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Re: All I hear is...So, are they saying that all fire departments and schools should have two TV providers !!!?? lmao Fn Cablevision.
How bout the "majority TV provider" of the town be responsible for such things. So until you share 49% of the subscribers, zip it.
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Re: All I hear is...Also, where do they get this $300,000 figure from? Lets simply say there were 10 schools and fire departments, even 10 city-halls. Each TV subscription is worth $10,000 a year in TV service? Is that a joke? Headspinning said it all quote: Waaaaaahhh!!!
On a sidenote, Verizon getting a new franchise is very good news ! | |
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Franchise agreementsI thought Verizon had stopped trying to get new franchise agreements and was only working on expanding current areas only that have franchise agreements. | |
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Re: Franchise agreementsWhether the internet nerds on this site want to believe it or not, FiOS penetration in non-franchised areas does extremely poor. Verizon MUST expand into towns like this. TV still sells the fiber, whether Verizon executives want to believe it or not. | |
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The city was just about fully wired for FiOS. Therefore the brunt work of expansion was already done. So (and this is my guess), Verizon was in a way just turning on their service due to past construction in the city. | |
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2013-Dec-3 10:48 am
Re: Franchise agreementssaid by Bill Neilson:The city was just about fully wired for FiOS. Therefore the brunt work of expansion was already done. So (and this is my guess), Verizon was in a way just turning on their service due to past construction in the city. Quite true. When they fibered my area of Glen Head which is just south of Glen Cove, the also covered Glen Cove. As noted, the problem was they did not have an agreement with the city to provide service. My area is an unincorporated area of the Town of Oyster Bay and TOB had already reached an agreement with Verizon which is why various areas of TOB are covered whereas the city and various villages are not due to them having to negotiate their own agreements. Verizon went after the highest density areas that could be covered with the fewest negotiated franchise agreements. I suspect that had they not bothered to install FiOS infrastructure in Glen Cove when they were hooking everyone else up, Glen Cove would not be even looking at getting FiOS service. | |
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to navyson
Sounds like they're doing internet now, and want to expand into TV so they can do triple play. | |
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YDC join:2007-11-13 Hewlett, NY |
YDC
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2013-Dec-3 10:04 am
competition?Verizon is better as far as delivered service. Customer service.. not so much. Their billing is horrible. I am on hold with Verizon now as they pretend to fix something they bill me for every month wrong. I guarantee if the error was a loss to their pocket it would have been fixed by now! | |
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2013-Dec-3 10:08 am
300,000 might be rightThe 300,000 probably includes digital phone systems which generally run about 80,000 each. | |
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Re: 300,000 might be rightPlease, Im sure Cablevision signed their TV franchise agreement long before they offered phone service. | |
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2013-Dec-3 10:14 am
Re: 300,000 might be rightDoubt it. I know the Suozzis well. | |
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Re: 300,000 might be rightVonage launched in 2004, so Cablevision has offered digital phone for less than 10 years. Are you saying there was no Cablevision TV service prior to that? | |
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YDC
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2013-Dec-3 4:51 pm
Re: 300,000 might be rightThere was cable in the 60's although the 70's was the true beginning in the NY area. I was among the first of the ISPs in NY. Trust me, I know | |
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2013-Dec-3 11:04 am
Direct TV For K-12Any school can sign up for DirectTV for K-12. It's free and comes with 4 receivers. You just have to get somebody to install it. Not sure if they would do the same for Police or Fire... | |
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2013-Dec-3 11:43 am
Re: Direct TV For K-12said by Jamco :Any school can sign up for DirectTV for K-12. It's free and comes with 4 receivers. You just have to get somebody to install it. Not sure if they would do the same for Police or Fire... A whole four receivers? What about the dozens of other TVs that will need a receiver? | |
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2013-Dec-3 1:55 pm
Cablevision's Goal: | |
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Re: Cablevision's Goal:Cablevision should sign a deal with Verizon so they can be assured of no further expansion like the way CC did. What a joke! | |
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2013-Dec-3 4:54 pm
No JokeSadly, it is no joke, and every time they dig deeper, we pay more. It will at some point become a loss making business when too many cut their service down. Then will come the dumb-pipe. Time will fix this, but it takes too long for those things to happen on their own. | |
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Re: No JokeWhy would such a thing ever get fixed with the likes of Verizon and Comcast just waiting to nickel and dime the end users any chance they get. One way or another, these corporate losses always get passed onto those who use service (any service, dumb-pipe or not). If Verizon/Comcast loses out on that incentive, some other entity will step in and milk that cow. The problem is that law and regulations are never really pro-consumer as long as there are corporate lobbyists around who simply get senators and congressmen to introduce ridiculous legislature and even manage to get them approved and converted into law. | |
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own worst enemy..Verizon's prices aren't exactly breaking new records for competition.. so in that sense they are their own worst enemy. As a side-note, it does put CV on notice that once customers age-out of 1 or 2 year deals and see higher prices, there is a choice to keep a lower price (AKA CHURN, BABY, CHURN). That's about the only one trick pony the consumer has... when there are two providers who deploy next gen networks... HINT, ATT uverse dsl is NOT a next-gen network... go fiber/docsis or go away.. | |
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Very HappyI've been a satisfied CV customer in Bronx County for over a decade. I don't get what's not to like about CV's service.
Their internet is blazing fast, their wifi is everywhere, they offer every major channel that's watched by the American public...What's up with Long Island?!
CV definitely has a point that VZ would get an unfair advantage if they're not forced to pay for service for schools, first responders, etc. CV is justified in using their legal team here. | |
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Re: Very HappyIm an un satisfied CV customer. Hate then with a passion for their low and despicable tactics. Look at what their money is doing to Coop city. The board is going to vote against allowing competition in. Which we know Competition help us consumers. Competition to CV=No more nickel and dime in the customer. | |
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2013-Dec-11 7:04 pm
Re: Very HappyI agree! Any provider that is the only game in town needs some competition to keep them in check. Options for customers is what keeps improvements coming and separates the men from the boys. If Verizon ever allow recording of more than 2 programs at the same time CV better watch the hell out! | |
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2013-Dec-4 5:12 pm
Cablevision NEVER Misses A Chance To Look BadCablevision stooping low again. Verizon is saddled with state, federal and municipal fees that they are legally obligated to charge consumers due to their original POTS ILEC status and Cablevision LOVES to advertise this inequity as if Verizon had ANY say in the matter. In fact, the cable consortium made SURE those fees were kept in place. ... and now they're worried that THEY are being treated unfairly because they previously AGREED to carriage as part of a franchise negotiation? Its sad that THIS represents the level of executive decision making at such a wealthy US corporation, it bodes poorly on the ethics of our nation's business people. | |
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2013-Dec-4 7:33 pm
lifeline phone serviceDoes cablevision have to offer low cost $1 a month lifeline phone service in areas where they compete with Verizon for phone service?
Verizon does | |
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