 MacLeechThe one and onlyPremium
join:2001-07-14
SoCal
kudos:3 | Adelphia's response.... said by L.A. Times article:
A spokesman for the company said Adelphia is trying to give the city more financial records.
"We've been working with the city and have provided a substantial amount of financial information in a short period of time," said Larry Windsor, Adelphia's regional director of governmental affairs. "And we're in the process of compiling additional information for them. We'd like to continue working with the city on this, and we're prepared to do so."
It could be some time before cable customers see a reduced bill, if ever. The City Council would need to pass an ordinance returning rates to last year's level. Adelphia could then file an appeal with the Federal Communications Commission.
L.A. Times has an article which includes Adelphia's response:
»www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me···89.story
This is in response to the original complaint that since Adelphia can't certify the financial information used to justify a rate increase, the City won't accept the rate increase. Its not about uncompleted upgrades.
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Adelphia SoCal, Cable modem manual (PDF), CATV Broadband Training Online |
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| Grep that article man and do a paste job. I don't have times privies  . Please 
Jax |
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MacLeechThe one and onlyPremium
join:2001-07-14
SoCal
kudos:3
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Grep that article man and do a paste job. I don't have times privies . Please
Jax
Here ya go... said by L.A. Times:
LOS ANGELES
L.A. Insists Adelphia Cut Rates, Reimburse
By Peter Nicholas
Times Staff Writer
May 2, 2003
City officials are demanding that Adelphia cable company cut its rates and return $5.5 million to about 200,000 Los Angeles cable TV subscribers, contending that the troubled company hasn't given assurances that last year's rate hikes were warranted.
In a joint news conference Thursday, Mayor James K. Hahn and City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo said they were beginning what could be a lengthy campaign to force Adelphia Communications Corp. to roll back basic cable rates as much as $2.02 per month and to repay the fees collected under an increase imposed last July in West L.A., Sherman Oaks, Eagle Rock and Van Nuys.
Hahn said the Pennsylvania-based company failed to certify, under penalty of perjury, the truth of financial statements submitted as justification for the rate hike. Without an accurate picture of the company's books — and in a climate in which the company has been tainted by financial scandal — the city cannot accept Adelphia's claims that it needed more subscriber fees, the mayor said.
"They couldn't find anyone in their company who wanted to certify their financial records," Hahn said. "I can understand that, since they've had problems with their accounting practices To protect the consumers of L.A., we have to know the information provided to us is accurate. If we can't certify it, we can't approve the rate increase."
The Coudersport, Pa., company filed for bankruptcy protection last June. Two executives, one in charge of the accounting department, have pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud. Federal prosecutors have indicted the company founder, John J. Rigas, and two of his sons on charges that included looting company coffers.
A spokesman for the company said Adelphia is trying to give the city more financial records.
"We've been working with the city and have provided a substantial amount of financial information in a short period of time," said Larry Windsor, Adelphia's regional director of governmental affairs. "And we're in the process of compiling additional information for them. We'd like to continue working with the city on this, and we're prepared to do so."
It could be some time before cable customers see a reduced bill, if ever. The City Council would need to pass an ordinance returning rates to last year's level. Adelphia could then file an appeal with the Federal Communications Commission.
The city contends that it is owed nearly $4 million in franchise fees on top of the $5.5 million it says the company owes customers in the form of rebates.
Since the owned franchise fees are from before Adelphia declared bankruptcy, I'm pretty sure those fees are just locked up in court litigation. Not much Adelphia could do to speed that up...
Again for everybody reading this, realize that the only thing the City of Los Angeles can have rolled back and is asking Adelphia to roll back is the basic analog TV service rates. Not Digital TV services and not cable modem services rates.
So the question is: Did Adelphia do something (such as adding channels) to the Basic Analog TV service of the City of Los Angeles that justifies Basic Analog TV service rate increases of up to $2.00 per month since the last rate increase almost 5 years ago?
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Adelphia SoCal, Cable modem manual (PDF), CATV Broadband Training Online
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| Adelphia hasn't justified any rate increase. I used to pay 48.90 for cable when i had it and the service was horrible. It would rain and I'd get no service and it would take them 2 days to fix it every time. On top of that Time Warner who is about a quarter mile away gives 200 channels for 40 bucks a month. I don't understand how Adelphia can raise rates here anymore than where they're at. Everyone in this community has already switched to sattelite and Adelphia went crying to the city about it. It would be smart for them just to roll back their rates and keep a few more customers. I have Direct TV and Adelphia couldn't pay me to go with them. Oh, and we still can't receive cable modem service. |
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| "Oh, and we still can't receive cable modem service. "
Market may not be profitable to justify the upgrades.
You stated everyone left cable for the dish in your area.. Need customers to pay for the infrastructure for cable modems. |
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| This is supposedly Adelphia's jewel franchise. This is the franchise that is actually the most profitable out of any other they have in the area. A couple months back Paul Allen wanted to buy this franchise for $4000 a sub and Adelphia wouldn't agree to it because he wouldn't take the rest of Southern California for $2200 a sub. That shows the value of the Los Angeles franchise...I can't find the article right now but it goes back into last summer i think. |
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| No need. I believe what you say due to my own reading of it .
The question is... what are the subs in your area worth today?
Subs aren't worth that much. Every cable company is leveraged about as far as they can go right now.
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| Don't know what the subs here are worth now, but i still think it's a lot of money because the population is wealthy and dense and that hasn't changed. Adelphia says that it's upgrading its lines to get us Powerlink, but I don't know what to believe anymore. Most of the people in my area cared about six months ago, but DSL just became available and my community has rushed to sign up for that. Adelphia missed it's chance here, especially considering that SBC makes you sign a year contract. |
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| Could be that with the delays involved they couldn't beat the dsl provider to a launch date. Why rush and screw it up?
"I don't know what to believe anymore"
I'm sure you do. I bet even Love2 does.
It all boils down to profits. If theres a buck to be made, Someone will move in.
"Adelphia missed it's chance here, especially considering that SBC makes you sign a year contract. "
Contract or not, folks will use what they feel is best. Some people have dsl contracts and pay for dish connections. Some have dish and pay for dsl...
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