drslash
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Marion, IA | Please buy Mediacom
Somebody has to be able to do things better than these people have been...then again...the better the devil you know!
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mrchris
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North Babylon, NY | No, someone should buy that piece of crap excuse of a cable provider Charter! |
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Chris 313
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| said by mrchris  :No, someone should buy that piece of crap excuse of a cable provider Charter! Someone will eventually. Charter, on their current path, is heading for bankruptcy. TWC is a likely candidate.
We're getting an upgrade to 7000/512+ when Charter is still stuck at 3000/256 in most areas. |
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marigolds
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said by drslash :Somebody has to be able to do things better than these people have been...then again...the better the devil you know! The problem is the territories that Mediacom owns. I think TW would invest a lot less time and money than Mediacom even if they have more resources. This was the problem with TCI and AT&T; as far behind as Mediacom looks, these areas were even farther behind under AT&T. Unfortunately, I think Mediacom's management of their territories is going downhill. I just don't think TW or a similar company would make any real improvements though.
One of the biggest problems though with Mediacom is that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. The better a franchise is managed by local government, the better the outcomes they get. While service might become more even, it would probably just become evenly bad.
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qdemn7
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Re: Please buy Charter
said by Chris 313 :We're getting an upgrade to 7000/512+ when Charter is still stuck at 3000/256 in most areas. You're right, that's why I dropped Charter 4 years ago, and went with SBC, now AT&T.
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en102
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Valencia, CA | reply to marigolds
Re: Please buy Mediacom
OMG! I haven't used ISCABBS in a while - is it still up? I compiled the client (back in the 90's) for VAX/VMS to avoid the long queue on Telnet back then. |
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roamer1
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said by Chris 313 :Someone will eventually. Charter, on their current path, is heading for bankruptcy. TWC is a likely candidate. If Charter does fall apart, they're more likely to go out piecemeal -- large parts of their operations in the Southeast, for instance, make much more sense for Comcast and Cox (not to mention the fact that both TWC and Cox cannot own cable systems in the Atlanta area.)
-SC
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roamer1
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said by marigolds :The problem is the territories that Mediacom owns. Mediacom is one of the most inconsistent cable companies I've ever seen -- they're as inconsistent if not more so than Charter. At least they aren't uniformly terrible like some smaller companies (Northland, Cebridge, etc.) are...
-SC
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Chris 313
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| reply to roamer1
said by roamer1 :said by Chris 313 :Someone will eventually. Charter, on their current path, is heading for bankruptcy. TWC is a likely candidate. If Charter does fall apart, they're more likely to go out piecemeal -- large parts of their operations in the Southeast, for instance, make much more sense for Comcast and Cox (not to mention the fact that both TWC and Cox cannot own cable systems in the Atlanta area.) -SC Cox would probably snag them as it's the only other Cable company that I know is near the section of Charter I'm thinking of. |
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csnewbie
join:2001-02-12
Atlanta, GA | reply to drslash
please buy Comcast
they suck |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
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Valencia, CA | I agree - someone please replace Commiecast/Comcr@p |
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n2jtx
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said by en102 :for VAX/VMS I still love that OS!
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Re: Please buy Charter
said by qdemn7 :said by Chris 313 :We're getting an upgrade to 7000/512+ when Charter is still stuck at 3000/256 in most areas. You're right, that's why I dropped Charter 4 years ago, and went with SBC, now AT&T. Ah yes about half of Ma Bell has returned from the grave, Maybe soon they'll roll out the olive drab trucks again.;) They were like that back in the 60's.:D
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qdemn7
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| said by SuperJoker :Ah yes about half of Ma Bell has returned from the grave, Maybe soon they'll roll out the olive drab trucks again.;) They were like that back in the 60's.:D Yes, I remember those well. 
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