dadkins
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Hercules, CA
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Re: ATT better watch out
said by ninjatutle  :I agree. I am switching over my family members who are on Comcast to ATT & Directv. I just switched over my mother's place to Directv and ATT DSl from Comcast Digital Cable and Modem service due to the capagae. I don't live there but I don't want them supporting the capage. Plus, they were paying $193/month for TV and internet with Comcast. Thats going to hurt Comcast. 1 more household to go. »biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080730/new005.html
High-Speed Internet
-- Added 278,000 high-speed Internet subscribers during the second
quarter -- penetration reached 29% of homes passed or 14.4 million
customers.
Yeah, you're going to stab Comcast in the heart! LMAO! 
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ninjatutle
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| Every little bit helps. You'll see the numbers drop as people switch around from deals to deals. I'm doing my best to get all of my friends and family off of Comcast.
I'm sure Comcast will be calling often to try to lure back my mother  Who's laughing then? Nearly $200/month from a single customer in lost revenue won't be taken so lightly. |
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BF69
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Camden, TN | $140 a month for cable? That's nuts. There's not that much on TV worth $140. |
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dadkins
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3 edits | reply to ninjatutle
LOL!
No offense ninja... but $$45.95 less vs 278,000 new HSI *ONLY* customers( x $42.95 per month = $11,940,100.00 per month... HSI ONLY) - they aren't going to notice this single loss.
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ninjatutle
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| At least they wont have my mothers household anymore. Thats all that matters to me. Pay attention to the numbers after the rates increase for our area for video »Comcast Video-Only Subscribers See Rate Hike Tons of people will be fed up and walk.
Uverse is gaining steam. Free DVR, free set top boxes, free wifi modem/router, all IP video transmission (no fuzzy channels ) We'll see how the numbers play out.
My mothers household is paying $37.89 in equpitment fees alone  $7 outlet fee? WTH? |
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dadkins
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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| AT&T Again Hints At Bandwidth Crackdown
Peak, off-peak broadband minutes?
Key words on that linked item there friend - *VIDEO ONLY*.
HSI, since this article is about internet, from Comcast has not had a hike in the 5 years I have had it.
Can't wait to see you here bitching if AT&T bones you and your Mother with an insane cap or metered billing.
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA | reply to dadkins
Yeah but if more people would vote with their wallets, they couldn't get away with ripping off customers. |
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ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA | Well, didkins is rich and can afford all the price hikes. He buys a new Viao every year and watches nothing but Blu Ray. |
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bakalao2k
join:2001-03-20
Chicago, IL
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said by ninjatutle :Every little bit helps. You'll see the numbers drop as people switch around from deals to deals. I'm doing my best to get all of my friends and family off of Comcast. I'm sure Comcast will be calling often to try to lure back my mother Who's laughing then? Nearly $200/month from a single customer in lost revenue won't be taken so lightly. My last bill was $205 |
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dadkins
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3 edits | reply to ninjatutle
said by ninjatutle :Well, didkins is rich and can afford all the price hikes. He buys a new Viao every year and watches nothing but Blu Ray. dadkins
Not rich - I save my money.
Every 2 years(more or less) I buy me a New VAIO.
Since the new VAIOs I get have BD drives - why not get BDs instead of DVDs? DUH! 
Comcast HSI has not had a price hike in the 5 years I have had service... where you at?
Comcast HSI has been stepped up to 16mbps(17.3mbps actual speed(I opted for $10 more for speed years ago))... how's that AT&T doing there for ya ninja?
LOL!
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dadkins
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| reply to bakalao2k
said by bakalao2k :said by ninjatutle :Every little bit helps. You'll see the numbers drop as people switch around from deals to deals. I'm doing my best to get all of my friends and family off of Comcast. I'm sure Comcast will be calling often to try to lure back my mother Who's laughing then? Nearly $200/month from a single customer in lost revenue won't be taken so lightly. My last bill was $205 Mine was $156.58... but I have CDV and Blast too.
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dadkins
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| reply to Dogfather
said by Dogfather :Yeah but if more people would vote with their wallets, they couldn't get away with ripping off customers. ... still won't offset the 278k *NEW* HSI customers per quarter though, will it?
14.4 million and climbing. Yeah. Comcast is just hurting.
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA | Yeah but doesn't AT&T have more HSI subs than Comcast and AT&T only got beat in adds by Comcast when AT&T doubled their intro rates. |
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sapo
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Sacramento, CA | Doesn't Comcast also make more money per subscription? |
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Dogfather
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| said by sapo :Doesn't Comcast also make more money per subscription? You would have to look at each company's annual report but with Comcast's high rates it certainly wouldn't surprise me. |
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dadkins
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2 edits | reply to Dogfather
said by Dogfather :Yeah but doesn't AT&T have more HSI subs than Comcast and AT&T only got beat in adds by Comcast when AT&T doubled their intro rates. No idea.
This I found interesting posted above:
"While the company did add 46,000 subscribers total due to U-Verse, they actually lost 90,000 DSL subscribers thanks to the economy, competition, and according to Donovan - flawed execution."
For a net loss of 44,000?
See, some of us look for value in the service(s) we get - and services vary by area.
Bang-For-Buck, here, goes to Comcast.
AT&T here is a whopping 6mbps of you are close enough.
$35 upto 6mbps... no POTS so we get to add that, right?
"SERVICE REQUIRES: DSL modem/gateway/router and qualifying local service from AT&T at time of online order."
$35 and POTS... 
»www.att.com/Common/indc/popup/in···ions.htm
"Guaranteed Price for 24 Months: Price guarantee applies to monthly recurring charge for a period of 24 months from date of service, and does not include taxes, fees or excessive bandwidth usage charges."
WTF?
Yeah... Gots to gets me some of that.
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Dogfather
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2 edits | Value is based on what you're using it for. Comcast got me for $56 for basic HSI unbundled ( the awesome 30% how dare you not have CATV penalty) when I had them. I used to be a Comcast sub so I know they nightmare they were but I've never had AT&T DSL (I had AT&T Broadband which was great before the Comcast nightmare came to town, they didn't have bundling penalties). |
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dadkins
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1 edit | Here, POTS used to be SBC.
Sucked the Big Red one!
SBC bought AT&T and renamed themselves to AT&T - still the same crap lines here.
So, since *HERE* AT&T(SBC) sucked too bad to be sucky, AT&T is not going to happen.
No Uverse, and no chance of FiOS, but Comcast hooked this Wood up with Blast anyways - at no additional cost. Uhm... yeah!
So, as I sit here typing these posts to y'all, it's coming across a far better service provider than what is now AT&T.
See that little image and link above - WTF is "excessive bandwidth usage charges"?
AT&T? El Capo?
Hop on in the SS CapMyLine. We'll all go for a cruise around The Bay! 
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Dogfather
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3 edits | Someone would have to search far and wide to find POTS that isn't a total rip-off.
You didn't hear about AT&T's new plans? They're going the cap route AND apparently are going to charge overage fees!
I guess doubling the price of intro DSL didn't lose them enough customers. |
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Doctor Four
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Dallas, TX
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| reply to dadkins
Here in Time Warner territory, AT&T U-Verse may be slower
than the competition's fastest offering, and more expensive,
but it is much more reliable.
At least in our neighborhood, Time Warner Cable is losing
customers to U-Verse. And their lawn fridge (VRAD) is only
about half a mile away.
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