fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | reply to ajwees41
Re: I don't think they even care said by ajwees41:As for lease versus purchase - that was the point. Lots of companies used to sell them but then they realized that it was killing the rental revenue stream so they started supplying them as lease only. cox omaha and a local retailer used to sell the Motorola HD boxes, but there wasn't a market for them. I have heard of a us cable company selling a cable box or card. Not quite sure where you're getting this information from, but It's not very accurate, at all.
Not speaking about Cox in Omaha, rather in general, "lots" of companies did not sell them.. U.S. Cable companies never, as a rule, sold cable boxes.
As for Cox in Omaha that you speak of, the reason they probably stopped selling them was because there was no market in consumers wishing to purchase a $500 cable box - a bad investment. It's also pretty much the same reason satellite started leasing the boxes as well. When satellite started leasing equipment, they saw an increase of new subscribers again. Many consumers didn't like the hundreds of dollar upfront investment in new converters...
No matter what the minority of people here believe, more people do not like upfront costs. This is pretty apparent every day when you log into BBR and see the overwhelming number of people complaining about equipment fees, etc. But hey, maybe I'm wrong.. maybe it's more just that people hate spending money and want it all for free and think a monthly service fee should cover everything including set up, the service itself, repairs, and everything else they want/need. |
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| said by fiberguy:When satellite started leasing equipment, they saw an increase of new subscribers again. Many consumers didn't like the hundreds of dollar upfront investment in new converters... That's a load of bull.
The equipment for satellite was NOT $500, at least not within the last 10 years or so.
When I had DirecTV it was $50 or less per box, with some places offering free equipment. Even DVRs were only $99.
As for leasing the equipment, the upfront fee is about the same as what you'd be paying if you owned the box outright.
The reason that satellite companies have been seeing increased sales is because of rising cable rates and cable's piss poor selection of HD channels at 3 per QAM poor quality like Comcrap. That's all it is. |
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the first part was what Eat me said. the cox part was what they did when hd first arrived in Omaha via cox. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | reply to fifty nine
Me thinks you need to re-read the post, stop flying off the handle, and get your facts straight before you make a fool out of yourself.
hint: "The equipment for satellite was NOT $500, at least not within the last 10 years or so." |
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| said by fiberguy:Me thinks you need to re-read the post, stop flying off the handle, and get your facts straight before you make a fool out of yourself. hint: "The equipment for satellite was NOT $500, at least not within the last 10 years or so." My facts are straight, buddy. You're just full of it and hate to admit when you're wrong. |
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| I remember buying a sat dish and receiver for over $500 in 2000 or so. I set it up myself, hooked it up, all was well.
Now, the receivers you buy are not $100, they are a lot more, but are subsidized by the contract with DirecTV. For example, you can go to solidsignal.com and buy a receiver for $99 BUT it requires a contract addition. Normally they would cost a lot more.
DirecTV, cable companies, everyone that has proprietary hardware out there has made a deal so the boxes could be bought at a cheaper price NOW and get more customers.
Currently, if you buy your own box or have them come and do a full install, if you cancel, you return the "purchased" box back to DirecTV or pay $350 for each box not returned. Sounds like it is STILL about $500 (the dish is $25 if you want to be anal about it, so it is more like $468 unless you get an HD DVR, then you are over the $500 range).
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | reply to fifty nine
said by fifty nine:said by fiberguy:Me thinks you need to re-read the post, stop flying off the handle, and get your facts straight before you make a fool out of yourself. hint: "The equipment for satellite was NOT $500, at least not within the last 10 years or so." My facts are straight, buddy. You're just full of it and hate to admit when you're wrong. Okay.. let me embarrass you now..
I'm wrong huh?
I said: "As for Cox in Omaha that you speak of, the reason they probably stopped selling them was because there was no market in consumers wishing to purchase a $500 cable box - a bad investment."
You said: "The equipment for satellite was NOT $500, at least not within the last 10 years or so."
I then said: Me thinks you need to re-read the post, stop flying off the handle, and get your facts straight before you make a fool out of yourself.
hint: "The equipment for satellite was NOT $500, at least not within the last 10 years or so.""
and then you tell me to get my facts straight..
Ummm.. I don't know what planet you're on, but I was talking about CABLE TV EQUIPMENT and then you come in on wings and a prayer with your Satellite equipment argument referring to SATELLITE EQUIPMENT and said "The equipment for satellite was NOT $500, at least not within the last 10 years or so."
And then I tell you not to fly off the handle and get your facts straight and then you tell me that I'm full of it..
Seriously.. are you kidding me with this?
You're off in left field on some tangent and you're trying to make me look a fool?
Grow up.. you're clearly off base here and if you say otherwise, you can be a fool all you want..
You were TOTALLY off topic and now you're trying to be an ass about it.. bravo! |
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