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said by MarkyD

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I don't know a single person who uses one, or even looks at the front page.
How about you guys focus on making your network more robust, so you don't have to impose limits on your customers?

There are millions of people who do use ISP portals, and ISP webmail. I personally dont, however I would argue that the majority of normal users (ie. people who DONT visit this site) are happy with their ISP portals and other services.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20486776 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:41:51 EDT Re: nobody cares about ISP Portals. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20486545 TKJunkMail :

said by MarkyD

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I don't know a single person who uses one, or even looks at the front page.
How about you guys focus on making your network more robust, so you don't have to impose limits on your customers?

I don't use it regularly, but I do go to it on occasion to see what they have for free in the way of new services like Rhapsody, Security software, etc.
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How about you guys focus on making your network more robust, so you don't have to impose limits on your customers?
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