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Learning to Love the Cable Guy
An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times and C|Net are reporting on new good will gestures from big cable companies. As service monopolies increasingly became the norm, quality of service began to decline across the board. Now, though, with a number of alternatives cropping up, cable companies are beginning to realize the need to ensure customers say with the often imposing service companies." From the article: "[As] service has improved slowly as satellite providers, upstart phone carriers and cell phone companies have provided attractive alternatives. And now that cable and phone companies are starting to sell similar bundles of phone, broadband Internet and television products--known in the industry as a triple play--they risk losing subscribers forever if they do not keep them happy."
Unfortunately for them, it's too late. There's a whole generation of people like me who have -zero- interest in TV of any kind, and probably never will again. There simply isn't anything on TV worth watching. Everything on TV (yes, including Discovery channel, History channel, etc.) all appeals to the lowest common denominator. Cable has completely failed to offer anything of any real interest from what I've seen. I only use a cell phone, and my business has a partial T-1. I haven't written a check to a cable company for about 10 years now, and I don't miss them one bit.
Of course, that being said, people like me are a *tiny* minority. The masses are as dumb as ever and will continue to buy whatever cable companies throw at them. They just don't have the market that they could have if they actually tried to have content that appealed to people with an IQ of over 80.
So please.. where are the other services? I know this is New Hampshire... but cable company's need to realize that monopoles don't mean the people in the area like you. But we have no choice. Getting nice now won't save you.
FOR EXAMPLE: IF I DIDN'T LIVE IN THIS APTARTMENT, I'D USE SATTILITE!!
But the absurdity of the lies of how great the service is and what they can provide... well shove that adelphia advantage up your fat corporate asses.
---Posted Anonymous for Obvious Reasons
(Fucking Timer)
Keeping us happy? WTF... Maybe I missed something! Up here you have... Adelphia... a total suckfest of anything they do. Half the time the damn digital boxes do not work (you shouldn't use scientific Atlanta boxes). The digital service hangs and shudders. Our DVR box has been replaced 5 times. The "high - speed cable is more like 28.8 than even ISDN and there tech support is something reminicant of the social support networks setup at Auschwitz for the jews, with only half the intelligence. And how about the the "credits" they give you on your bills for the time there service is down?
There infrastructure is insufficient for providing the services they promise, and then lie about it to your face. Just this month the cable guy has been to my place 3 times. And each time... it was my fault. The wires were "wrong", i have the wrong splitters (that they provided me and charge me 7.95 a month for), and the boxes have weak signals (three feet from the wall).
So please.. where are the other services? I know this is New Hampshire... but cable company's need to realize that monopoles don't mean the people in the area like you. But we have no choice. Getting nice now won't save you.
FOR EXAMPLE: IF I DIDN'T LIVE IN THIS APTARTMENT, I'D USE SATTILITE!!
But the absurdity of the lies of how great the service is and what they can provide... well shove that adelphia advantage up your fat corporate asses.
---Posted Anonymous for Obvious Reasons
from within. Off the play area ago, many of you in jocks or chAps a dead man walking. ME! It's official anoth3r cunting declined in market
Just shut the fuck up you moron faggot bitch. No one gives a fuck about you being a cheap ass faggot.