| 19K Video Subs Lost They lost 19K basic video subs, yet Cablevision claims they are seasonal subs. Does one think Cablevision is going to say, yeah FIOS took x amount? Please, they'll just say they are seasonal. Last year they lost approx 16K basic video subs in the 3rd quarter. So an increase of 3K basic video subs lost compared to the 3rd quarter last year. Something is going on. FIOS is not in a lot of Cablevisions footprint, but there are some effects from it, just not what a lot of people thought would be a much bigger effect. As long as prices are held in check from the competition, we the consumers benefit. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| Cablevision is the only cableco I can think of who actually competes with FiOS on internet speed relative to price. They have had DOCSIS 2 for quite some time and their 30+/5 tier, so long as those speeds are maintained, should fend off FioS' speed offerings. For people who want to pay less, 15/2 is available on CV for the price of 10/2 (maybe slightly more, but not much more) on FiOS.
Of course, if service quality is poor and\or FiOS service quality is phenomenal (TV picture quality comes to mind) FiOS will win customers. Otherwise, Cablevision has a nice position, and with the DOCSIS 3 rollout could pump their $60 tier up to 50/10, and their lower-end tier to 20/5, and force FiOS to really go crazy with their GPON offering. I'll bet that by the end of next year FiOS will have a 100 Mbps tier in CV areas, which will e DOCSIS 3. If not, maybe Verizon will give significantly discounted LTE services for FiOS customers. Either way, sounds good to me. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to UofMiamiGrad
said by UofMiamiGrad:They lost 19K basic video subs, yet Cablevision claims they are seasonal subs. WTF is a seasonal subscriber? Unless this is for a Vacation house (and then the disconnect/reconnect fees make it worthless), how can there be a seasonal subscriber? Its like a seasonal residential electrical user. What do you do the other months of the year, use a candle? |
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| Well long island does have the hamptons and fire island with a lot of rental houses. |
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Seasonal = Snowbirds, college kids, folks who own homes in several places and live in them for some part of the year. College towns and resort areas face this, not gigantic metro areas like NYC. Lame argument. They should have done like AT&T and blamed the economy. |
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