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   SWGAS?

   

   ya ya ya, Oct 9th, 2006 @ 2:15pm

   
   

   ghey

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   Blah

   

   bendodge, Oct 9th, 2006 @ 2:21pm

   
   

   This article doesn't make sense. Who is the Dolan family?

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   Anonymous Coward, Oct 9th, 2006 @ 2:31pm

   
   

   Who cares?

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   Re: Blah

   

   Chris, Oct 9th, 2006 @ 2:35pm

   
   

   The Dolan family is the family that owns Cablevision.

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   No one knows this

   

   Mr. Know it all, Oct 9th, 2006 @ 2:58pm

   
   

   No one knows what this article is talking about. Who are these people. Is cable vision in my town?...NO. Have I ever heard of them...NO. This is terrible. Absolutely horrible. I can't think of anything worse than this.

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   The Dolan family

   

   Dante, Oct 9th, 2006 @ 3:08pm

   
   

   The Dolan family is a clan of demons from the ninth circle of Hell. They subsist on the brains of of traitors and were, until recently, frozen from the shoulders down in the Lake of Eternal Sorrows. Their goal is planetary domination through the destruction of morality, sexual perversity, and hatred of liberty.
   
   Needles to say, they are Democrats.

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   Re: No one knows this

   

   Anonymous Coward, Oct 9th, 2006 @ 3:31pm

   
   

   I can think of something worse... Think hard... a hot fresh load of dung in your pants

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   some definitions might help

   

   chris (profile), Oct 9th, 2006 @ 4:18pm

   
   

   triple play service: offering television, telephone, and internet access for one price.
   
   going private: buying out the shareholders of a publicly traded company so that the company lands in the hands of a few private investors and is no longer controlled by common stock holders.
   
   sarbanes-oxley: a regulatory complaince act passed in 2002. it allows for a government oversight board to audit companies to prevent fraud following the enron, worldcom and other corporate scandals.
   
   the dolan family wants to buy out it's stockholders so they have more control over cable vision. they believe that they can do more for the growth of the company if the have fewer people to answer to.

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   Dolans

   

   Matt, Oct 9th, 2006 @ 7:13pm

   
   

   Actually, the Dolans already having voting control over cablevision due to their "special" stock, which gives them extra voting rights. It's probably more to do with Sarbox I would think.

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 10th, 2006 @ 6:56am

    
    

    Actually, Cablevisions price for voice is around $45, so its not all that great a deal by itself. The $100 for the triple play is the good deal.
    
    Bundles win the consumer, reduce churn and increase the percentage of wallet share from the consumer.
    
    Hopefully, the Dolans will sell the Knicks and the Rangers too. As sports owners, they blow.

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