Comcast/ACCN Math

[Sean Miller Fan]

Warning: lots of estimates and assumptions in the following post.

Comcast has 21 million cable subscribers. Let's say half of those are in ACC markets. Let's also assume Comcast does not intend to raise their fees to cover the ACCN carriage fee which we will assume is $1/month in ACC markets.

Adding the ACCN would cost Comcast $10 million per month or $120 million per year in ACC markets.

How many customers would Comcast have to lose to lose $120 million/year in ACC markets? Let's assume Comcast makes $100 on cable services. They would have to lose 1.2 million customers due to ACCN or roughly 10% of their customer base to lose $120 million, which is the rough amount of what adding ACCN would cost them.

Comcast isnt stupid. They have better mathematicians than me and have data to make better assumptions. They are willing to lose a certain number of customers due to the lack of carrying ACCN. If it goes higher than that, they will have to add it. This is why its imperative you cut the cord. As ironic as it sounds, if you want the ACCN on Comcast, you have to cancel it, so then they come back and add it in a few weeks/months/years.

 

[tps48]

And Comcast still sucks. I've taken my $200 for their services off their books.

 

[jtownknowitall]

Of those 21 million subscribers do even 21,000 care if they get the ACC Network?

 

[Macchiato]

people should choose the college network of their choice. I have never turned on the Big 10

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Of those 21 million subscribers do even 21,000 care if they get the ACC Network?

Roughly a million fans go to ACC home games per year. They pay to go to these games. So, just going off of that, you have a customer base of at least a million people who would have a lot of interest in the ACCN. Are they willing to dump beloved Comcast to get it? So far, not enough.

 

[Gunga_Galunga]

Yes, your math is bad because there is no way that half of their subscribers are in ACC states. Also, once you lose customers they aren't coming back. Cable companies are hemorrhaging subscribers.

 

[BuffetParrothead]

Comcast is terrible.
Get Direct TV.
I pay $85/month for the third yr with 300+ channels .
$38 for internet.

 

[H2P 2003]

Comcast is terrible.
Get Direct TV.
I pay $85/month for the third yr with 300+ channels .
$38 for internet.

With the constant worry that if it rains you lose service, and their internet options tend to be hideous.

 

[PSUHarry33]

Warning: lots of estimates and assumptions in the following post.

Comcast has 21 million cable subscribers. Let's say half of those are in ACC markets. Let's also assume Comcast does not intend to raise their fees to cover the ACCN carriage fee which we will assume is $1/month in ACC markets.

Adding the ACCN would cost Comcast $10 million per month or $120 million per year in ACC markets.

How many customers would Comcast have to lose to lose $120 million/year in ACC markets? Let's assume Comcast makes $100 on cable services. They would have to lose 1.2 million customers due to ACCN or roughly 10% of their customer base to lose $120 million, which is the rough amount of what adding ACCN would cost them.

Comcast isnt stupid. They have better mathematicians than me and have data to make better assumptions. They are willing to lose a certain number of customers due to the lack of carrying ACCN. If it goes higher than that, they will have to add it. This is why its imperative you cut the cord. As ironic as it sounds, if you want the ACCN on Comcast, you have to cancel it, so then they come back and add it in a few weeks/months/years.

Half are not in ACC markets

 

[BuffetParrothead]

With the constant worry that if it rains you lose service, and their internet options tend to be hideous.

I've had DTV for 3 yrs and maybe in a really bad storm I lose service for like 5 mins, no problem with snow, lots of that stuff is rumors not facts.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

I've had DTV for 3 yrs and maybe in a really bad storm I lose service for like 5 mins, no problem with snow, lots of that stuff is rumors not facts.

I've said that before. I've never had my service interrupted by snow. I cannot imagine how hard it would have to be snowing for it to go out, given that it didn't even happen when we had that huge storm a few years ago.

I think the key is to get the dish aimed correctly in the first place. There's a difference between "optimal" position and "good enough to get a signal" positioning, and I think a lot of people with the second one are the ones that have the most problems.