guppy_fishPremium
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kudos:1 | If its so bad ... What is in this for Frontier? all the doom and gloom doesn't fit with the purchase? |
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| Stock bump aside, they get a huge influx of customers, most of whom are in uncompetitive markets and can't leave you even if you really suck at what you do. Who wouldn't want that?
The problem has been these carriers eyes are bigger than their stomachs and they've underestimated the impact on customer support and the technical hurdles of system integration... |
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| said by Karl Bode:Stock bump aside, they get a huge influx of customers, most of whom are in uncompetitive markets and can't leave you even if you really suck at what you do. Who wouldn't want that? The problem has been these carriers eyes are bigger than their stomachs and they've underestimated the impact on customer support and the technical hurdles of system integration... Plenty of other choices in the Washington and Oregon markets if Frontier decides to impose the 5GB caps. They will lose out on a ton of business if this happens. |
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iansltx
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Out of curiosity, how big were HT and FP relative to their purchases from Verizon? Were they less than half the size of the networks they took on? Granted, Frontier's new customer base will be triple what it is now, but if I recall correctly they're the largest provider yet to do this thing.
Additionally, Frontier will have a lot of easy growing room if they're taking areas where Verizon historically hasn't deployed DSL. Put up an RT here and there and you suddenly start getting $40 per month from customers that wouldn't get wireline internet service before.
Of course, that's assuming there's cash left over after the $8.5 billion purchase goes through... |
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n2ubp
join:2007-07-13
Middletown, NY | reply to rifleman69
Every month for the last 6 months my Frontier ADSL service has died, usually for a 24 hour period, always forced to run thru the level one help desk script, always has been resolved mysteriously the next morning with no on site repair, always with a phone call from the help desk saying it was a central office problem. If they can't get it right over a 6 month period with existing plant and infrastructure, what makes anyone think the overhead of new former Verizon customers combined with the typical corporate mentality of firing a ton of people after this kind of merge will result in "Space Normal" operations? |
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said by Karl Bode:Stock bump aside, they get a huge influx of customers, most of whom are in uncompetitive markets and can't leave you even if you really suck at what you do. Who wouldn't want that? The problem has been these carriers eyes are bigger than their stomachs and they've underestimated the impact on customer support and the technical hurdles of system integration... If the PUC's involved allow for the higher prices that need to be charged to make this work(i.e. fix and improve the long ignored infrastructure) from the get go, then this would go much better than the Frontier deal.
But we all know the PUC's will play politics to keep the voters happy; make unreasonable demands on holding the line on prices; and then get higher prices in the end after the shit hits the fan.
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join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
kudos:13 | reply to guppy_fish
said by guppy_fish:What is in this for Frontier? all the doom and gloom doesn't fit with the purchase? The executives figure if they can quickly triple the size of the company they can triple their own pay.
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Mark F
join:2007-08-01
Fort Wayne, IN | reply to rifleman69
And, FIOS TV customers in Indiana, Oregon and Washington should be afraid, very afraid, because Frontier has zero experience in delivering the type of quality TV service that we have come to expect.
Losing FIOS is something that every TV lover should dread, and being taken over by a company that may not be able to provide us with anywhere near the TV service that we are used to getting has us worried. But, what more can we do but pray.
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