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Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style


From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:29:58 -0500 (EST)

----- Original Message -----
From: "JC Dill" <jcdill.lists () gmail com>

What customers *really* want, and what they gladly accept as long as
it saves them a few pennies, are miles apart. (Which is why so many
people blindly give their data to Facebook etc.) This is why I think the
direction Comcast is going is ultimately going to win in the
marketplace. Do I *want* to see Comcast win? No! But I think it's an
inevitable trend. Customers are lazy. Customers are cheap. They will
- en masse - support the lowest cost solution that *appears* to give
them something of value, even when it's really not in their best
interest.

Unless smart people like us *illustrate for them* why in the long run,
it's not really in their best interest.  That is our job, at layers 8 and 9,
right?

Cheers,
-- jra


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