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Re: One word...
Back when I worked in Comcast Tier 1, we always dreaded the rollout of new content-style technology. It never worked right at first (not necessarily a Comcast thing, it's always hard to get new technology to work right) and thousands of people would call and whine about the changes.
I remember one old lady who furiously demanded to cancel her service because we moved the search bar on the homepage. *shrug*
My thought then, echoed by many I knew, and what I still think now, is simpler. In a nutshell, creating content takes man-hours away from making it work. But content also keeps people coming to the site.
Since there's already successful specialised portals and tools out there (YouTube for video, iTunes for music, Adaware/Spybot for security, etc, etc), why not put some of that money instead toward forming corporate partnerships?
Sure, I understand that would be hard with Google owning YouTube, Apple owning iTunes, and suchlike, but aren't there ways this could be made to work? Instead of creating your own content to mirror what someone else provides, link up with them and offer a co-branded version yourself! Comcast already does this with Giganews as their newsgroup provider. Then you get the innovation, spend probably the same amount as you would on design and development, and without most of the maintenance overhead.
It never occurred to me why so few providers seem to want to pursue an avenue like this. Certainly it seems to me like it's worth at least a look. There may be practical limitations I don't know about, but hey, it's worth a shot.
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| said by Sabre  :Back when I worked in Comcast Tier 1, Dude, what planet do you think people live on? Way back when when you were tier one.. You had no clue...
So how does that give you insight on this company accounting practices? Maybe I missed something in your remarks.
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