gatorkram
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I was sitting here, watching Animal Planet, and caught the ending of a Suddenlink commerical.
They were saying, they have invested 50 million dollars in this area.
Wow...
On what?
This is a serious question, and a serious debate and information topic I'd love to see get some real answers and feedback from SL.
As some of you will know, I recently dropped my SL cable package, in favor of keeping my DSL.
I do miss the download speeds.
Aside from the issues I talked about in another topic, I will ask, if they have spent all that money, in this area, on something, why on earth are we still stuck with sub-par upload speeds?
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gatorkram
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I think I can, in part, answer my own question.
I was watching another SL commercial, and noticed they refer to themselves, as the fastest internet in town..
Maybe they spent the 50 million, but have not turned up the speeds yet, because the other local provider either can not, or has not yet offered anything higher than 768 upstream...
Wouldn't it be better to be first?
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embj
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Fayetteville, NC
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I highly doubt they could support any faster speeds at this point in time. My internet speeds are all over the place, and I hardly ever get the 12 Mbps that I pay for.
It was absolutely horrible trying to watch the ECU football game that they only showed on ESPN360.com. That, right there, just shows how crummy Suddenlink's network is.
There's no telling what those idiots spent $50 million on. |
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Budman NC
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join:2002-11-17
Greenville, NC | Maybe advertising? New office chairs? |
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nihilist78
join:2009-09-28
Rocky Mount, NC
| I also laugh (what else) when I see their commercials. They are funnier to me because their quality is so bad, I hope alot of that money didn't go their marketing department. Looks to me like they spent a ton on that new call center in Greenville.
My neighbor (Rocky Mount) is a field tech supervisor, and I was discussing it very quickly with him a few weeks ago. He gave me the corporate mantra about all the money they were spending on the head-end (I don't know cable tech or lingo). He referenced all the changes it would bring, 70-80 HD channels, VOD, 20+MB speeds, but here was what made me furious...this is all planned to be completed 18 months out.
If accurate, that speaks volumes to me that the total lack of a competitor gives Suddenlink no incentive to push any upgrades out. I hear people talk crap all the time about TWC, but everytime I go to Raleigh and see all the HD they have, I just feel sad.
Oh, and if I hear one more time about them launching home security, I swear I may cancel everything on principal alone. Who the **** cares about home security? Give me some damn HD or upload increases. I guess it's a big deal because Eastern NC is so crime infested. |
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lazl0
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50 million dollars in tax write-off deductions more than likely. SL sponsors a lot of local area events, nice office spaces, cool communication mechanisms for the top execs, then there is the advertising they shove down your throat, they are also investing in community development programs (whatever that means), the money spent on developing their wonderful "security" offerings, etc.
I wouldn't be surprised if none of the money was actually used to increase their infrastructure's capacity and capabilities. This is completely off subject but here is a good question, if I'm already a SL subscriber why do I have to endure their commercials and promo deals every 5 minutes when watching the tube? I swear every commercial I see pushes me that much closer to leaving SL... |
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shelby10763
join:2005-03-12
Greenville, NC
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All of you have answered the question and not known it.
All of the commercial time is billable seconds and the price of that time fluctuates depending on programing/viewership. Since their advertising revenue has gone down (economy) they have to fill it. So they have broadcast Suddenlink commercials to fill the time and bill Suddenlink Corporate.
There's your 50 mil right there, or their just getting ready for CenturyTel
That being said my Internet is way over 12MB right now. |
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