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Visit Lovely Downtown Port Starboard
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join:2001-10-25
Silver Spring, MD
1 edit | Is it any wonder? That Fios is kicking their butt? Hopefully it won't be long before Fios is available in our area and we can make the switch.
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aguiar0016
join:2006-01-23
New Bedford, MA | Anyone... know if all their prices are changing or just certain packages, just TV service?
it's kind of odd they would change prices in the middle of the year. | |
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simalick
@verizon.net
| competition here rcn has done so much damage to itself that people in my housing complex have either gone back to time warner cable or sign up with just installed fios. our unit is part of stuyvesant town that has over 10000 apartments so we're fortunate to have a choice of 3 providers. i dont know what rcn bosses is thinking when competition is all around and they raise prices. | |
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joe01880
join:2007-10-26
Wakefield, MA | Re: competition here FIOS was $80 cheaper and SOOOOOO much better then RCN, thats what they need. Worse quality then it already was. | |
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| maxpower
join:2006-10-09
Providence, RI
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rcn has done so much damage to itself that people in my housing complex have either gone back to time warner cable or sign up with just installed fios. our unit is part of stuyvesant town that has over 10000 apartments so we're fortunate to have a choice of 3 providers.
I thought Fios cherrypicked their neighborhoods and didn't provide service to the ghetto. Has this changed? | |
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| | axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | Re: competition here Heh, I live in an RCN city, and RCN won't offer me service. Comcast does. If FioS becomes available, I'll have to call RCN the cherry-picker. | |
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| | | patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | Re: competition here RCN legally is a cherry picker, they aren't a cable tv company, they are an open video service company (FCC's name for a cable company with ILEC style wholesaling) and those dont have any build out criteria. | |
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| | older dog
Premium
join:2005-06-09
Norwich, NY | Wouldn't a ghetto neighborhood be cherry picking?
Large number of potential customers with little money for recreational activities outside the home would make for a large number of subscribers in a small area. | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| said by maxpower  :I thought Fios cherrypicked their neighborhoods and didn't provide service to the ghetto. Has this changed? Well you have to go through poor areas to get to the rich ones!
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| said by maxpower :I thought Fios cherrypicked their neighborhoods and didn't provide service to the ghetto. Has this changed? Please cite one specific instance of FiOS cherry picking an area and not providing service to "the ghetto". | |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
 ·Armstrong Zoom In..
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Just like everything else The price for everything is going up, the only thing that's not going up are peoples wages/salaries. Companies are willing to charge more and give a hell of a lot less.
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ebubman
join:2002-01-17
Enola, PA | it's all about choices... and the cable companies wonder (probably not) why many of us are planning to go to satellite tv in the very near future... | |
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jt6
@comcast.net | Re: it's all about choices... even satellite raises rate too. | |
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| | ebubman
join:2002-01-17
Enola, PA
·Comcast
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3 edits | Re: it's all about choices... said by jt6 :
even satellite raises rate too.
jt6...........your point is well taken---they all do it. however, if (really when) i change our tv from comcast to direct tv, i will save in year #1 $40 to $50 per month and in year #2 $20 to $30 per month over what i now pay comcast. (we have two hd/dvr units) additionally, i'll be getting more channels & more hd channels. the simple math as i type this is making me wonder why i have not done it yet.........bub | |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY | Rcn, Pffft! Who's the dinosaur now? Huh?
RCN should just go out of business.. they screwed themselves 7 way from Sunday. Even docsis 3.0 cableco's will eat RCN for breakfast in little more than a year.. | |
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chitownya
@comcast.net | rcn RCN restructured their basic cable packages for my gf's condo building. MTV is no longer included in basic cable. I really can't believe that they will last another 5yrs without a major overhaul. | |
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alanisrox69
join:2005-03-29
LHV, PA
·RCN CABLE
| .... While I have fully enjoyed RCN for the past ~2 years....they have a horrible Customer Service line (India!), bundled with confusing price packages, you are told you are on one price package, but then when you get your bill it's $50 more!
Besides that, they have now started to Rateshape EVERY HD Channel (including the Locals) as I pointed out in that thread. So we get less quality for more money.
RCN keeps telling us "Analog Crush is coming", yet there is no date when it's going to start happening or when it will be complete. Christmas is coming too you know. So is April Fool's Day.
Overall, RCN's quality of service has gone down 10 fold over the past 2 years.
-Derek-
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cdr1000
join:2004-02-18
10100 | Re: .... My cable bill went up by 14%
My internet speed went down by 15% (now it is "up to 20mbps")
Not the best way to compete against FIOS and Slingbox. | |
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