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> Comcast spent $500,000 in a tiny city of less than 100,000 people. You can be sure, Comcast will do all this again in a heartbeat. Well duh. Assuming five pe
by koolba 5y ago
> Comcast spent $500,000 in a tiny city of less than 100,000 people. You can be sure, Comcast will do all this again in a heartbeat.
Well duh. Assuming five people per home, and a market penetration of 50% (probably higher when you’re the only game in town), that’s only $50/home. That’s less than half of what they’d be getting from a subscribed home per month.
I’m surprised they didn’t spend even more fighting this.
- tauwauwau 5y ago100,000 people = 20,000 homes 50% penetration = 10,000 homes $50/home = 50 * 10,000 = $500,000 It's exactly same not half.
- FireBeyond 5y agoThe average household in the US is 2.6 people, not 5. And let's be honest, the average Xfinity bill for internet alone is $60-100.
- donthellbanme 5y agoCloser to the $100 plus. I pay $170 for basic cable, and the lowest speed wi-fi. This in in Marin County. I gave up talikibg to customer service in "I can't speak your language very well, but my name is Steve. Can I put you down for VOIP, and free credit monitoring for and additional $40/mo." When trying to lower your bill, go to the website. The foreign help don't have a clue to what you are trying to convey.
- tauwauwau 5y agoYou're right, I had spectrum for 5 years and by the time I was leaving the country I was paying 80$ for unlimited 120+ mbps. I also found it very odd and frustrating that they don't allow cancellation in the website or over the support chat, you have to call them to get the service cancelled. I had to do that in roaming :), well it's not like there are choices of broadband vendors in US. Who are you gonna go to, if not these 2 companies