Yes sure Skunks,
I have been working for cable tv companyies for 20 years as a contractor from home intallation,MDU (multible dwelling units)Apartments, Trained & worked on feader line retrofit Which the cable company refers to as "PLANT". for digital upgrades. I have even worked for RCN as a contractor in the Washington DC. build for Starpower wiring up the high rise apartments.
Boy what a job, Personally I feel that was the financial down fall of RCN as the politics of the the whole city build in general had major extra work that had to be done the most expensive being, In parts of the city crews had to use those humungus road cutting machines with a, if recolection serves me correct 10 foot round blade. somewhat like a circular saw a carpenter uses.
The city had so many obsticals in its path they were bound to have financial problems sorry to say, At a meeting they had for all the contractors working on the project they stated they had $300,000,000.00 to complete the job. I was there heard it with my own ears.
I knew without a dought Empire was giving out wrong information,However unknown to him.
Then after the build was just about complete. They started doing installs in mostly all the apartments that had been wired up.
In my Scottrade account I can go back four years with a wonderfull chart that shows on a weekly basis the decline of RCNCQ, On 12/08/00 their stock closed out at $12.00 a share then others tried to save it on the week of 1/12/01 as the pps went from $5.00 a share to $13.00 a share then a steady decline since. Its a shame but life is hard. If they had started in a surounding county such as Montgomery county ( as that is how cable companies have "PLANT" rites. They can only furnish cable service in those county/city boundries.
I could go on & on I sorry but I have to go to work today.Good luck & see everyone in the late PM.
