| Another Bad DSLR News Report I wish the people writing these news stories would use all the facts.
Comcast did loose 275,000 basic video customers the third quarter but they gained 219,000 digital video customers so the net loss was only 56,000. The digital customers bring in more money than basic customers so they are still better off.
Year to date they have lost 622,000 basic video customers but they gained 1,041,000 digital video customers for a net gain of 419,000. |
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kudos:1 | How many of those 419,000 will CANCEL after their super-special cut-rate price with free HBO and Showtime expires? Comcast likes to play this churn game to make things look better than actually are. |
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Canonsburg, PA | reply to justthefacts
Where I live Standard Cable from Comcast is now grandfathered (not available to new customers) and is exactly the same price as Digital Starter. |
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Comcast's own numbers dont support you in this. In the other thread, someone posted their presentation to investors. It shows their total video numbers going down as well as market penetration. These numbers are theirs. Maybe you should look at them. |
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I think that's also not all the facts, because Comcast may consider a person who upgrades from basic cable to digital cable a new digital customer. I know in the past this was considering a means to track digital customers (upgraders), not gross losses as we see today.
So I don't know if you have all the fact/spin either.
said by justthefacts :
I wish the people writing these news stories would use all the facts.
Comcast did loose 275,000 basic video customers the third quarter but they gained 219,000 digital video customers so the net loss was only 56,000. The digital customers bring in more money than basic customers so they are still better off.
Year to date they have lost 622,000 basic video customers but they gained 1,041,000 digital video customers for a net gain of 419,000.
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