rugby
I think I know it all.
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join:2000-09-26
Camby, IN
 ·Comcast
 ·Callcentric
| Blowing smoke
They're just another big company that doesn't give two poops about the consumer. My rates went up $20/month over the last couple of months. If Comcast wants me to not hate them, they could lower rates and actually IMPROVE SERVICE. I now pay this monopoly $110/month for cable and internet. Sure I could ditch digital cable for satellite, but then my Internet fees jump $20/month.
This is a scam, they should all die for being greedy bastards. |
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murdok6100
Avatar. Get It, Avatar?
join:2002-06-20
| said by rugby  :
This is a scam, they should all die for being greedy bastards.
Jeeze man, most people are greedy - Thats alot of dead people.
Death, No.
Bankrupcy, Yes.
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BrianDamage
We Are The Hounds From Hell
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With an advertising campaign championed by four time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, Comcast has set its sights on being liked by America. As the ads state: "You can't just tell people you're committed. You can't simply talk about strength. You have to prove it."
Exactly right. The RBOCs should heed this advice. Oklahoma is their chance.
Anyway, cable will remain a viable alternative to all other services provided that it is the easiest to get.
Soon, DirectTv will be owned by SBC, and I for one, will probably ditch it when that happens, because I don't want SBC getting a red cent from me.
If it comes down to Comcast or SBC, I will choose Comcast. At least they seem to be trying to appeal to consumers, which is more than I can say about the RBOCs.
SBC's current campaign with Tommy Lee Jones goes something like this:
"Our lines, our network. SBC."
Arrogance or customer appeal? You decide.
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2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI | quote:
SBC's current campaign with Tommy Lee Jones goes something like this:
"Our lines, our network. SBC."
Arrogance or customer appeal? You decide.
I take it as a threat, personally. |
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fdc639
join:2000-12-15
Lake Villa, IL
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I live in the Lindenhurst Illinois area and we are switching over to Comcast. I emailed them regarding Fox News and cable internet (which we don't have here yet). Comcast replied the next day with a tentative May schedule for upgrades. Just this reply is much more than we ever got from ATT or Jones cable. |
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rugby
I think I know it all.
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join:2000-09-26
Camby, IN
·Comcast
·Callcentric
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Bankruptcy means nothing to them. The corporate parachute they each have is enormous. Even if Comcast went TU tomorrow the corporate execs would STILL make millions even though the hard working techs and other people would get squat.
Death to corporate america |
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VWSpeedRacer
join:2002-10-06
Essex Junction, VT
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Does he say it in a black suit and shades and touting a large, threatening, MIB issue weapon?
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its_just_me
@progress.com
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"Death to corporate america"
Right. I guess corporate america doesn't supply your internet connection, your car, your food, your clothes, your computer, the games you play etc...
Grow up, or would you prefer that the government supply all of those things mentioned above? Ever had government supplied welfare cheese? |
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BrianDamage
We Are The Hounds From Hell
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I don't know. All you hear is his voice.
I just saw another SBC spot tonight on TV.
The gist of it was (with Tommy Lee Jones again), that if current regulatory reforms "go through" that SBC would be relieved of maintaining all the networks which they currently maintain.
It showed guys in suits (supposedly CLEC salespeople) looking down ito a cable vault under the street saying "Oooooh, I'm not going in there...ugh!" and more suits trying to scale a utility pole without harnesses, and Tommy Lee Jones closes by saying, "if competitors have their way, this is how things will end up".
Has anyone else seen this?
How much more deceptive could that advertising be?
Talk about trying to brainwash people.
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The rich get richer, the poorer get the picture, the bombs never hit you when yer down so low...some got pollution, others evolution, there must be some solution but I just don't know....briandamage@dslr.net |
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BrianDamage
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Ooooh, I lub gu'ment cheese...... |
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cableblows3
join:2001-06-17
Indianapolis, IN
|  reply to BrianDamage
said by BrianDamage :
I don't know. All you hear is his voice.
I just saw another SBC spot tonight on TV.
The gist of it was (with Tommy Lee Jones again), that if current regulatory reforms "go through" that SBC would be relieved of maintaining all the networks which they currently maintain.
It showed guys in suits (supposedly CLEC salespeople) looking down ito a cable vault under the street saying "Oooooh, I'm not going in there...ugh!" and more suits trying to scale a utility pole without harnesses, and Tommy Lee Jones closes by saying, "if competitors have their way, this is how things will end up".
Has anyone else seen this?
How much more deceptive could that advertising be?
Talk about trying to brainwash people.
yeah, same thing here, and well gosh dog it, i like tommy,
he should think on who he sells his voice to! |
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rugby
I think I know it all.
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join:2000-09-26
Camby, IN | reply to its_just_me
Does growing up mean I can adopt the "I'll bend over for corporate America" attitude? |
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bandw1dth
join:2003-02-07
Hoboken, NJ
| reply to rugby
said by rugby :
Bankruptcy means nothing to them. The corporate parachute they each have is enormous. Even if Comcast went TU tomorrow the corporate execs would STILL make millions even though the hard working techs and other people would get squat.
