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Re: wow said by Mr Matt:  TW customers would rejoice if Comcast acquired TW, particularly if Comcast raised TW Customers CAP to 250GB. You will know when it happens because you will see TW Broadband Customers dancing in the streets. No, I would not rejoice being acquired by Comcast. Time Warner's lack of caps are far superior to Comcast's ridiculous 250 GB caps and throttled service. |
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 Matt3All noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to iansltx
said by iansltx:Yeah, our tiers are cheaper here I think than in other places. We get 7/512 for $40. I only have basic cable ($9.99/month) so I get popped for $55 for the 7/384 tier ... yikes! I think it's $45.95 if you have any other service but basic, here that is. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to NormanS
There was also "AT&T Wireless Services", which became part of Cingular, and now is at&t again... (It seems like the "AT&T is now Cingular" ads only stopped when they started "Cingular is now 'the new' at&t")
Initially the AT&T Broadband + Comcast was intended to be called "AT&T Comcast", since AT&T Broadband was larger than Comcast was at that time... Now that really would have confused things! |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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Yeah, here we're in the same billing district (so to speak) as Austin (email addresses are @austin.rr.com). As a result, TWC's tiers are priced to compete with U-Verse and Grande Communications, so the $39.99 I'm talking about is without TV. Pretty nice actually, as long as you can get service and as long as TWC keeps the caps away. |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
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said by EPS:There was also "AT&T Wireless Services", which became part of Cingular ... Did not become part of anything. Was sold off by AT&T (which was ever trying to reinvent itself, since 1984, but never quite succeeding). AT&T Wireless was jointly bought by SBC (60% interest) and Bellsouth (40% interest). However, AT&T kept the rights to the AT&T brand, and SBC/Bellsouth had to come up with a new brand for the wireless venture. Hence, "Cingular Wireless".
AT&T eventually went on to be financially troubled, while SBC was in top financial shape; so SBC bought AT&T. Then SBC rebranded itself as AT&T. Then SBC bought Bellsouth (a company which wasn't really financially troubled), thus giving the old SBC (now rebranded as, "AT&T") 100% stake in "Cingular Wireless". So Ed Whitacre (who is now in charge of "Government Motors") rerebranded Cingular Wireless as AT&T Wireless.
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If they changed it to Slime Warner then it would be a differenmt name. |
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said by iansltx:Uh, actually TWC doesn't cap anywhere at this point. Also, TWC connections here are faster than Comcast connections in areas that haven't upgraded to DOCSIS 3. And cheaper; I can get 15/2 for $50 here. On Comcast that same tier would be $65-$75 IF Blast was available in my area, which it isn't. I pay only $62.45 per month for my 22/4 Comcast Tier |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to NormanS
Cingular existed before the AT&T Wireless Services buyout... SBC and BellSouth formed the joint venture out of their pre-existing wireless arms. |
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 sivranOpera convertPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1 | reply to baineschile
I've been wishing for Comcast back ever since they swapped my area for Houston with TWC.
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 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
kudos:1
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quote:
There was also "AT&T Wireless Services", which became part of Cingular ...
Colbert explains all that pretty well:
»www.phonenews.com/images/2007/1/···ular.mp4
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
kudos:1 Reviews:
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·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T U-Verse
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said by sivran:I've been wishing for Comcast back ever since they swapped my area for Houston with TWC. Ditto. Comcast was a little more expensive, but they're a much more forward thinking company. Time Warner seems to wait until their hand is forced by the competition to do anything, and when they do, it's pretty half-assed. Internet speeds vary by zip code in the LA area. Areas without U-verse or FIOS tend to get slower speeds. Pathetic. At least they're pioneering consumption based billing.
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sivranOpera convertPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1 | Hell there's U-Verse here and we're still stuck with shitty upstream. Yeah yeah my downstream may be 7 megabits, but I'd take a downstream cut for some upstream any day. I don't even get half a meg up!  I'd rather have 5/1 than the 7/~400ish I have now.
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Would be expensive to have to rebrand all of their cable boxes, equipment, trucks, remotes, uniforms and so on. |
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