Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20727249 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:32 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:32 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20759038 Cod :
said by bogey780 See Profile :

And that concludes this show as Rick has run off... again.
:pokes head back in sand:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20759038 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:09:39 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747574 NormanS : Erm; then say what you mean, using the correct words for the concept.

I am not a mind reader, and I can't guess at what alternative definitions you intend for the words you misuse.
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»Re: I couldn't believe my eyes.....

said by Rick See Profile :

The only impact i'm worried about when it comes to Uverse is that a car might swerve and hit one of those monstrosities hanging off of telephone poles at street level.

It's sure to kill someone.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20737352 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:29:44 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20737199 bogey780 : You can deny that around this time last year you said that VRADs would cause accidents.

Why not.

You're a known liar and have no credibility.

Also you consistently ignore that AT&T Uverse started a whole year later than FiOS.

btw... I typed this in your poorly formed style hoping that it'd help you read it better. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20737199 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:55:31 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20735831 yock :
said by NormanS See Profile :

said by yock See Profile :

No, I said that they attacked a faceless concept rather than an entity that could defend itself.
Your exact words:
quote:
So they blame a faceless entity that can't defend itself: the cable industry.


"Entity", not "concept". And your sentence construct suggests that the "entity" is the cable industry.
Then which provider was supposed to speak up for "the cable industry?"

Better yet, why not let me explain what I meant rather than you? Only one of us has my brain.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20735831 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:49:53 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20735119 NormanS : We won't be signing up for Uverse for much the same reason we won't be signing up for Comcast TV: DirecTV has been very good to us.

Alas, Comcast penalizes you for not bundling TV with their Internet service.
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I said "hysterically" that people were going to die in traffic accidents because of Vrads?

LOL! You're really grasping at new lows in your attempt to discredit me with that statement.

And, the funny thing is, you say I've been rebutted "repeatedly"..but I have yet to see one at all. Just wild statements like this one.

And, it's because you well know that the numbers as of last quarter were exactly as I have stated. And that I was even being generous at that.

After all this time..less than 400,000 customers.

What a disaster Uverse is.

~Rick]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20734222 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:04:17 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20732976 NormanS :
said by yock See Profile :

No, I said that they attacked a faceless concept rather than an entity that could defend itself.
Your exact words:
quote:
So they blame a faceless entity that can't defend itself: the cable industry.

"Entity", not "concept". And your sentence construct suggests that the "entity" is the cable industry.
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said by NormanS See Profile :

No error in my judgment. You claimed the cablecos were "defenseless". Given the attack ads the cablecos run against the telcos, I just assumed your comment was supposed to be sarcastic.
No, I said that they attacked a faceless concept rather than an entity that could defend itself.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20732907 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:48:05 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20732812 NormanS : No error in my judgment. You claimed the cablecos were "defenseless". Given the attack ads the cablecos run against the telcos, I just assumed your comment was supposed to be sarcastic.
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[att=1]

It still makes me wonder what they(comcast) offered Janice's family. Probably $255 and free cable for a year! Ok a little better than the goverment! If AT&T's method is failing, then I fail to see the pine box presented. Last I checked, no one died from a Uverse install. It seems to me, and of course I could be observing like you are, it seems that AT&T's no effort Uverse is still better than comcast's best effort. Besides, Comcast is deploying their own lawn fridge and making fun of at&t.

I dunno about you, and I could be off, but last time my parents had a service problem. They didn't have to think if they might die or not. I will have to ask them next time I talk to them if it crossed their minds.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20732459 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:32:05 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20732364 bogey780 : Rick, you've been rebutted constantly in all your false assertions but you simply ignore them and prattle on. YOU said hysterically that VRADs were going to cause people to be injured or die in traffic accidents. Where are the body bags? You said it wasn't going to sell well. Well from launch their TV services is selling as well as Verizon's TV service at much lower cost to AT&T than FiOS is to Verizon.

