Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to chemaupr
Re: feeling the pressure?
I think the scramble for the low hanging fruit has ended and they're just now interested in retaining the customers they already have.... |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
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I think the scramble for the low hanging fruit has ended
Don't know about that. I see contracts as a way for them to continue scrambling for that low hanging fruit without bleeding too badly when that fruit turns out to be rotten (unloyal, costly).
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RadioDoc
Sortofadog
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
Chicago, IL | reply to Karl Bode
Funny thing that. AT&T (for example) no longer requires contracts to get the best pricing, while cable seems to be starting to require term agreements. Curiouser and curiouser. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | Yeah I found that interesting too recently. Verizon, Qwest, & Earthlink all require contracts for DSL discounts though, so it looks like it's industry wide as they focus more on retaining instead of nabbing grandmas... |
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