Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ
| Nicely Written
That letter was nicely written. If Cablevision is really the best, customers will not want to leave. Cablevision needs to seriously improve their IO Television experience to keep customers around. They raise prices every single year, yet they only add a handful of channels - none of which anyone cares about, and navigating the service with their terrible equipment is just painful.
Even without MSG/MSG+ HD, Verizon still blows them away when it comes to numbers of channels they offer, and the quality to which they offer them.
The sports programming is only the tip of the ice burg compared to the other reasons why customers will be leaving once FIOS is more widely available. -- Not only that, but Cablevision is being very agressive in keeping customers from leaving. Sign up for FIOS and then call to cancel Cablevision. Users who have done that have reported getting some really sweet deals from Cablevision.. - Free Boost service for a year, free DVR for a year, triple play promotion extended to two years (total of 3), etc. |
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woooo
@optonline.net | Open Your FiOS Network!
You want cable companies to share their TV networks? How about you share your fiber network so competitors may enter the market. I can get twenty flavors of DSL but only one fiber connection. |
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PoloDude
Premium,VIP
join:2006-03-29
East Northport, NY | In some markets FiOS is open resellers. They are just not mandated to do so,or to do it at a reduced rate. |
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PoloDude
Premium,VIP
join:2006-03-29
East Northport, NY | reply to woooo
Oh and also we are not talking about sharing infrastructure. IT is about making programming available.
1 more. Why isn't CV forced to open thier network to resellers? |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 |  (topic offline) Teleco's are taking logic lessons from the Repub
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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Re: Open Your FiOS Network!
said by woooo :
You want cable companies to share their TV networks? How about you share your fiber network so competitors may enter the market. I can get twenty flavors of DSL but only one fiber connection.
What does one have to do with the other? |
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ITALIAN926
join:2003-08-16
Stratford, CT | reply to woooo
Sharing channels and sharing networks are two different things.
Cablevision has not spent 50billion dollars on msgHD. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
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said by PoloDude  :In some markets FiOS is open resellers. They are just not mandated to do so,or to do it at a reduced rate. Where? Please provide links.
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
1 edit | DSL Extreme is now offering fiber over the FIOS network.
»DSL Extreme Launches Rebranded FiOS |
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puck0114
join:2005-12-24
Washington, DC | reply to TKJunkMail
A quick Google search brought up DSL Extreme as a FiOS reseller. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to Jmartz
Re: Nicely Written
And VZ has raised rates several times on their TV offerings as well. TelcoTV is no better than CableCo TV |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
 ·PenTeleData
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·VOIPo
·Vonage
| reply to PoloDude
Re: Open Your FiOS Network!
said by PoloDude :1 more. Why isn't CV forced to open thier network to resellers? Because they are a cable company, not a phone company. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to puck0114
ooooo One reseller... Big Deal! |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to ITALIAN926
but they spent money on the Network they own. Cablevision is just like any other Network. They decide who gets the network and at what price. The same with ESPN and Scripps TV. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
·Future Nine Corpor..
·VOIPo
·Vonage
| reply to BF69
said by BF69 :said by woooo :
You want cable companies to share their TV networks? How about you share your fiber network so competitors may enter the market. I can get twenty flavors of DSL but only one fiber connection.
What does one have to do with the other? It's about exclusivity.
Cablevision owns the MSG channel. Verizon owns the FiOS network.
They each have decided to control where those products can be seen - i.e. MSG can be seen only on cable, not on FiOS, and Verizon doesn't open up the FiOS network to competitors as widely as they are mandated to do with the copper network. |
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| $$ Make 'em Pay $$
I guess the intricacies of the contracts are lost to me, but it seems that if this channel is so valuable, it should be priced accordingly. Why can't Cablevision simply find a price point for this channel that would greatly improve their own business while significantly damaging the overall business of any competitor wishing to pay for it? |
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
·Comcast
·Embarq
|  Will Lobbying (Payoffs) Prevail?
 Unfortunately for Verizon FiOS subscribers the management at Cablevision has the right to restrict access to their exclusive programming.
We must wait to see if Verizon can Lobby (Pay Off) sufficient government officials, to pass rules or laws seizing Cablevisions exclusive right to determine who carries their programming. To be fair such a rule or law should include the right for other ISP's, access to Verizon's FiOS Network but I would not hold my breath! |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
·Future Nine Corpor..
·VOIPo
·Vonage
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Re: $$ Make 'em Pay $$
It's not about money.
If you're a nets fan, the only place you can view the nets in HD is on cable. That is a big seller for cablevision and I know quite a few people who have not drunk the FiOS kool-aid because they'd lose access to their favorite teams. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
·PHONE POWER
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to hottboiinnc
Re: Open Your FiOS Network!
said by hottboiinnc :ooooo One reseller... Big Deal! It's a very big deal. Clearly Verizon is allowing resellers access, which is much more than we can say for AT&T and U-Verse.
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