jarablue
Always be true to yourself
join:2001-06-11
Worcester, MA | Good going
Nice to see Verizon doing well. If only other companies would follow. Who woulda thunk if you offer more services you do well in the market. |
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jdir
join:2001-05-04
Santa Clara, CA | Now if DSL is available everywhere
I switch to DSL the moment I moved - no longer paying $56 a month for cable for browsing the net. |
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soothsayer15
join:2002-03-01
Irving, TX
| reply to jarablue
Re: Good going
Once again Broadband reports gives half the story. Most of Verizon Profits come from the wireless division. All the story is gonna do is make people post their "See, they're making enough money, they need to cut DSL prices in half" posts. I don't know why this site is so anti-big business. It's about as fair as Fox News. |
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Long ways to video
@verizon.n
| reply to jarablue
Verizon has got to go a long ways to get video people want with unbundling of cable packages... channel selection, all you can view content on demand for $10 (not .99c a pop with limited drm), interactive digital video content, etc etc etc
If its the same ole' content cable companies are shoving down people's throat, consumers will gag on sight! |
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juicelee
Premium
join:2000-12-04
Hacienda Heights, CA
clubs:   | 1.7 billion?????!!!
That's quite a healthy profit margin, which is probably the same case with the other ILECs. How about the bells increase speed or lower costs? |
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FTCXtreme
join:2005-03-14
New Braintree, MA | I take back my wish for SBC
Even though Verizon did add that many, how many of them couldn't get DSL before? How many more lines did verizon make available? Maybe im just rambling because I can't get it? Questions that will never be answered. |
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Raptor
Not a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
 ·Bell Sympatico
| reply to soothsayer15
Re: Good going
Well whatever Verizon has their hands into, if they profit in one sector they can improve another. They dont have to just lower wireless prices or just improve that service. I dont know, but id imagine a majority of their base is through residential DSL, wouldnt it make sense to take those profits and do what you can to make the majority of your customers happier? |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| reply to soothsayer15
BBR never said anything about this being a broadband profit. They simply stated the facts that they made a significant chunk of change in profit.
And Yes I would say they are making enough money and they should put more back into the economy and improve their customer's services and prices.
I know business' are there to make money, I have one myself, but if you have that much of a profit then you are charging too much or you arent reinvesting enough into improved services.
Directed at all the other Bells -> All this "it's too expensive" to deploy FTTH and they are profiting this much? They should be ashamed of themselves. Investing the 10-20 billion which gets to be written off over 30 years would have little impact on their overall profit over the years. |
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Sean
join:2004-01-23
Ottawa
·Bell Sympatico
| reply to soothsayer15
Well, I know I'm anti-big business because it should be proportionally difficult to earn money, and should be based on intellect.
Big business and CEOs are hardly deserving of their salaries.
I now leave this entire news topic in fear of being anally electrocuted. |
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xdeadhead
220, 221, Whatever It Takes.
Premium
join:2000-11-08
Mechanicsburg, PA | they better be pumping that profit
back into something like FIOS and not Ivans pocket. we need better outside plant here pleeeeeeeaaaase. |
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ddurant
join:2001-08-24
Marlborough, MA
| reply to juicelee
Re: 1.7 billion?????!!!
said by juicelee  :How about the bells increase speed or lower costs? What?!?! Mercedes' don't grow on trees, you know.. |
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TakeAdump
@comcast.net | Hold the Load Please!
I bet the 385,000 new DSL subscribers came from cable. |
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Albo
join:2002-09-06
Brooklyn, NY | reply to jarablue
Re: Good going
Sounds to me that they make be cooking, go tot make the stock go up a little,, just my $0.002 |
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needforspeed59
Cruise Ship Just Passing Through
join:2001-05-02
Glendale, AZ
| reply to TakeAdump
Re: Hold the Load Please!
said by TakeAdump:
I bet the 385,000 new DSL subscribers came from cable.
I bet they came from dial up, but who can prove it either way? Maybe it's 50/50?
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | The profits came from the nyc taxes we pay in revenues lol |
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ColdFiltered
join:2005-01-25
Atlanta, GA | reply to TakeAdump
Did anyone read their quarterly report? I am not sure if that $1.7B figure is for broadband alone or if it includes other divisions, too. And is that gross of net profits? |
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hescominsoon
join:2003-02-18
Brunswick, MD | reply to jarablue
Re: Good going
this was mainly wireless. I wish they would drop the dsl unfees(the fusf fees which are not federal fees at all).
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The Way Out
join:2003-01-20 | Where did those 385k come from?
Did those 385k come from customers previously without broadband, or were those people they moved over from cable companies? |
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J D McDorce
Premium
join:2001-12-29
Westland, MI | While there will likely always be some movement between RBOCs and the CableCo's (in both directions), I suspect that these are primarily folks new to broadband. The CableCo's are also showing net gains. |
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rtcpenguin
Premium
join:2001-01-21
Fairfax, VA
·Cox HSI
| reply to soothsayer15
Re: Good going
I don't know if I care for your tone. This is a broadband related site, so in all fairness it doesn't make that much sense to go into detail about their wireless segment.
On a separate subject, I really hope they pump some of that profit back into FiOS....I can't wait to get fiber!!
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