You constantly hemhaw about the details and tyou've reached the point where you're more of a joke than aything else. You're completely mental.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20732364 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:13:35 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731160 emptywig : I don't care what he said, I'm sick of reading and listening to crap from people who cannot even comprehend the basics of sentence construction. Learn how to speak and write, or just keep it to yourself.

wig
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»Re: Att is going Ftth by 2009.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730437 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:06:37 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730428 marigolds :
said by Austinloop See Profile :

Before you make a blanket statement concerning what can be done in an easement, one must read the individual easement document to see what is allowed.
And the relevant franchise agreement that gives access to that easement. For cable companies, these tv franchise agreements spell out in explicit detail when, where, how, and at what size equipment can be placed.
AT&T refuses to be regulated by television franchise agreements, instead relying on less restrictive telephone franchise agreements for access. Unlike tv franchises, telephone franchises do not allow for the insertion of such clauses. They fall under a defined structure that dates back over 80 years and are regulated at the state level and written at the federal level.
The end result is that their use of the easement far exceeds anything authorize by the deed or local ordinance and there is no local control over what they do with that easement until someone stops them in their tracks from abuse phone franchise agreements in this manner.
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If that troubled you then please accept my apologies.

As a poster below notes however, I highly doubt it's that which troubles you. Instead, you and others continually stalk my posts regarding Uverse..seeking to undermine my posts and credibility with personal attacks rather than to address the issue at hand.

While you may see that as effective, personally I see it as falling on deaf ears. Because it's not what I say or think that is causing Uverse to be so unpopular, it's what the service is itself that is causing that.

As I noted above, nationwide....after all this time..as of their last quarterly report...AT&T managed to scrounge together 400,000 customers. And, I was even being generous with that number because the truth was even more shocking.
I say shocking because even as negative as I've been on the service from day one, I could never have imagined it would be THAT bad...given the size of this company and the huge parts of this country they serve. And, that's even with a roll out in their own corporate backyard where they probably spoon fed their employees the service like Kool aide at Jim Jones meeting.

Guess what? Let me clue you in about something if you haven't grasped it yet. Or, still refuse to grasp it.
That is a total failure. A washout of enormous proportions.

And anyone not accepting that still believes that Hillary will be President this year.

From virtually day one I have warned that this was absolutely the wrong road however for AT&T to go down. Here in my home state, this issue has been front and center stage, with vrads hanging off telephone polls and what seems to be a continual legal struggle for AT&T with regulators and the court. What we also are is home to cable providers like OOL and Comcast, who are delivering in terms of present and next generation speeds and services.And, we're surrounded by Verizon and their fios rollout.

Whether you choose to accept it or not, that gives me what I believe is a very unique perspective into not only the services themselves, but the way that each is approaching this from a business perspective.

Tell me, how could I not be negative..surrounded by the likes of Fios and fiber/coax networks with their amazing speeds and capabilities...and then compare that to an attempt such as AT&T is rolling out..clamping refrigerator sized boxes to telephone polls..to attach to old twisted pair copper lines?

I think that any REASONABLE, NON AT&T AFFILIATED...Technologically oriented person, would have exactly the same reaction that I have to it.

And that is, that it's simply a failure.

And I'm sorry to have to say that..because AT&T can, and should..do better.

~Rick



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said by NormanS See Profile :

said by yock See Profile :

So they blame a faceless entity that can't defend itself: the cable industry.
"Slowskys". "More fiber than the telcos". I think you left off the sarcasm tags.
There was no sarcasm in my statement, it's entirely sincere. The error in your judgment is where you think I'm somehow praising cable companies.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730220 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:55:14 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20729681 NormanS :
said by yock See Profile :

So they blame a faceless entity that can't defend itself: the cable industry.
"Slowskys". "More fiber than the telcos". I think you left off the sarcasm tags.
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said by supergirl See Profile :

Or, you can make sure the water sprinkler hits it 4 hours a day at night. :o
"Oh, it rained all day, the night I left,
the weather it was dry. The sun so hot I froze to death..."
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Sure, easements exist, but perhaps just talking with the homeowner and working with them when you deploy such boxes could go a long way, methinks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20729621 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:47:06 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20728273 premio :
said by MyDogHsFleas See Profile :

Yo, Rick, there is one small fact you seem to have overlooked:

AT&T installs in EASEMENTS.

Where they have the RIGHT to install.

Under CONTRACT.

That they have PAID FOR.

