C0deZer0
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join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL
 ·Verizon FIOS
| New Generation would rather cut TV than i-net
Simply, with newer generation customers (GenX/Y/Next), U-Verse for internet would be a more valuable incentive for these people than classical TV and landline services.
Right now, if it were up to me, I would cut the landline and TV and just keep internet and cell phone service as my necessity utilities. I hardly watch much TV at all anymore, and the landline effectively collects dust with few minor exceptions. If not for all the freebies that Verizon here tossed in to get us to keep it, I definitely think the roomies and I would have come to a consensus of getting rid of it altogether and sticking with our mobile phones.
I can't imagine it'd be that much different for "new generation" customers who live in areas primarily serviced by AT&T.
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | Interestingly, AT&T doesn't push voice services very hard with U-verse. They still haven't even bothered to start offering U-voice here in Los Angeles. During my entire setup process, AT&T never once tried to push me to sign up for their POTS services. They're quite content to sell just TV and internet. There isn't even a bundle incentive to go with U-voice.
What you describe with ditching TV service altogether will work for singles, but not so much for families. Unless there's a smarty in the bunch that's going to hook a PC up to a TV and diligently download shows/movies, less tech savvy groups will still find TV service to be a good value so they can easily enjoy shows together.
Digital OTA might work for some, though.
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