ATTGUY2
join:2002-06-02
Fremont, CA | Good! Maybe Comcast....
Will realize that they just cannot continue pissing customers off and loosing them with extortion tactics like forcing people to pay more for an internet only connection and bandwith limitations. |
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zabes63
join:2003-04-05
Batavia, IL | Yeah Right!
Because Comcash is all about being competitive |
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Zorglub
join:2000-11-18
Fremont, CA | Well, right now, they're all about losing customers to DSL. Of course, they're betting that the revenue lost to switching customers is less than the extra revenue from blackmailing Dish owners. |
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jaymerkramer
join:2002-12-11
Saint Peters, MO
| I think they plan on getting people in at these low price plans and then after the first year hiking it back up. Knowing that once most people get broadband they can't live without it and will pay 10 dollars or 15 dollars more if they have no choice. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
 ·Comcast
| said by jaymerkramer  :
I think they plan on getting people in at these low price plans and then after the first year hiking it back up.
Credit card companies do the same thing with teaser interest rates and no one complains about that. Heck, every business that can do this sort of thing does it (AOL used to require people to give them their credit card number in order to use the free trial, the onus was on the customer to cancel afterwards). Why is it any different when Comcast does it? Why is Comcast somehow not entitled to make money off of their investment in broadband? Why is it Comcast's fault that no other company has bothered to provide broadband service in areas where it is the only provider?
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Saying that Microsoft has a monopoly in Operating Systems because one is too lazy to learn a different OS is like saying that Ford has a monopoly in cars because one is too lazy to find a Honda dealership. |
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Seggie
@attbi.com
| reply to Zorglub
Comcast has lost my business forever..After raising my rates by 30% because I don't subscribe to their TV package I have no love loss for them. They offered me absolutly nothing for the 30% price increase...nothing !!!!
I have gone to SBC for 34.95/ mo (instead of $ 60 with Comcast) and everything is working great. For those close enough to the CO its a great deal. |
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chris
focus
Premium
join:2000-08-13
Middletown, CT
 ·NETPLEX
| If you hate Comcast so much and got rid of them - why is your address still from them? we.client2.attbi.com
Having trouble synching up that DSL? 
-I'm just bustin ass - I'm not trying to get ya pissed |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to pnh102
said by pnh102 :
said by jaymerkramer :
I think they plan on getting people in at these low price plans and then after the first year hiking it back up.
Credit card companies do the same thing with teaser interest rates and no one complains about that. Heck, every business that can do this sort of thing does it (AOL used to require people to give them their credit card number in order to use the free trial, the onus was on the customer to cancel afterwards). Why is it any different when Comcast does it? Why is Comcast somehow not entitled to make money off of their investment in broadband? Why is it Comcast's fault that no other company has bothered to provide broadband service in areas where it is the only provider?
But if you got several credit cards chances are that at least one is offering a decent rate, when that ends you transfer it to another card that has a better offer going. too bad broadband isnt as plentiful and you could take advantage of the best deal/offer.
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MGP
join:2001-01-01
Olathe, KS
| reply to pnh102
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Why is it Comcast's fault that no other company has bothered to provide broadband service in areas where it is the only provider?
Probably because Comcast often has the only last-mile connection in many cases. The only two really viable last-mile connections available to the majority of U.S. households is cable or phone line. And the telcos and cable companies don't offer broadband services in every area they service.
The U.S. doesn't have a broadband or even bandwidth problem, it has a "last-mile" problem. Until that problem is solved, broadband isn't likely to get any better from an availability or pricing standpoint. Both cable and telco providers jealously guard their regional monopolies and unless forced to change, won't.
For those who think some private company should just pony up the dollars and build out their own network, consider what it would cost to wire out all the addresses currently serviced by cable or telephone. The cable and telcos had a massive advantage since they were already wired to the home for other services that paid for (many times at a guaranteed profit via state regulation) the network.
Other than wireless -- which has it's own problems -- powerline is about the only other last-mile solution that's ubiquitous throughout the country. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by MGP :
For those who think some private company should just pony up the dollars and build out their own network, consider what it would cost to wire out all the addresses currently serviced by cable or telephone. The cable and telcos had a massive advantage since they were already wired to the home for other services that paid for (many times at a guaranteed profit via state regulation) the network.
So what if it costs a lot of money? Companies which are competing with Comcast are doing this. They are getting franchise agreements with municipalities and running their own cable. I know because I used to be a cable subscriber to such a company (before I moved). So it definitely is possible for a competitor to provide their own last-mile connection.
But as for cable TV's profit's somehow being guaranteed by regulation, that is not true at all. No government agency can force anyone to buy Cable TV service. Unless cable customers are convinced that what they buy from the cable company is worth the money they are paying, they won't buy it and the cable company will be screwed. Clearly, Comcast's ability to raise rates on certain products without losing many customers shows that those customers believe they are getting good service for their money (or they would have canceled otherwise).
People who were dissatisfied with cable have already dumped their respective cable companies for satellite and/or DSL. Cable companies are pissing all over themselves trying to fight this. Clearly, there is competition for some of their services.
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Saying that Microsoft has a monopoly in Operating Systems because one is too lazy to learn a different OS is like saying that Ford has a monopoly in cars because one is too lazy to find a Honda dealership.
[text was edited by author 2003-05-06 08:51:47] |
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jungleman406
join:2003-04-22
Highland Park, MI
|  reply to ATTGUY2
I definitely agree, Comcast needs to be told that it is the consumer that make the company and not the governments. Comcast is very aware of their position and they used that to their best advantage. I would suggest to anyone write to your Congressman and make them understand why they were put into office to reprsent the masses and not for self preservation.... |
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