And, now, AFTER THE FACT, the homeowners come crying:

YOU BIG BAD AT&T. YOU USED THE EASEMENT THAT YOU BOUGHT!!!
It's still god awful ugly. If they put that thing on my California lawn, it would take up my whole yar.

go tune your ukulele.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20728273 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:50:48 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20728112 bogey780 : C'mon. 2002 and you don't know Rick? No one stalks him.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20728112 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:19:08 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20727879 Monster Rain :
said by battleop See Profile :

Read this »Why on Earth... and you will understand what I am talking about.
Why do we have read other posts to figure out you're obviously just stalking Rick. Get a life. He made some very valid points.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20727879 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:26:40 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20727249 bogey780 : Rick's been persistantly rebutted and proven wrong. He just says the exact same thing anytime someone mentions U-verse. So it's gotten to the point where there's no use arguing on the merits as Rick can't be honest anyway.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20727249 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:31:10 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20727133 Dogfather :
said by cornelius785 See Profile :

i sure hope no executive would read ANYTHING at this site. i'd classify this site more as a personal blog run by a few people with forums than a 'news' site. also paragraphs with logical flow and something called SENENTENCES. phrases are kind of awkward to read and annoying to read over and over again. i gave up reading the rest of your 'post' because of the lack of the things i have pointed out, as have others pointed at too.
SENENTENCES? Hey, ee cummings, those living in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20727133 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:09:41 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20727051 cornelius785 : i sure hope no executive would read ANYTHING at this site. i'd classify this site more as a personal blog run by a few people with forums than a 'news' site. also paragraphs with logical flow and something called SENENTENCES. phrases are kind of awkward to read and annoying to read over and over again. i gave up reading the rest of your 'post' because of the lack of the things i have pointed out, as have others pointed at too.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20727051 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:53:11 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726965 Dogfather :
said by port9 See Profile :

I thought maybe this was taken from a power point presentation.
Brian Roberts doesn't use Power Point...he only uses Crayon.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726965 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:32:04 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726753 port9 : I thought maybe this was taken from a power point presentation. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726753 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:56:23 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726610 Austinloop : Okay, then, do we know what is stated in the easements in CT. Although from looking at the pictures, these appear to be in public right of way, not easements (at least here), so what does the public right of way rules say? I realize that people complained so an issue was made, but was anything actually violated.

I have seen some that were pretty vague in how they were written and the property owner still signed off on them. They could have got upto a 10 X 20 concrete building in their easement.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726610 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:23:54 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726579 Dogfather : I've only seen a few easement statements and none were that vague. One I saw gave maximum dimensions and color for above ground equipment (this was for the cable company and I saw it when reviewing my closing docs on my house). That isn't to say there isn't such a thing as an easement that says, "Install whatever you want" but I've never seen one.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726579 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:15:14 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726551 Austinloop : And what if the easement states "installation" of communications devices, etc., this would seem to give them the ability to install what they please, whenever they please.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726551 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:10:15 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726504 Dogfather : Which means they don't get to do whatever they please whenever they please.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726504 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:58:31 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726500 Austinloop : Before you make a blanket statement concerning what can be done in an easement, one must read the individual easement document to see what is allowed. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726500 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:56:51 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726346 Dogfather : One thing you seem to overlook...those easements aren't for them to do whatever they please. They still have to comply with local regulations.

And yeah, if they don't like it, let them take their crappy ball and go home. It's their profit to lose if they're so stupid as to not cooperate with the town that grants them their money tree.

If they were digging a 13' pit in your front yard, you would be singing a different tune.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726346 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:27:29 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726322 MyDogHsFleas : Yo, Rick, there is one small fact you seem to have overlooked:

AT&T installs in EASEMENTS.

Where they have the RIGHT to install.

Under CONTRACT.

That they have PAID FOR.

And, now, AFTER THE FACT, the homeowners come crying:

YOU BIG BAD AT&T. YOU USED THE EASEMENT THAT YOU BOUGHT!!!

(sorry I couldn't help mocking your style)

What actually happens in cases like this is taxpayers and ratepayers subsidize buying out these whiners, or spending extra money to find other spots for install.

