Primis1
join:2005-06-13
Coldwater, MI
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Re: One thing I just don't get is why.....
What you said is all nice if you ignore all the cableco's that require at *least* Basic Video to get HSD service (which you tried to gloss over). At that point your entire argument just falls apart into a fanboy rant.
You also have forgotten to take into account that they may be losing landline customers, but that doesn't mean they're losing them to cable VOIP. You (and the article both) leap to the assumption that every single one of those losses is to VOIP.
However, they're just losing them to a wireless service that's maybe under the same roof, in most cases. Most people that ditch a landline don't get VOIP instead -- they go to cellphone-only, which of course has nothing to do with the cableco's. I know a LOT of people that ditched the landline and went to cellphone-only. I know exactly only one party that ditched and went VOIP. |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
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1 edit | said by Primis1  :What you said is all nice if you ignore all the cableco's that require at *least* Basic Video to get HSD service (which you tried to gloss over). At that point your entire argument just falls apart into a fanboy rant. You also have forgotten to take into account that they may be losing landline customers, but that doesn't mean they're losing them to cable VOIP. You (and the article both) leap to the assumption that every single one of those losses is to VOIP. Apparently you didn't spend much time reading my post.
I clearly stated that the telcos were losing landlines to both VOIP and CELL users and in fact stated that cell use was my reason for not having a landline.
In addition..I didn't ignore anything regarding the cable co's and stated that the negative about them is that most of them charge a premium if you don't subscribe to their cable TV service.
As far as your presumption though that they REQUIRE customers to have cable tv service, I don't think that's correct, for the majority of them anyway.
What they do instead is to require customers to pay more for the HSI instead.
Which once again, really boils down to my point.
That's not an option with most, if not all telcos.
You HAVE to have the landline to get the DSL.
And that I have the problem with. |
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