iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Comcast
| reply to Romney2012
Re: ABRY merge RCN in N.E. with Grande Communications Texas .... Interesting...
I wouldn't think that there would be a merger though. Grande and Atlantic haven't merged. Seems like ABRY is just buying the cable systems and sitting on them...Grande has lowered prices for triple play deals but otherwise just sat there on the speed front for awhile now.
Then again, until recently they had no need to do anything more; 12/1 for $50 isn't great, but it's about in line with what the competitors are charging for similar service. |
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tvdrew
join:2008-08-20
Washington, DC Reviews:
·RCN CABLE
| Yeah, the model private equity firms usually use is buy, improve, sell, all within a few years. The investors who supply the equity want to get their money out and invest it again in something else.
In theory they could package up two separate systems and sell them together, but the efforts at integrating the two might not make that worth it. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
·Comcast
| Yeah, RCN and Grande are totally different in terms of bandwidth blends and other structures. RCN is looking toward D3 whereas Grande has done nothing to that effect yet...
That said, ABRY could pull an Alltel and sell RCN to Comcast and Grande to TWC. I'm sure the respective carriers would love to have that competition out of the way. |
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 djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
kudos:4
 ·Clear Wireless
·Time Warner Cable
·T-Mobile US
| Had them when i lived in the city. Took a few weeks to get internet working but once it was, it was awesome! Had a decent motorola box with killer guide software and TONS of hd channels. (Too bad i did not have a hd tv at the time, but having dolby digital output was awesome!)
Tech support was very good. I HATED how i had to pay them something like $2.00 to pay my bill online though. Was the only one to offer me 20 meg internet when comcast only went to 16 megs i think at the time.
If i could get them again, i might. I am tempted to get att uverse though but they wanted over 400 dollars for deposit. (Comcast and directv wanted none)
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You'd have to add a 3rd company in that mix if you want to pull an Alltel. Remember not all of the markets are going to VZW or ATT.
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