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Time Warner Cablevision Rumor Resurfaces
After spin-off of TWC, company could acquire Cablevision
According to CNNMoney.com, Time Warner may sell their AOL dial-up business and spin off more of their cable business. After years of well documented dysfunction, AOL continues to bleed subscribers. In fact, from 3rd Quarter 2006 to 3rd Quarter 2007, AOL lost 5.1 million subscribers, or one third of their subscriber base -- and revenue from the company's transition to advertising engine is not coming as quickly as hoped. The maneuvers have re-kindled the obligatory yearly rumor that Time Warner Cable will soon attempt to acquire Cablevision.
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unionguy
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unionguy

Anon

uh oh

better watchout TWC. cablevision is 100% NON UNION

Attack Gypsy
join:2007-05-10
Milford, CT

Attack Gypsy

Member

Re: uh oh

Because the fired all of the organizers, and intimidated the rest into a "no" vote with similar threats.

PRM
@comcast.net

PRM to unionguy

Anon

to unionguy
And the problem with that is?????
fiberguy2
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20

fiberguy2

Premium Member

Re: uh oh

... there isn't any.. TWC isn't necessarily a "union shop".. I've worked in several TWC systems and none of them were union either.

Dogfather
Premium Member
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA

Dogfather

Premium Member

Just what we need

More cable consolidation.

No thanks.

Dominokat
"Hi"
Premium Member
join:2002-08-06
Boothbay, ME

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Dominokat

Premium Member

Re: Just what we need

said by Dogfather:

More cable consolidation.

No thanks.
No worries about that. The FCC won't let that happen. But they will allow the tel cos to consolidate.
The FCC like the tel cos..... money.

Dogfather
Premium Member
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA

Dogfather

Premium Member

Re: Just what we need

It swings both ways. A few years ago they were beating down the telcos with DSL line sharing while calling cable HSI "data" service and not subject to normal cable regulation. In 5 or 6 years it will go back to telco hating and kissing the ass of cable.

We have the best gov't corporations can buy.

RadioDoc

join:2000-05-11
La Grange, IL

RadioDoc to Dominokat

to Dominokat
You must have slept though all of the cable consolidation over the last 10 years.

LawnMowerGuy
Premium Member
join:2002-11-17
Ellington, CT

LawnMowerGuy

Premium Member

Boring

Why is this news? Rumors of cablevision getting acquired come up every couple months. Am I the only one sick of hearing it?

Subaru
1-3-2-4
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join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT

Subaru

Premium Member

Re: Boring

said by LawnMowerGuy:

Why is this news? Rumors of cablevision getting acquired come up every couple months. Am I the only one sick of hearing it?
Your not the only one...
majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Medford, NY

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majortom1029

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nooooo

I do not want anybody to aqquire cablevision. I want to keep my uncapped 16.5/2 speeds and would like to still have the optyion to go to 38/5. (yes as of right now cablevision isnt capping anymore). IF Timewarner buys cablevision then those speeds would go bye bye.
xsiddalx
join:2005-03-11
Chicago, IL

xsiddalx

Member

Re: nooooo

said by majortom1029:

I do not want anybody to aqquire cablevision. I want to keep my uncapped 16.5/2 speeds and would like to still have the optyion to go to 38/5. (yes as of right now cablevision isnt capping anymore). IF Timewarner buys cablevision then those speeds would go bye bye.
Well there you go.

You can always switch to another provider.

Shamayim
Premium Member
join:2002-09-23

Shamayim

Premium Member

Re: nooooo

said by xsiddalx:
said by majortom1029:

I do not want anybody to aqquire cablevision. I want to keep my uncapped 16.5/2 speeds and would like to still have the optyion to go to 38/5. (yes as of right now cablevision isnt capping anymore). IF Timewarner buys cablevision then those speeds would go bye bye.
Well there you go.

You can always switch to another provider.
There IS no other provider once you've experienced Cablevision's blazing fast Internet speeds.
(Anti-CV folks need not reply. We've read it all before).
patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY

patcat88

Member

bye bye

Bye bye $45 Boost 38/5! Bye bye $55 Boost 38/5 with 1 static! Hello 10/.5 for $45! Hello 20/1 for $70! Hello 1 static and .768/.768 for $210! Have a nice day, and we value your loyalty.

brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brewster, NY

brooklynman4

Member

Re: bye bye

I dont see timewarner buying em out maybe they will do some kind of partner ship to try to compete with the telecos.
tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Brooklyn, NY

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to patcat88
said by patcat88:

Bye bye $45 Boost 38/5! Bye bye $55 Boost 38/5 with 1 static! Hello 10/.5 for $45! Hello 20/1 for $70! Hello 1 static and .768/.768 for $210! Have a nice day, and we value your loyalty.
Want to see a ruined company? go ahead... MAKE VERIZON'S DAY, the Cablevision wires will just rust on the poles.
patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY

patcat88

Member

Re: bye bye

ATT already did rust HFC plant. ATT (well SBC) abandoned its Cable TV plant in CT. Wires still on the poles although amps/taps/fiber missing everywhere and the fiber is getting recycled for Uverse VRADs.

n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY

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to patcat88
said by patcat88:

Bye bye $45 Boost 38/5! Bye bye $55 Boost 38/5 with 1 static! Hello 10/.5 for $45! Hello 20/1 for $70! Hello 1 static and .768/.768 for $210! Have a nice day, and we value your loyalty.
$45 for Boost? Where? Basic OOL is $49.95.
majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Medford, NY

majortom1029

Member

Re: bye bye

I guess he is including the discount from having all 3 services.

RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY

RARPSL

Member

Re: bye bye

said by majortom1029:

I guess he is including the discount from having all 3 services.
You get the discount for just having OOL and Cable (as I do). I agree that TW buying CV will be a death nail on the fast and cheap OOL support. I have a friend who is TW just north of me (I'm in Rockland County) who is paying more than I am (I have BOOST) yet only gets 5000/512.

fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
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join:2001-05-25
Limbo

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to patcat88
said by patcat88:

Hello 10/.5 for $45!
10/.5??? Hah! More like 5/.384 for that price with RR. Had 6+/1+ before Adelphia bit the dust and RR absorbed them.
ricep5
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join:2000-08-07
Jacksonville, FL

ricep5

Premium Member

AOL Assets

The major technology assets AOL has....

- National Backbone network (ANS)
- VOD Infrastructure
- Dial Up POP's around the world
- Content Management & Delivery system

The major marketing assets they have....

- Roughly 30/40 million existing and former clients for direct marketing
- Relationships with major bricks & clicks based on using the 'keywords'

It's kind of sad really because they had some great ideas back in 1996-98 that we take for granted today, but they chose to get "big" first instead of actually building something. They still offer subscribers some incredible value on content.

While people may rue Steve Case, from a purely business perspective, merging with TW was a perfect way to divest the risk of AOL. (No different than Mark Cuban when he divested Yahoo shortly after selling Broadcast.com)

When they focused on the quarterly earnings and not the customers, then the end was easy to see.

Road Runner

Anon

Well this is sort of sad.

I was hoping the title would state that CableVision was buying Time Warner Cable but it turned out just the opposite. Wouldn't it be nice if Cable Vision bought TWC? I'd take it, nothing wrong with my TWC that I have now but I'll take more for less if that's what CableVision will give me?
sameshtdd
join:2006-01-04
Teaneck, NJ

sameshtdd

Member

Dolans still have voting control?

Don't the Dolans still have voting control over the company? Wonder what they have to say about it.

Speer320
@wednet.edu

Speer320

Anon

who still uses......

AOL serously if your going to get dial up at least get netzero for 10 bucks