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join:2001-11-26
Earth | Save customers the pain and just send grenades instead. It's quicker | |
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bistro777
Donuts-Is There Anything They Can't Do?
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join:2002-02-07
Englewood, CO
| Re: Save customers the pain and just send grenades Dear SBC Subscriber:
Great news! Now you can bundle, rebundle and rerebundle all your communications needs! SBC is pleased to offer you – in one convenient billing – telephone, telegraph, teletype, television and telenet services in a package too confusing to break-down into its individual, component costs.
Rest assured, as we roll-out this exciting offering, that we will find new ways to bill you for everything from animated avatars to the number 3 (and letters d,e,f) on your telephone keypad. Also, please note with our TV product there will be a cap imposed on channel surfing. If you use your remote more than 2x/day, your TV signal will be limited to black-and-white images and reruns of Bewitched.
If you select to receive all of our services, we will award you a gold star. If you chose not to subscribe to 100% of our services, you will be penalized billed at a premium for your lack of support of SBC.
See you on Comedy Central!
Sincerely,
All Your Friends at SBC
If we supported Etch-A-Sketch - -
Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has these funny lines all over the screen.
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has a distorted display.
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has squiggly lines that prevent me from doing my project.
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I turn off my Etch-A-Sketch?
A: Pick it up and shake it. Put it down.
Q: Does my Etch-A-Sketch have a screen-saver?
A: Pick it up and shake it. Keep shaking.
Q: How do I create a new document?
A: Turn [right knob] and then [left knob]. (Reverse procedure if left-handed.)
Q: How do I delete a document from my Etch-A-Sketch?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I keep from losing my Etch-A-Sketch document?
A: Stop shaking it.
**Idiot users…** | |
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join:2002-08-07 | Re: Save customers the pain and just send grenades bistro;
ROFL! You are one funny dude. | |
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AdamB
join:2001-01-07
Westerville, OH | Re: FINALLY!!! I agree, if the price is right I can totally ditch the local cable company, they suck.
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join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI
| Re: FINALLY!!! Why does this allow you to finally ditch the cable company? You must be a complete SBC suckup. So, you can only get DishNetwork now that it has SBC's stamp of approval? You could've easily gotten DishNetwork all along. This is a pathetic attempt to compete against cable, and doesn't increase competition at all. DishNetwork has been a competitive option all them time anyways. As for bundling, Dish already had a DSL bundling deal with Earthlink. Plus, if you think that this will make Dishnetwork a better deal than it already is, think again. You will have to get sign up for Dish with SBC(who will get the $50 commission). You'll get far better deal(even with including the bundling) if you go with an independent DishNetwork retailer that installs. They get a much greater commission which they can give you a chunk of and blow away any deal SBC DishNetwork has has. Ex: I currently will pay people $80 to take a 2 receiver system with free installation(instead of charging them $50 upfront), they will then get 4 months of AT100+ HBO and Cinemax free(instead of 3 because I don't charge the $50). My deal is effectively $130 better. | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| Re: FINALLY!!! This point is moot 2far since you must be no farther than 4,000 feet from your CO to get VDSL. Qwest is finding out its not as lucrative as they thought it might be. not too many people are 4 kilofeet or closer to their CO's. As for DISHNETWORK they werent bad [productwise] but their BILLING dept totally sucks.
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join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI |  Re: FINALLY!!!
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join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI
| Yeah, the reason people don't choose Dish is because of their billing dept. ALMOST NOBODY MAKES CONSUMER DECISIONS BASED ON BILLING DEPTs. Only companies whose products suck and prices are a rippoff will brag about nebulous things like billing department or customer service. I never heard about CableVision OOL having such a great billing department because people were so in love with the 8mb/1mb service. Only people so rich that they have nothing else to worry about but customer service and billing actually care about that. In this economy, people care about 1 thing and 1 thing only: getting the best deal. | |
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| | | gpancner
join:2001-09-27
Nine Mile Falls, WA | and when everyone sells dish network, just think how little it will cost, and how many jobs will be available. maybe dish network will solve the unemployment situation. yeah, and multi-level marketing will pick up the slack. | |
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join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI
| Re: FINALLY!!! Well, they solved my personal unemployment problem. The fact is that tons of people in this economy will gladly sacrifice a little customer service in order to save money. Customer service is something you prioritize in a good economy. I target people who want to penny pinch to the extreme. I'm targeting this economy. | |
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join:2001-09-27
Nine Mile Falls, WA | Re: FINALLY!!! are you saying people would rather have that cheapo dish network and it's poor quality for a few pennies less vs. directv? they'll get what they pay for. and,maybe those people should look into amway too. | |
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| | | herberthm1
join:2002-04-06
Van Nuys, CA
| Dude you are not reading this correctly, for what I see sbc won't be selling dishnetwork but bundling to their existing customer at a discount to make it atractive for what I understand you can go and tell your customers they can bundle the dish with dsl,wireless and phone this will actually will make it easy to sell it to your customers, sa far as deals go you know they are the same from dish network to all retailer is all matter of what you do to get the customers and if you are an small retailer you can take a chunk out of your commission and pass it to your customers. I am a retailer myself and I look forward to see if i can offer lower prices to better compete with cable | |
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| birdhntr
join:2003-07-22
Amarillo, TX | Good Luck getting NFL Sunday Ticket on DishNetwork (SBC) | |
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oliphant5
Got Identity?
