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                  A Reality Check from the Twilight Zone.

I can't believe what I am reading in the latest scribblings from the Presidents office about the cable contracts. They are so biased and twisted they look like someone from the Twilight Zone wrote them.
In this reality check the potus wonders where the information came from that ABB (Atlantic Broadband) is only rated at 1 out of five in customer satisfaction. That figure actually comes from the Consumer and Corporate Affairs. com The 3.8 out of 5 that is so glowingly referred to comes from the Miami based Better Business Bureau, and is based on a total of three customer reviews and 34 negative customer complaints. The one star out of five for Atlantic from Consumer and Corporate is based on reviews and complaints from the whole country.
Israel goes on to say that another attractive facet of ABB'S proposal is that they are going to wire the village with fiber optic cable. What is not mentioned is that we already have fiber optic cable. Israel writes about the old Comcast cable in the ground as though that's a bad thing. Actually the fiber optic cable doesn't degrade over time, it's plastic, it doesn't rust or corrode like copper cable,  the fiber optic cable we now have should last for a lot longer than you and  I.
 The disadvantage in the system is when the fiber optic is hooked to the existing co-axial cable in the buildings , there is a drop in speed due to the system being jammed with traffic from time to time. Unlike a full fiber optic system, which CV will not have in any of the proposals, the  co-axial cable signal  is split among the users in the building. a pesky situation if everyone is watching the superbowl and the picture freezes on forth and goal with ten seconds on the clock.
 The full advantage of fiber optic is not realized unless its wired right into your unit. That's not going to happen unless AT&T decide to do it.
There's another pitfall with Atlantic's plan. They intend to run a single Fiber optic cable from Miami to West Palm Beach. If and when there is a break in that single line, there's no back up or redundancy as they call it to get the service back up quickly. The "Old"  Comcast system is actually part of a grid. If one line breaks down, it's just a matter of switching to another until repairs are made..
Another misrepresentation is where Israel writes that ABB is a large company. Looking at the figures it's obvious this is not the case. ABB has about 1.5 million subscribers in twenty states. Comcast who are the second largest in the country have over 109 million subscribers making them almost a hundred times bigger that ABB.
   According to Bloomburg business profiles; Comcast has 159.000 employees while Atlantic Broadband has 662.

What's missing in the hyperbole published by Israel is any response to the analysis by Jack Adams who shows that the best deal as far as money is concerned is with Comcast.I suppose his analysis is floating around the twilight Zone too.
 Nor is there any response to the questionable clauses in the contract that we published both here on this blog and on our website.
 Another irksome situation about this whole thing. Israel is telling us he doesn't have a "redline" contract from Comcast. NOT SO ! Comcast provided UCO with a contract a few months ago . The only difference between then and now is the drop in Comcast's rates. Those figures could have easily been "redlined" and the contract could have been sent out to everyone. Israel should take a look around the twilight Zone of UCO and see if the Comcast contract is still around.
If it's not, then maybe the dog ate it or  it could have been transported into another dimension of The Twilight Zone.