Death to corporate america
The corporation itself isn't evil. They are needed for what they can do. What is evil are the people that run them. If the SEC got off its collective as$ and actually prosecuted corrupt CEO's and financial analysts, then we wouldn't be having this problem.
There is a huge problem with management getting million dollar parachutes on their way out, while the company goes to the crapper. If the government went to get ALL of them, rather than just making an example out of just ONE, then we'd all be in a better place. By their own example, I should be able to defraud everyone in site, after all Ken Lay got away with it. |
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loincloth
join:2001-03-29
Danville, CA
| reply to BrianDamage
said by BrianDamage :
I just saw another SBC spot tonight on TV...
It showed guys in suits (supposedly CLEC salespeople) looking down ito a cable vault under the street saying "Oooooh, I'm not going in there...ugh!" and more suits trying to scale a utility pole without harnesses, and Tommy Lee Jones closes by saying, "if competitors have their way, this is how things will end up".
I was intrigued when I first saw this commercial. It *is* a top-notch ad in terms of the quality of production: the stunning display of stark visuals; the ominous voice-over.
In terms of its' message... I detest their use of thinly veiled threats and scare tactics. Their use of the word "competitor" as if it were something contemptuous reminds me of how conservatives have managed to make the term "liberal" into a derogatory label, a political kiss of death. The ad portrays the after-math of unabated competition and line-sharing as if it were akin to a post-war or terrorist attack infrastructure (opportunistically preying on the avg Americans post 9/11 fears). Another analogy: the homogenous suburban homeowners who warn that ethnic integration and equal housing opportunities for minorities is a slippery slope to neighborhood and property value deterioration.
I'm waiting for a commercial that evokes fear by comparing the results of line-sharing to the disastrous short-term outcome of the deregulation of energy distibution in California. Of course, it will come with the requisite portrayal of some *other* phantom corporation lurking with evil intent in the shadows, a la Enron, just waiting for the opportunity to pounce on the unsuspecting consumer.
This type of corporate behavior embodies the old adage that "Money is the root of all evil." |
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CzechMate73
@banetworkdata.com
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Paying 110$ a month?! Just a suggestion, but if you cancel your cable, it still comes through the rj6 cable to your cable modem. At that point all you need to do is pop in a 2-way splitter, and voila! You have cable once more without the extra cost that Comcast charges thus saving the cost they charge for the cable. I know, I work for Comcast! |
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jimi419
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join:2002-03-14
Round Lake, IL
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said by fdc639 :
I live in the Lindenhurst Illinois area and we are switching over to Comcast. I emailed them regarding Fox News and cable internet (which we don't have here yet). Comcast replied the next day with a tentative May schedule for upgrades. Just this reply is much more than we ever got from ATT or Jones cable.
well i live in fox lake and when we got cable from comcast
i asked about net services and they told me xmas 2k3 or
1Q 2k4 so... |
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BrianDamage
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In terms of its' message... I detest their use of thinly veiled threats and scare tactics. Their use of the word "competitor" as if it were something contemptuous reminds me of how conservatives have managed to make the term "liberal" into a derogatory label, a political kiss of death. The ad portrays the after-math of unabated competition and line-sharing as if it were akin to a post-war or terrorist attack infrastructure (opportunistically preying on the avg Americans post 9/11 fears). Another analogy: the homogenous suburban homeowners who warn that ethnic integration and equal housing opportunities for minorities is a slippery slope to neighborhood and property value deterioration.
Well put.
That commercial was just plain deceiving.
Yeah, I noticed the overtones that they put to it, and that's what I was pointing out.
Pure brainwashing, intent on scaring consumers into submission.
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The rich get richer, the poorer get the picture, the bombs never hit you when yer down so low...some got pollution, others evolution, there must be some solution but I just don't know....briandamage@dslr.net |
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hmmmmmph
@bellsouth.ne | reply to bandw1dth
Most CEO's and CFO's ARE held accountable for financial misgivings. When a company files a 10-Q, or quarterly earnings ststement to the SEC they both sign it with the understanding that if there are errors within that they are 110% held accountable. |
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BrianDamage
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Then why isn't Ken Lay going to jail?
Really, corporate accountability has seen a lot of press in the last year, and it is common knowledge that CEOs have ripped folks off and gotten away with it on a grand scale.
Obviously, you haven't watched much news in the past year.
Whether they followed the law or not isn't the issue-the laws on the books are only as good as the diligence of their enforcement.
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The rich get richer, the poorer get the picture, the bombs never hit you when yer down so low...some got pollution, others evolution, there must be some solution but I just don't know....briandamage@dslr.net |
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jrysprngrx
join:2003-02-16
Chester, VA | reply to CzechMate73
not really buddy its called a video trap no tv signal gets buy |
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