Comments on: Comcast Is Now 3rd Largest U.S. Phone Company*

By: Jeremy Newbury

Jeremy Newbury — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:06:14 +0000

Triniti Communications is killing them all with their $20 Unlimited VoIP service with all of the features, free international calling and free softphone included. And the price doesn’t go up. And when they come out with their portable HD IPTV and $45 nationwide unlimited mobile phone services, it will be a done deal. Cable or satellite will not be able to compete with them. Period.

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By: DG Lewis

DG Lewis — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:43:24 +0000

Also note that Comcast reports “customers”, not “lines”, which is why they compare their subscriber count to Qwest’s primary residential line count. The numbers are a bit more confusing, because a small number of Comcast’s subscribers are “SOHO” (small office/home office) type subs that would likely be counted by Qwest in their “Small Business” bucket. But, hey, it’s a press release, not rocket science.

By: Ingrid Miichelsen

Ingrid Miichelsen — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:40:05 +0000

At WhitePages.com we monitor residential phone usage and the decline of home phones, in general. Comcast has its shortcomings, but it is startling how well they and other cable companies have so quickly ‘followed’ with Voip phone service. I wonder about Vonage
and other standalone voip providers– what is their long term plan when wireless and cheap cable bundles take over?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:36:58 +0000

why is Skype not considered in this ranking?

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:43:31 +0000

These triple play subscribers are bumps on the road to naked wireless voice.

Subscribers will churn out when the promotional period ends to pure wireless plays (traditionals Verizon and AT&T and upstarts like MetroPCS). Then video revenues are at risk as users flock to alternative entertainment and Netflix, etc on demand. They’ll still get their $50/month for broadband, but that will be a blow coming down from $100 triple play or $150 full spend deals. Back to 1995 ARPUs.

By: Victor Blake

Victor Blake — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:33:11 +0000

@om@macdad — Short term low price enticements are standard fare for many services. Dish, DirectTV, every cable, every telephone company, wireless, web hosting, and every telecom service I can think of offers an initial low cost offering to entice new customers. Even Children’s Book of the Month Club does this.

Om – Also I think you meant to write “Comcast is not the only one …” not “Comcast is the only one …”

Honestly, I don’t see what there is to pick on. I hope you all count yourselves lucky to HAVE a choice. Some of us (about 40% of the US population) do NOT have cable available — which is unfortunate because having a choice (as you point out) is a good thing.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:23:27 +0000

Drop Comcast. Get Ooma. No month to month cost. http://www.ooma.com

I just discovered it a week ago and love it.