 RickPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | reply to ptrowski
Re: What a refreshingly DIFFERENT kind of company this is. said by ptrowski:Now that was one of the tougher diatribes to stomach. It's ALL about the money, Rick. Don't kid yourself. ptrowski..you might want to run along and find someone on this site who could begin to give you an idea of what a THREE HUNDRED MILE fiber plant extension would cost. I mean..surely you've seen the posts where people talk about the thousands involved just for a relatively few FEET to get to their homes..right?
And then, ask yourself about all the uncertainty of how many of those 6000 people will even sign up..what they'll sign up for..
how long they'll stay..and try to figure out how long it will take to ever recoup an investment like that.
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 ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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Putnam, CT
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| said by Rick:said by ptrowski:Now that was one of the tougher diatribes to stomach. It's ALL about the money, Rick. Don't kid yourself. ptrowski..you might want to run along and find someone on this site who could begin to give you an idea of what a THREE HUNDRED MILE fiber plant extension would cost. I mean..surely you've seen the posts where people talk about the thousands involved just for a relatively few FEET to get to their homes..right? And then, ask yourself about all the uncertainty of how many of those 6000 people will even sign up..what they'll sign up for.. how long they'll stay..and try to figure out how long it will take to ever recoup an investment like that. Perhaps you'll then change your tune. Rick, as Pullo suggested below now all of VT is some backwoods hickville. There are some very upscale neighborhoods there. Comcast would not go and do that out of the goodness of their own hearts, there is ALWAYS something in it for the corporation. You and I both know it.
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markofmayhemI can haz competition?Premium
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Pittsburgh, PA
kudos:4 | So then AT&T and Verizon are so piss-poor corporations that they didn't notice this but YOU and Comcast did? Huh... got any stock picks for me ptrowski?
Of COURSE it is about the money. The point is one company is taking "smarter" risks than another. Verizon's big risk right now is to stop growth and convince people that have Fios to buy it. AT&T's big risk is to continue to dump R&D tech research into outdated copper. Comcast's big risk is to lay a 300 mile fiber trunk into mountains to serve 6,000 people along the way. Which one of these specific ventures do you think is going to show more profit at the end of this year?
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ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| said by markofmayhem:So then AT&T and Verizon are so piss-poor corporations that they didn't notice this but YOU and Comcast did? Huh... got any stock picks for me ptrowski? Of COURSE it is about the money. The point is one company is taking "smarter" risks than another. Verizon's big risk right now is to stop growth and convince people that have Fios to buy it. AT&T's big risk is to continue to dump R&D tech research into outdated copper. Comcast's big risk is to lay a 300 mile fiber trunk into mountains to serve 6,000 people along the way. Which one of these specific ventures do you think is going to show more profit at the end of this year? Ya think markofmayhem? My point is that contrary to Rick's statement Comcast is not doing it because it is "American" and because it is just out of the kindness of their own heart.
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