dnoyeB
Ferrous Phallus
join:2000-10-09
Southfield, MI
| reply to nc1165
Re: I knew it.
The auto industry had NAFTA and Canada had certain Union laws which made it MORE profitable to move their manufacturing to canada.
I mean, you pay canadians less, but since your car is not a dollar bill, and since NAFTA, they can reimport their cars without any tarrif.
This does not apply to cable yet. Since I dont think you can move Data to the us and then sell it. Unless they can move all the offices of the US companies they purchased to Canada, they will naturally hurt due to the exchange rate.
What seems to have happened is Shaw got into Empire Building and had eyes larger than their wallets.
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dnoyeB"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard. " Ecclesiastes 9:16
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
Host:
Road Runner
PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
| Yes I think the process of updating the 4 U.S. systems to digital cable probably broke the bank....
I think while the big boys see an immediate influx of cash after upgrading massive cities like NY with digital cable, the same profit margins don't exist in piddle-town USA.
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Shaw US Employee
@kingwoodcable.com | we already had digital cable. We were a larg grossing small bussiness which is very proficient. now we inherit shaws fate. |
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KINGWOOD
@kingwoodcable.com
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THE ONLY UPGRADING THAT SHAW DID HERE IN KINGWOOD IS ADD SOME TRAYON EQUIPMENT TO THE HEAD END, AND THAT IS IT. We have had internet for around 4 years now, and digital television service for a year and a half. The ONLY upgrading they have done at all is change out some one way amps to two way in the other texas systems. No main lines have been replaced, the amps that were replaced were rebuilt and very low grade. Now the rebuilt systems barely pass FCC testing and leak CLI like crazy. Who ever from SHAW main office said that they have spent 13 million on upgrades must have been writting himself some rather large checks. |
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