THE DIE IS CAST TOMORROW

     Tomorrow morning we vote whether to give David Israel permission to sign on the dotted line for Atlantic whether they fix the missing details and questions or not. That means that Atlantic will still be able to switch channels on us without warning - and their selection already stinks, far worse than Comcast. They will be able to raise fees ANYTIME they wish. They will not hold themselves responsible for breakage of the lines or no service - and how many times do you think that will happen with only one line coming up from Miami - if it even gets here on time.
     Comcast has multi millions of customers or subscribers all over the country- the biggest footprint in this arena. And Atlantic? 1.5 million in twenty states. To compare is a joke - on us!! And as for people to service us? Atlantic has under 200 employees and Comcast - thousands upon thousands so who will have the numbers to service us? Uh huh.
     There are
some fairy tale numbers coming from Ed Black about how much service calls will be costing the Village. First of all, it does not cost the Village - it costs the individual who calls so to put it on the Village is incorrect. Second of all, it has been years since we have had service calls and that goes for many of my neighbors. Just check the numbers for service outrage from Atlantic's subscribers and even free it is worth nothing!! Besides the fact - who knows any service company that does not charge a service fee when they roll? Call for a fridge repair or air conditioning or whatever you want - always a service fee.
    Want more numbers? Okay. How about the value of the Xbox for free. That comes to about a million dollars a year if figuring the $10 per month times the 7,000 plus units times 12 months. Go figure that out and let us ask again - where are we saving the Villagers money and where is it just a number plucked from the air. Jack Adams knows his figures - listen to what he says and see who is right - him or Ed Black - Jack all the way.
     I could keep going, but people tell your delegates you want to say NO for Atlantic. NO for David signing a contract that sucks and royally screws us. Say NO to bad numbers. Say NO to signing a contract that is incomplete and when did you ever hear of that being done? Say NO to Atlantic.
    And notice, I am not calling anyone names who disagrees with me. They are just mistaken, grossly misunderstanding of what this contract will do to us and if doing this purposely then there are serious issues here to be discussed at another time. But this Atlantic is not good for us at all. SAY NO!!!!
Please note that I will be posting a new piece later on today. Thank you for your readership, here and abroad.