

guppy_fish

Premium Member

join:2003-12-09

Palm Harbor, FL guppy_fish Premium Member Altice is on a buying binge And why?



Buy, raise rates, pump and dump.



For sure this isn't good news for Suddenlink customers

existenz

join:2014-02-12 existenz Member Re: Altice is on a buying binge $9B is pretty high for only 1.5M customers. Raising rates seems likely.



bockbock

@hcs.net bockbock Anon I heard this on... NPR.

Os

join:2011-01-26

US Os Member Considering Suddenlink has some of the steepest and most stringent caps and overages, using them company wide, and their TV lineup has some of the largest holes in the industry, can Altice really do any worse?



shaunr

@rr.com shaunr Anon re that 9billion is including debt...the twc comcast deal was 45 billion with another 20 billion debt



gatorkram

Need for Speed

Premium Member

join:2002-07-22

Winterville, NC gatorkram Premium Member Wait and see.. I guess we will have to wait and see what this will really mean, if anything.



As much as I hate the caps I can't say as a Suddenlink customer over the last 9 years that I feel neglected. I don't pay much attention to the TV side, but they do decent with internet speeds and telephone.

valgaav

join:2011-06-07 valgaav Member :-) Altice bought both Tricom and Orange Dominicana here in Dominican Republic



karlmarx

join:2006-09-18

Moscow, ID karlmarx Member Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys as your ISP? Why would anyone want those people to own your ISP? Out of all the European Countries, france has one of the worse price/mb for internet access. Don't expect to see any improvements.



ham3843

join:2015-01-15

USA ham3843 Member Re: Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys as your ISP? said by karlmarx: Why would anyone want those people to own your ISP? Out of all the European Countries, france has one of the worse price/mb for internet access. Don't expect to see any improvements. But America's prices and speeds are far worse. I'd rather live in France when it came to cost and speeds for internet access.

alexintexas

join:2003-01-11

San Antonio, TX alexintexas Member Looking to make offer for TWC as well!!



»finance.yahoo.com/news/t ··· 554.html This company is looking to put in offer for TWC



why60loss

Premium Member

join:2012-09-20 why60loss Premium Member Re: Looking to make offer for TWC as well!! said by alexintexas: This company is looking to put in offer for TWC



»finance.yahoo.com/news/t ··· 554.html



Go French buy TWC and give us all 100mbs FTTH for $30-40 USD a month. Good the French have better pricing and faster speeds.Go French buy TWC and give us all 100mbs FTTH for $30-40 USD a month.



anontool

@myvzw.com anontool Anon Re: Looking to make offer for TWC as well!! French government deployed the fiber. Telecommunications company's lease the lines from the government at wholesale rates. Hope they can deploy more fiber in the USA. Don't think ilec will let it happen though.



telcodad

MVM

join:2011-09-16

Lincroft, NJ telcodad to alexintexas

MVM to alexintexas

said by alexintexas: This company is looking to put in offer for TWC



»finance.yahoo.com/news/t ··· 554.html



Altice Throws Down Consolidation Gauntlet

CEO Says Everything Smaller Than Comcast is in Play

By Mike Farrell, Multichannel News - May 20, 2015

»www.multichannel.com/new ··· t/390763 Not only TWC, but maybe Cablevision and other ones also:By Mike Farrell, Multichannel News - May 20, 2015



why60loss

Premium Member

join:2012-09-20 why60loss Premium Member Re: Looking to make offer for TWC as well!! said by telcodad: said by alexintexas: This company is looking to put in offer for TWC



»finance.yahoo.com/news/t ··· 554.html



Altice Throws Down Consolidation Gauntlet

CEO Says Everything Smaller Than Comcast is in Play

By Mike Farrell, Multichannel News - May 20, 2015

»www.multichannel.com/new ··· t/390763 Not only TWC, but maybe Cablevision and other ones also:By Mike Farrell, Multichannel News - May 20, 2015 British French are coming, they are coming for us all. All hail the new French overlords of the internets. ( Other than Comcast customers that is. LOL) TheFrench are coming, they are coming for us all. All hail the new French overlords of the internets. ( Other than Comcast customers that is. LOL)



