Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
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Kendall, FL
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Re: Help us.. Help you..
said by boxthis :said by Rob  :In other words, to make some extra dough before the fourth quarter, and to help cover the costs of switching to SDV, TW wants owners to start paying for a STB. Are they planning on giving the 1200 customers free set top boxes to replace their Tivos? After all, it's only 1200 customers, a 'small' number. when will u people get it that cable companies do not make $ on set top box rentals. they make $ on the potential of services it can sell such as VOD. set top boxex cost between $75 for low end to $500 for top of line dvr. AND those rental fees are regulated by fcc What's your point? Right now they have 1200 folks who aren't paying a rental fee - 1200 bucks who now have to pay a rental fee.
Whether it's profitable or not, TW already purchased the stb and have them sitting on the shelves collection dust. |
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boxthis
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said by Rob :In other words, to make some extra dough before the fourth quarter, and to help cover the costs of switching to SDV, TW wants owners to start paying for a STB. Are they planning on giving the 1200 customers free set top boxes to replace their Tivos? After all, it's only 1200 customers, a 'small' number. when will u people get it that cable companies do not make $ on set top box rentals. they make $ on the potential of services it can sell such as VOD. set top boxex cost between $75 for low end to $500 for top of line dvr. AND those rental fees are regulated by fcc |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
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said by Rob :In other words, to make some extra dough before the fourth quarter, and to help cover the costs of switching to SDV, TW wants owners to start paying for a STB. Are they planning on giving the 1200 customers free set top boxes to replace their Tivos? After all, it's only 1200 customers, a 'small' number. Those should be FREE DVRs not just FREE STBs since that is what replacing a Tivo needs to be an equivelent swap - you need to get a DVR not just a STB, |
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Vchat20
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join:2003-09-16
Warren, OH
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Tivo users that are using cablecards can get their own 'tuning resolver' so they can continue using them. No CableCO provided STB required. |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
·Comcast
| In other words, to make some extra dough before the fourth quarter, and to help cover the costs of switching to SDV, TW wants owners to start paying for a STB.
Are they planning on giving the 1200 customers free set top boxes to replace their Tivos? After all, it's only 1200 customers, a 'small' number.
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