Re: Charter executives are a pack of idiots in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20494627 en Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:19:50 EDT Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:19:50 EDT Re: Charter executives are a pack of idiots http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20503187 funchords :
said by Karl Bode See Profile :

Honestly, all I care about is that it's made completely transparent to the user with a working way to opt-out if they're interested.
I can't draw the line there, Karl. The ISP is given the trust of its subscribers. You do you banking there. You file your taxes there. You exchange email with your lawyer there. You search Google to figure out ways to hide the bodies.

The Internet becomes quite a trivial invention indeed if you can't trust your service provider. Anything that puts the ISP at odds with that trust is a conflict of interest.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20503187 Sun, 18 May 2008 19:34:50 EDT Re: Charter executives are a pack of idiots http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20495390 Karl Bode : Honestly, all I care about is that it's made completely transparent to the user with a working way to opt-out if they're interested.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20495390 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:16:11 EDT Re: Charter executives are a pack of idiots http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20495281 Corydon : I guess it's just really galling to me that we're being sold down the river for something that in the grand scheme of things is not all that much of a moneymaker for these ISPs.
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I guess it's a sign of just how desperate they are that they'll leap at any opportunity to add a little to the bottom line, no matter how half-baked the idea is.
I'd bet that within two years, DNS Redirection ads and behavioral advertising are employed by every major ISP.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494627 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:33:11 EDT Re: Charter executives are a pack of idiots http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494315 openbox9 :
said by Corydon See Profile :

I guess it's a sign of just how desperate they are that they'll leap at any opportunity to add a little to the bottom line, no matter how half-baked the idea is.
I wouldn't call the idea half-baked considering a majority of consumers don't understand or care what's going on. While Charter's financial situation isn't as strong as many other companies, I doubt they're doing this out of desperation. Obviously, everything is on the table that generates revenue, is within legal acceptability, and customers tolerate. I think you'll see many other ISPs begin similar practices.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494315 Fri, 16 May 2008 16:40:46 EDT Re: Charter executives are a pack of idiots http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20493732 Corydon : Here's what I don't get. As discussion yesterday prompted me to go through Comcast's financials a bit more carefully to find out whether their web portal either turns a profit or is a drag on the bottom line (short answer: it's not entirely clear, but it probably turns a small profit). Link.

I know Charter's in trouble and everything, but honestly, I can't see how pissing off all of their customers like this will make a big difference to the company's bottom line.

If you're an MSO, the overwhelming majority of your income comes from the monthly charges for TV, Internet, and (now) VoIP. Ad revenue is like a little icing on the cake.

I guess it's a sign of just how desperate they are that they'll leap at any opportunity to add a little to the bottom line, no matter how half-baked the idea is.
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