| We Demand Competition! So don't get me wrong, I H8 Suddenlink as well, But you should understand, they are a small-fry company, right? they are trying to expand into 'new' markets, (New to them) like Humboldt, and where I am, in Southwest Missouri. TimeWarner, and ComCast were small fries in the ISP world, and they expanded, and grew, and became the top of the heap, and now are deciding the fate of the charging structure for the rest of us.
So, I guess my point is, don't push too hard for the small guys to go out of business. Without their competition, it would be ComCast, or nothing, and you would have to pay by the second to play CS Source!
My second point is this, Although the BBB is a great source for you to vent your frustrations, and I use it too, and have reported Suddenlink in the past, Wouldn't it be more prudent to write your congressional representative? Why you say? because Suddenlink has a Monopoly! So do all cable Providers! Sure, I can get a Satellite Dish, and DSL, and pay the phone company, and I can get all the things Sudenlink provides, right? So there is no Monopoly, but there is no competing Cable company.
So then, if there was one company running Gas Stations in town, but you could buy gasoline in one liter bottles at wal-mart, then that gas station would not technically have a monopoly.
The Cable companies are not participating in fair trade practices, by forcing us to not have a REASONABLE choice. Sure we always have the choice of moving away, or living on Mars, but we should be demanding real CHOICE.
In my home town, Suddenlink bought out the other smaller Cable company, while it was in the middle of upgrading our towns Cable Infrastructure. They got bought, didn't finish the upgrade, and now we are not even on the Suddenlink list to get upgraded. No HD, no high Speed, no Telephony, crappy quality, and when I call Tech Support? They pass me around from Call Center to Call Center because no one knows who we belong to.
Finally, Competition makes one work harder. And the Consumer wins. Write to your Congressional Rep, and Senator, and get Cable Monopolies Fixed. |
| There's a Suddenlink list to get upgraded?? You know if you're on it or not?? I'm in an area where we can get Suddenlink cable TV and that's it. I have inquired more times than anyone would care to count and can't get a straight answer. I've been told everything from next month to next lifetime. Apparently it's pandemic. Our telco (CenturyTel) has no idea when they're upgrading either. This leads one to two possible conclusions:
1) It's a trade secret. OK, then tell me it's a trade secret. Tell me you can't release an upgrade date. Though why it's a secret is strange. It's not like anyone's going to beat you to it. Your competition does nothing only because they can't do less than nothing. Or...
2) These people have no @#$%^&* idea what is going on with their systems. The empirical data would support this conclusion.
Or am I ranting? |
