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crischen

join:2000-11-07
Anderson, IN

reply to moonpuppy

Re: Figures don't lie but you can lie with figures......

Give me a la carte. I probably only watch 15 channels.

Local NBC/ABC/CBS/FOX Affiliates (Don't watch CW and actually only watch Boston Legal on ABC.)
Sci-Fi
Food Network
Discovery
USA
Cartoon Network
TBS/TNT
A&E
History
Comedy Central
SpikeTV (For Star Trek)

My Cable Company (Insight) used to offer three packages for their digital boxes at $5 each, but recently (Nov.) combined them into one $12 pack and added about a dozen new channels nobody will watch. I called and cancelled it and told them I wasn't going to pay it til they added Boomerang.

I mean, yes, you can argue the per channel cost is lower (because of must carries that cost nothing getting averaged in), but 90% of the channels are garbage.

Someone mentioned ESPN costing $2.50... to be honest, if the channels I watch (that aren't free must carries) were that much, I'd still save money.
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moonpuppy

join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD

said by crischen:

Give me a la carte. I probably only watch 15 channels.

It's funny. Some of the same people who yell "let the market decide" are the same people who don't want ala carte pricing.

I'd venture to say that a good portion of the channels out there would not survive if they weren't packaged wth other channels. Maybe they need to charge more for ads and pay their way onto a cable system.

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