Re: Tyco is buying Broadview (Brinks)

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"mleuck" <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jan 18, 9:25 pm, Jim Rojas <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Russell Brill wrote:
> > "mleuck"<m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > On Jan 18, 7:50 pm, mleuck<m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> That'll give Robert Campbell AND Jim Rojas something to bitch about :)
>
> >http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9596292
>
> > It looks like the Broadview rebranding wasn't going very well...
> > Brinks/Broadview will probably quietly disappear sometime in the near
> > future... I may shed a tear, NOT!!! :-))
>
> Their business plan was sound. But due to certain economic factors, and
> their attrition rate which was nearing 20 percent, they were just
> another victim of bad timing.
>
> Instead of being like rats abandoning a sinking ship, they decided to
> get what they can while they still can get it. Since Tyco has endless
> deep pockets, and could really care less about customer retention, it
> just made sense to sell to your largest competitor.
>
> Once I heard that Broadview Networks was going after businesses, it was
> just a matter of the economy to tip the scales towards collapse.
>
> Jim Rojas

They didn't have a 20 percent attrition rate and why would going after
businesses cause any collapse, thats prime territory and how ADT makes
profit

Because almost 50% of small to mid-sized businesses fold within 1 to 3 years
after starting.... ADT doesn't install free alarm in commercial buildings,
only their bozo dealers do that... Come to think of it, I don't think anyone
with a brain installs free systems in commercial............