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Re: simple answer: said by sonicmerlin:Wow. Good job lying. I hope you feel better about yourself. What lies? Do you think "node splits" magically happen and don't take extra resources in the headend?
said by sonicmerlin:Let's all just ignore the amazing profits made by companies like TWC and Comcast. Sure the companies make money, but they also spend it... and are in hock up to their eyeballs.
Do you not know that TWC just lost $4 BILLION last fiscal year and added $10 BILLION more debt during it's spin off with TW Inc? Currently TWC has about $19 BILLION in debt, last year $9 BILLION, 2-years ago $15 BILLION. »finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=TWC
Comcast has $38 BILLION in debt, last year it was $36 BILLION, 2-years ago $33 BILLION. »finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=CMCSA&annual
Charter has about $17 BILLION in debt but it's been having trouble just paying interest and has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. »finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=CHTRQ.PK&annual
said by sonicmerlin:And honestly, you are the first person I have EVER heard say splitting the node only benefits 'modem service', whatever that is. Please, do elaborate. Modem service aka high speed internet aka cable internet service. Is that hard to figure out?
How does splitting a node really benefit TV service? The standard analog and digital channels are all broadcast from a common feed. SDV and VOD might benefit, but only if there are capacity problems and the cable provider also throws more headend equipment at those services too.
How does splitting a node benefit phone service? Phone service on cable has a few technical variations but all either don't use the same data channel as internet service or if they do, get priority, dedicated bandwidth during calls. The internet service would suffer long before phone service does. |
