| completely stupid sbc/ameritech sold off americast (cable tv unit of sbc) because they thought that there place was not in television and sold it to wideopenwest. now they want to get back into the tv buisness? what a joke, pathetic morons running a company and can't make there mind! |
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| Here is an interesting quote from the press release when WideOpenWest purchased Ameritech New Media (aka Americast):
said by »www.wideopenwest.com/news/6-4-20···ny.html:
SBC has been trying to shed the cable properties it acquired with Ameritech while trying to get some return on the investment because being a cable provider “didn't fit with our business strategy,” said a company spokesman. That strategy doesn't preclude video and high-speed data; it just won't be done over conventional cable networks.
On a slightly different note, I will feel sorry for DirecTV customers if this deal goes through. SBC is running radio ads in Michigan, trying to gain public support for their regulatory efforts to allow them to sell long distance service in Michigan, by portraying AT&T & MCI as robbers from the wild west era. That is odd, since it costs me three times more to call Ann Arbor from my house via SBC currently than it does for me to call my parents in Florida via AT&T or MCI. Maybe it's just one of those competition things.  |
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 Jim GurdPremium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI | said by J D McDorce:
. That is odd, since it costs me three times more to call Ann Arbor from my house via SBC currently than it does for me to call my parents in Florida via AT&T or MCI. Maybe it's just one of those competition things.
Actually, it has to do with the fact that intra state rates are higher than interstate ones due to the fact that instate calls are regulated by the Michigan Public Service Commission and interstate ones are not. In many cases it's cheaper to call Alaska or Hawaii than within the state of Michigan. |
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| Regulated in the sense that the MPSC approves maximum allowable rates. |
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 DonChicagoCopper-Free Last-Mile
join:2002-02-10
Lincolnshire, IL | reply to J D McDorce
said by J D McDorce:
On a slightly different note, I will feel sorry for DirecTV customers if this deal goes through. SBC is running radio ads in Michigan, trying to gain public support for their regulatory efforts to allow them to sell long distance service in Michigan, by portraying AT&T & MCI as robbers from the wild west era. That is odd, since it costs me three times more to call Ann Arbor from my house via SBC currently than it does for me to call my parents in Florida via AT&T or MCI. Maybe it's just one of those competition things.
SBC is running those ads here in Illinois too. They don't bother to tell you that they ALREADY get around half your LD revenue for the traffic to transit their network.
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The competition is charging higher rates too. This is the case in many states, no matter what carrier you choose for your IntraLATA calls. I used to work for AT&T and was familiar with the pricing of many carriers. In 90% of the states across the union it was more expensive than interstate calling. The only state that was cheaper was California. Some states, like yours, were as high as 3x the interstate price.
You could complain to the state commission if you feel strongly about it. |
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