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And who is to say those basic subscribers (that they didn't convert to higher margin Digital Canle) went to another provider? With the economy as bad as it is...I would guess (and since were all just guessing here mine is as good as anyone else's) that a lit of these people have just gone OTA and not to Dish/Telco.




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Sadly, I had to join back up with Comcast last year to get my high-speed internet (currently still can't get DSL in my area - 100ft out of range). Paying $60 /month for 8Mbps with *actual* speeds clocking in around 3-4.5Mbps.

My friend who lives 1 mile away is able to get AT&T dsl for 1/2 the price I pay (*not* an introductory rate) and gets slightly faster actual speeds than I do. Needless to say, I will be jumping ship from Comcast for good the moment I can get DSL! Comcast is in desperate need of offering more competitive pricing (rather than 6 month "deals" that get you around the cost of the other guys for the first 6 months!)]]>May 6th 2008 9:20AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/
If 57,000 cheap/basic subs disappear - and 494,000 pick up the more expensive digital cable service - that's a huge victory. Furthermore, given the Internet and Phone gains, most likely those basic cable subs converted to triple play packages.

You are the first to predict good numbers for satellite in first quarter. Everyone else notes you cannot give away DBS subs in first quarter - and with the housing market at a standstill, they predict cable will smash Dish and Directv numbers in Q1.

The good thing is you can make dire predictions about coax and still be owned by Time Warner - and they don't censor you. Too bad you were wrong on this one though.]]>May 5th 2008 12:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/
For every basic subscriber that Comcast loses they...

Add 8 Digital Cable Subscribers
Add 8 HSI subscribers
Add 11 Digital Voice subscribers

I would figure that a lot of these are triple-play subscribers...but in any event Comcast is covering any losses they are taking on basic subscribers.]]>May 5th 2008 1:13PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/May 5th 2008 1:35PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/]]>May 5th 2008 4:13PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/May 5th 2008 6:18PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/05/05/comcast-thrives-on-broadband-digital-phone-subscriptions-in-q1/

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