acoustix
join:2004-01-30
Fort Dodge, IA
| reply to wth
Re: [Cable TV] Mediacom & Big Ten Network 3 Weeks To Go. Yes or
I called Mediacom repeatedly over the winter, spring and summer and told them that they had until Aug 1st to announce carrying the BTN or I was leaving. I ordered DirecTV service on the evening of July 31st and will be canceling my Mediacom service.
Thanks for not listening to the majority of your customers, Mediacom. |
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drslash
Goya Asma
Premium
join:2002-02-18
Marion, IA
| said by acoustix  :I called Mediacom repeatedly over the winter, spring and summer and told them that they had until Aug 1st to announce carrying the BTN or I was leaving. I ordered DirecTV service on the evening of July 31st and will be canceling my Mediacom service. Thanks for not listening to the majority of your customers, Mediacom. Do you have a survey of Mediacom customers that confirms your assertion? I don't have one but I would be very surprised if a majority favors carrying the BTN if there is a price increase.
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cfossy
join:2007-04-05
Ottumwa, IA | I have nothing against them carrying the BTN IF and only IF they put it into some kind of sports package where the people that don't care to have it don't have to pay for it. |
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burner50
Pinlifter
Premium,VIP
join:2002-06-05
EN22wm
 ·Mediacom
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| reply to acoustix
said by acoustix :Thanks for not listening to the majority of your customers, Mediacom. Actually they are listening to the majority of their customers.
Mediacom screwed up when they allowed Sinclair to push them around. BTN Knows they have no balls. i think mediacom will cave at the last minute. |
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The Glove_
@mchsi.com
| If mediacom caves then I will be ticked. That is why the US doesn't negotiate with terrorist. It will just keep happening again and again..
If the Big10 would shut up and put their product were it belongs then everyone wins. Then the Big12 puts there station on the same way. If I had to pay extra money on the basic plan for a conference I don't like then I am going to be upset. |
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OldCableGuy
@ncs.com
| reply to burner50
Mediacom had little if any option regarding Sinclair. Remember, KGAN was carrying the super bowl and is a Sinclair station in Cedar Rapids. There would have been mass customers moving to Dish / Direct had they not caved the day before. I remember Mediacom was giving out free rabbit ears and also free pizzas to customers who wanted to eat in a bar where the game was being shown. |
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burner50
Pinlifter
Premium,VIP
join:2002-06-05
EN22wm
·Mediacom
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| said by OldCableGuy :
Mediacom had little if any option regarding Sinclair. Remember, KGAN was carrying the super bowl and is a Sinclair station in Cedar Rapids. There would have been mass customers moving to Dish / Direct had they not caved the day before. I remember Mediacom was giving out free rabbit ears and also free pizzas to customers who wanted to eat in a bar where the game was being shown.
Remember that KGAN was a small portion of the dispute.
In my area it was a FOX station, In others it was ABC.
I WISH mediacom had stood up to sinclair and held out past the super bowl, if they had we may not even be in this mess with BTN. |
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OldCableGuy
@planetcr.com | KGAN is one of their biggest markets. Most of the other rural markets like DSM and the like it was my understanding that they were able to pipe in other stations. Not so in Cedar Rapids... |
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burner50
Pinlifter
Premium,VIP
join:2002-06-05
EN22wm
·Mediacom
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| no, they were not able to pipe in another station...
And KGAN is not their biggest market.
Des Moines and surrounding areas is Mediacom's bread and butter, their largest market.
As I said before KGAN was a small portion of the dispute. Overall there was 22 channel affectin MILLION of subscribers nationwide. Not all of them had lost CBS |
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