Comcast sux

Pancake Man · 07-29-2006, 12:26 AM

But it's Comcastic!

Elspode · 07-30-2006, 11:15 PM

I fear that, to be in a given business these days, all one needs is an ad budget and a catch phrase. Whether or not you can actually provide the product or service you are advertising is irrelevant. All that matters is appearance. Substance doesn't count for shit.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-30-2006, 11:25 PM

Now they're crying the blues in ads, all day, about Verizon not playing fair. Boo Hoo.

MaggieL · 07-31-2006, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Now they're crying the blues in ads, all day, about Verizon not playing fair. Boo Hoo.

The utter hypocricy of them complaining that Verizon is a monopoly exempt from competition and casting themselves as champion of the little guy (witness the garbage-bag Robin Hood ads) is revolting.

Note that the ads in which they cry are free to them; they can run them all day.

And do.

I'm waiting for Home Depot to notice how similar the music running under some of their VoD ads is to Home Depot's theme...only one or two notes difference with nearly identical insturmentation. They also run another ad with a soundtrack insanely derivative of the theme music for "I Dream of Jeannie".

Elspode · 07-31-2006, 04:35 PM

Competition? From whom? Not in my market, man. Comcast is the only cable game in town. Otherwise, I'd have to go DSL, and then I'd be a victim of ATT.

Its like choosing acid or poison...

07-29-2006, 12:26 AM	#1
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	But it's Comcastic! __________________ Abandon all hope, o ye who read my posts

07-30-2006, 11:15 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I fear that, to be in a given business these days, all one needs is an ad budget and a catch phrase. Whether or not you can actually provide the product or service you are advertising is irrelevant. All that matters is appearance. Substance doesn't count for shit. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-30-2006, 11:25 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Now they're crying the blues in ads, all day, about Verizon not playing fair. Boo Hoo. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-31-2006, 04:35 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Competition? From whom? Not in my market, man. Comcast is the only cable game in town. Otherwise, I'd have to go DSL, and then I'd be a victim of ATT. Its like choosing acid or poison... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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