I don't blame AT&T one bit for threatening to pull out. Why should they have to spend more resources than the cable companies to provide service? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20726322 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:22:51 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725997 Corona :
said by Dogfather See Profile :

He's used to working off talking points.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725997 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:32:02 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725586 Nightfall :
said by en102 See Profile :

I personally don't criticize his grammar, however, a well written and thought out statement typically makes a point clear, and more people will read concise statements.
Very true story.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725586 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:20:47 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725548 en102 : I personally don't criticize his grammar, however, a well written and thought out statement typically makes a point clear, and more people will read concise statements.
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said by supergirl See Profile :

Actually, with the massive foreclosures, property values suck anyway and AT&T is deploying this stuff where nobody will live anymore soon. :uhh:
Actually, there are U-Verse cabinets behind my girlfriend's apartment, so they're servicing rental properties too.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725282 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:22:02 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725240 Dogfather : He's used to working off talking points.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725240 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:13:48 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725090 yock : In order to spin this as a positive they needed a villain, and that villain could never be their customers. So they blame a faceless entity that can't defend itself: the cable industry.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725090 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:38:22 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725088 battleop : I don't think you will ever see me posting one line ramblings like that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725088 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:38:00 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725019 Nightfall :
said by battleop See Profile :

par·a·graph (pr-grf)
n.
1. A distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line, consists of one or more sentences, and typically deals with a single thought or topic or quotes one speaker's continuous words.
2. A mark ( ¶ ) used to indicate where a new paragraph should begin or to serve as a reference mark.
3. A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
tr.v. par·a·graphed, par·a·graph·ing, par·a·graphs
To divide or arrange into paragraphs.
Just looking at your past experience on these forums, I think even you could learn from your own definition.

Pot meet kettle?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725019 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:22:03 EDT Re: It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20725012 supergirl : Actually, with the massive foreclosures, property values suck anyway and AT&T is deploying this stuff where nobody will live anymore soon. :uhh:

Personally, I think AT&T should pay rent if you don't use them. If they don't pay rent, you can always have some crooked salvage yard come and get that box. Or, you can make sure the water sprinkler hits it 4 hours a day at night. :o
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n.
1. A distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line, consists of one or more sentences, and typically deals with a single thought or topic or quotes one speaker's continuous words.
2. A mark ( ¶ ) used to indicate where a new paragraph should begin or to serve as a reference mark.
3. A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
tr.v. par·a·graphed, par·a·graph·ing, par·a·graphs
To divide or arrange into paragraphs.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20724980 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:11:36 EDT It's so hard to read the words that come.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20724962 Rick : out of this companies mouth about this.

"It's the cable industry" that's behind the vrad opposition they say.

Well..jeesh..I wonder if it might be the homeowners who have these refrigerators planted on their lawns and streets that really might be the ones with the problem?

AT&T..can you try to get a clue about this?
The problem people have with you is your bullying of communities..your "damned we're doing this whether you like it or not" attitude.

And your rollout of a project that should simply never have seen the light of day...AKA..Uverse.

Don't your executives read the news? Read the BBR forums?
Read ANYTHING about what is occurring in the industry?

HDTV and HSI..particularly for the NEXT generation simply isn't going to cut it delivered via old copper twisted pair lines.

And when you are shaking up communities installing these vrads to deliver something like that..it gives even more reason for people to say...WHY? And to say..it simply shouldn't be allowed.

People, Including myself..have no opposition whatsoever to what Verizon is doing. They are also disrupting communities..but doing so in such a way as to be RESPECTFUL to the communities..and RESPECTFUL to the law..and RESPECTFUL to what is truly a next generation product.

People in turn..can RESPECT that. And RESPECT the efforts of that company in their effort to compete.

This is not the CABLE INDUSTRY behind it.

It is PEOPLE..your potential CUSTOMERS..and non customers alike..who are behind it. And who are saying to you..

You need to change.
Or you are going to not make it.

You are not going to make it by blaming everyone else.

The blame sits squarely on your own shoulders. On the decision makers..who have devised such a poor..

such a failed strategy for tomorrows world.

As of last quarters report..you had amassed less than 400,000 customers for Uverse. Is that because of the cable industry? Is that because of rants of people like me who have been very vocal about this?

Or is it quite simply..that no one really wants what it is you have to sell?

I say it's the latter.

Without a doubt.

What is occurring here at BBR is a microcosm of the community. Look at the verizon forum talk. Look at the excitement around Fios. The people who want it..welcome it..
anticipate it.

And then look at Uverse forums and talk around this website.

The exact opposite for the most part.

AT&T..this is YOUR Fault.

No one elses.

Stop blaming people. And get with the program.
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