Premium
join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA
| Isn't SBC already doing this I thought that SBC already offered DN in DBS/DSL packages.
»www02.sbc.com/Products_Services/···,00.html
In any event, this is a great deal for SBC customers and an immediate leg up in SBC's effort to compete with cable.
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"Countries...have a right to be free, and we a right to aid them, as a strong man has a right to assist a weak one assailed by a robber or murderer." --Thomas Jefferson, 1816.
[text was edited by author 2003-07-21 13:27:56] | |
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| Pair Gain
join:2002-12-23
Washington
| Re: Isn't SBC already doing this This new agreement will allow them to begin working immediately on integrating operations, including order entry, customer service and billing, so they can begin offering customers the co-branded service in early 2004.
[text was edited by author 2003-07-21 14:03:20] | |
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statemachine
Premium
join:2001-01-21
Si Valley
clubs: | SBC TV? What does SBC know about television?
Heck, what does SBC know about telephones? | |
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AdamB
join:2001-01-07
Westerville, OH | Re: SBC TV? Before the big SBC takeover/merge Ameritech in some cities had their own cable service called Americast before they sold to W.O.W.
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SBC/Yahoo DSL: 1280/109 on 1500/128 | |
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| stridr69
join:2003-05-19
San Luis Obispo, CA
| Yeah...what do they know about fones?
Gawd, I miss Pacific Bell already. Wonder if they're gonna rename Pacific Bell Park(S.F.Giants's crib)S.B.C. Park? Jeeze, what a boring name(I'll still call it the "Phone Booth", though).
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Zeb
Premium
join:2000-07-10
Lewisville, TX | aye? I have "SBC Directv". | |
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join:1999-08-16
Houston, TX
| Re: aye? They were pretty bad at my apt in Houston, as well. Worst was when my NFL Sunday Ticket subscription would not come up on Sunday (several times). Their lone customer service rep said he couldn't do anything to fix it because he was just in an office with a phone. No computer! Also, they could not offer DirecTV's HDTV channels at any of their apartments. A community dish is a good idea, in theory. Technically there were always problems at my apt. | |
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Megahurtz
join:2002-11-20
Northbrook, IL | bundles SBC has already had a $5 DISH discount if you sub to both dsl and sat tv.
I just hope any bundle prices will offer a discount opposed to a penalty for not having both services. | |
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bistro777
Donuts-Is There Anything They Can't Do?
Premium
join:2002-02-07
Englewood, CO
| Re: bundles From the AP article about this - -
"In addition to the convenience of a single bill and the convenience of being able to order with one call, the customer will also get significant value," said Lea Ann Champion, SBC senior executive vice president and chief marketing officer. However, SBC officials declined to discuss specific discounts that customers might receive when the service is launched early next year.
One (independent) analyst’s take - - “Get a customer to use more of your services and they become a more profitable customer," he said. "Not only that, but when customers use multiple services, it becomes increasingly difficult to compare and contrast to competitive offerings so they tend to stay put."
“Underscoring the trend, just hours after the SBC announcement, Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc., the main local phone provider in 14 Western and Plains states, announced its own partnerships with EchoStar and rival DirecTV Inc.” | |
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TXTigerman
Monopolies Kill
join:2000-12-21
Beeville, TX
|  Lovely
Well, at least there's no way in hell SBC can screw TV up any worse than it already is.
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If you think that's funny, wait until you see the BILL! | |
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Quip
Premium
join:2003-03-18
Riverside, CT | Sounds Good This sound great! If they can beat DirecTV pricing with discounts for my DSL and LD services, then what's not to like? | |
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
clubs:
| In the footsteps of BellSouth... when they dumped their wireless cable biz (apts/condos in ATL went to Advanced TeleMedia, nearly everyone else was "dumped" on Dish)
-SC
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No-Bull SE US Wireless Info: »www.sewireless.info/
Atlanta Apt/Condo Cable & Broadband Info: »www.atlaptcable.info/ | |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI
| Program Guide cost extra? DishNetwork currently provides a free program guide with all of its programming packages.
If service is purchased thru SBC, will the program guide cost $8/mo extra, like CallerID?
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The whole truth and nothing but the truth at »www.teletruth.org | |
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| rec3
join:2002-05-24 | Re: Program Guide cost extra? DISH does not send me a program guide and I have AT-150. | |
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| | | 2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI | Re: Program Guide cost extra? What I think sucks is that you get 12 months of DishFlicks with a ClubDish referral. I'd rather have 6 months of Dish Entertainment magazine(the printed TV Guide), than 12 months of DishFlicks. | |
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| gpancner
join:2001-09-27
Nine Mile Falls, WA | Re: Pacific Bell Wireless Cable funny how people think broadcasting what was once delivered via a wire is "cable tv" so i suppose directv and that cheapo dish network are cable tv too? | |
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bmn
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Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus
| Well... After the most recent Cox Cable Television customer raping rate hike (due costs associated with a network we never watch, ESPN), maybe Bellsouth should get on the bandwagon...
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If you could read my mind, here's what you'd see.. Kinda. | |
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