Comments on: 3 High-Yield Telecom Dividend Stocks http://dividendsvalue.com/4783/3-high-yield-telecom-dividend-stocks/ Dividend Investing & Value Investing For A Superior Portfolio Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:11:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dividends4Life http://dividendsvalue.com/4783/3-high-yield-telecom-dividend-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-14734 Dividends4Life Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:48:40 +0000 http://dividendsvalue.com/?p=4783#comment-14734 dizzy7: The rate of land-line loss is a very valid point and one that does concern me long-term. At some point, I think CTL will have to enter the wireless market. There are ways to package it to make things work (e.g. buy wireless + DSL and get land-line free, etc.) Best Wishes, D4L dizzy7: The rate of land-line loss is a very valid point and one that does concern me long-term. At some point, I think CTL will have to enter the wireless market. There are ways to package it to make things work (e.g. buy wireless + DSL and get land-line free, etc.)

Best Wishes,
D4L

]]> By: dizzy7 http://dividendsvalue.com/4783/3-high-yield-telecom-dividend-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-14731 dizzy7 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:49:10 +0000 http://dividendsvalue.com/?p=4783#comment-14731 Are you concerned with the rapidity of the migration away from wired phones to cable and cell phones as it affects CTL? I see that, for the last few quarters, CTL has been losing access lines at a rate of almost 7% vs. the same quarter in the previous year. I live in small-town Iowa, right in the heart of the type of rural territory CTL serves, and I'm amazed at the number of friends/relative in my age range (I'm 67) who have dropped their landline phones and use cable telephony or cell phones exclusively, so it's not just the younger people who are doing that. Cable phone service is available in all of the small towns around here--I dropped my landline last year in favor of it--and if even old fogies like me are doing that, I'm afraid that owning CTL might be like owning stock in the best darn buggy whip manufacturer in the USA. Side note: Maybe not the best example. This is Amish country and, believe it or not, there ARE buggy whip manufacturers in the area :) Are you concerned with the rapidity of the migration away from wired phones to cable and cell phones as it affects CTL? I see that, for the last few quarters, CTL has been losing access lines at a rate of almost 7% vs. the same quarter in the previous year.

I live in small-town Iowa, right in the heart of the type of rural territory CTL serves, and I’m amazed at the number of friends/relative in my age range (I’m 67) who have dropped their landline phones and use cable telephony or cell phones exclusively, so it’s not just the younger people who are doing that. Cable phone service is available in all of the small towns around here–I dropped my landline last year in favor of it–and if even old fogies like me are doing that, I’m afraid that owning CTL might be like owning stock in the best darn buggy whip manufacturer in the USA.

Side note: Maybe not the best example. This is Amish country and, believe it or not, there ARE buggy whip manufacturers in the area :)

]]> By: Bobby Casey http://dividendsvalue.com/4783/3-high-yield-telecom-dividend-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-14619 Bobby Casey Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:36:11 +0000 http://dividendsvalue.com/?p=4783#comment-14619 I prefer DRIPs on the right companies. Trading costs can affect your returns and DRIPs allow you to purchase shares free of transaction costs. I have not enrolled in DRIPs in all of my portfolio investments as I do like to pool the dividends and buy something different, but for a long term hold, DRIPs are a great strategy. I prefer DRIPs on the right companies. Trading costs can affect your returns and DRIPs allow you to purchase shares free of transaction costs. I have not enrolled in DRIPs in all of my portfolio investments as I do like to pool the dividends and buy something different, but for a long term hold, DRIPs are a great strategy.

]]> By: VLT http://dividendsvalue.com/4783/3-high-yield-telecom-dividend-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-14504 VLT Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:26:04 +0000 http://dividendsvalue.com/?p=4783#comment-14504 Thank you for your response--I was beginning to come to the same conclusion. Thank you for your response–I was beginning to come to the same conclusion.

]]> By: Dividends4Life http://dividendsvalue.com/4783/3-high-yield-telecom-dividend-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-14498 Dividends4Life Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:38:00 +0000 http://dividendsvalue.com/?p=4783#comment-14498 VLT: I don't use DRIPs. I prefer to pool the dividends earned and buy the best stock available each month. Best Wishes, D4L VLT: I don’t use DRIPs. I prefer to pool the dividends earned and buy the best stock available each month.

Best Wishes,
D4L

]]> By: VLT http://dividendsvalue.com/4783/3-high-yield-telecom-dividend-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-14476 VLT Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:39:15 +0000 http://dividendsvalue.com/?p=4783#comment-14476 What is your opinion of DRIPs? What is your opinion of DRIPs?

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