kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
 ·T-Mobile US
| Why do I feel "analysts" are almost ALWAYS clueless as hell?
I mean I knew a few, they were in the top 10 of the most ridiculously ill-educated yet highly opinionated people I've ever met. Full of cliches and I-will-say-something-else-just-for-the-sake-of-saying-something-else...
...I am sure there are real, decent ones but why they never get to speak? 
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[BQUOTE=[user=bicker]]Waaaa waaaa waaaa. You just want what you want and don't care to factor in what is right or true. Your perspectives are un-American, and deserve far more ridicule than I'm prepared to pile on them.
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ScottMo
Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-15
Stony Brook, NY
| You never hear the decent ones because they don't make outlandishly stupid claims like the big-mouths. Big outlandish claims are what drive headlines like the one we're reading on DSLR. If an analyst were to say cable companies should offer DOCIS 3.0 and expand their offerings to keep customers believing in the value of their subscription, then we'd all agree, yawn, and move on.
But wait! Here's a guy who thinks short-term profits are better than long-term vision. Wow! What does he have to say? Forego upgrades and keep the money - which results in fatter short-term profits and a big bonus to the analyst for being "right". And since he's got lots of money, he must know what he's talking about. Which he does, as long as you don't care about the future. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| short term profits vs long term vision is what has hurt all too many US corporations. their investors ask why spend billions and have no ROI for 10 years when we can spend a few million and get an ROI on a subpar product in 3 years.(i kinda feel this way about AT&T's Uverse, it doesnt really seem to have a fighting chance once cable goes fully DOCSIS3 3.0 and SDV, while FiOS in the end could end up more profitable for verizon even if they went full deployment network wide)
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cantstandcables
@mi.us
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Wireless is going to be the way to go at some point.
People don't want to be connected to coax or twisted pair.
Forever! What is their plan for the future?
Technology is always changing.
Oh thats right lets just keep using very old technology and suck as much cash outta of the customer as we can. |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| said by cantstandcables :
Wireless is going to be the way to go at some point.
People don't want to be connected to coax or twisted pair.
Forever! What is their plan for the future?
Technology is always changing.
Oh thats right lets just keep using very old technology and suck as much cash outta of the customer as we can.
Agreed and that is what my company is capitalizing on. When I talk about wireless, I don't talk about Satellite, but ground based wireless. Wires and fiber are great for the infrastructure, but there is no reason wireless can't be the last mile.
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO | reply to cantstandcables
I for one have absolutely no desire to use wireless for my last mile.
Wireless is highly overated 95% of the time when it comes to internet connections. |
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