OpTiC

Premium Member

join:2014-03-08

West Covina, CA OpTiC Premium Member Re: Looking to make offer for TWC as well!! This really worry me as a TWC customer. TWC shouldn't be like sprint who is owned by SoftBank. I want TWC to be independent.



why60loss

Premium Member

join:2012-09-20 why60loss Premium Member Re: Looking to make offer for TWC as well!! said by OpTiC : This really worry me as a TWC customer. TWC shouldn't be like sprint who is owned by SoftBank. I want TWC to be independent.



I feel like almost anyone could run TWC better so I kind of hope for a buy out. I just don't want a broke business like charter to do it. Sprint couldn't make it on it's own with the bad management it had.I feel like almost anyone could run TWC better so I kind of hope for a buy out. I just don't want a broke business like charter to do it.



OpTiC

Premium Member

join:2014-03-08

West Covina, CA OpTiC Premium Member Re: Looking to make offer for TWC as well!! They should make a offer for Frontier instead.



Sarick

It's Only Logical

Premium Member

join:2003-06-03

USA 2 edits Sarick Premium Member Could this impact their policy on free speech? If your provider is run by an outside nation can that nation rule that their services are restricted based on its foreign interest or laws?



I know a site that has servers in the USA. The home nation has restrictions on specific activities and speech that aren't illegal in America. This site restricts it's speech based on the owners nation even though the servers are run in America. If someone makes a comment or post something that is against that country code the site can get fined or shut down. Why does this matter? I was reading that the new TTP agreement has some backdoor catch that could limit/restrict content laws if services, products or data is owned by multinational company they can use the foreign laws.



French ISP company = French laws



Any ideas?



KrK

Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy

Premium Member

join:2000-01-17

Tulsa, OK KrK Premium Member Re: Could this impact their policy on free speech? No. They must operate under US laws in the USA.

Cobra11M

join:2010-12-23

Mineral Wells, TX Cobra11M Member hmmm as a suddenlink customer this worries me

totalradio

join:2007-09-15

El Dorado, AR totalradio Member Re: hmmm I'm not familiar with this new company. Granted they paid WAY too much for Suddenblink, but if they get rid of their joke of a corporate structure, and improve service, this is something I would pay attention to.



I'll take a wait & see attitude.



racerdave

@mycingular.net racerdave Anon Possibly a good deal... This could be a bigger step to provide and push more, if not all fiber to the premises. They seem to be having success from their deployments in the areas they serve in Europe. It could be what we need to get the rest of these companies off their ass and be future proof with fiber.



IowaMan

Premium Member

join:2008-08-21

Grinnell, IA IowaMan Premium Member Re: Possibly a good deal... Are they a Public Cable Co? Mediacom be next to sell!

Ostracus

join:2011-09-05

Henderson, KY Ostracus to racerdave

Member to racerdave

That would be funny in a way. Want better broadband in the US? Get bought out by a foreign interest. But then again foreign doesn't always mean better. Like EA for example.



telcodad

MVM

join:2011-09-16

Lincroft, NJ 1 recommendation telcodad MVM (Almost) Everything you ever wanted to know about Altice ...

Five Things You Need to Know About Altice

Luxembourg Telecom Company Enters U.S. Consolidation Fray

By Mike Farrell, Multichannel News - May 20, 2015

»www.multichannel.com/blo ··· e/390771 By Mike Farrell, Multichannel News - May 20, 2015



plk

Premium Member

join:2002-04-20

united state plk Premium Member Re: (Almost) Everything you ever wanted to know about Altice ... From reading that article it sounds like we just seen the last upgrades we will see for years to come. All we will see now is poorer service, quarterly price increases, more below the line charges and congestion. Comcast should be happy with this. They have someone to help lower the bar.