jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to PGHammer
Re: Comcrap
I'm pretty sure that the phrase "lifeline basic" should be left in the arena of telephone service; I'm pretty sure that cable TV is still a luxury. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | Well cable TV is the ONLY source of entertainment for many sectors of the population, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons (group homes, juvenile centers, and low to maximum security prisons). |
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Cable Me This
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said by jester121  :I'm pretty sure that the phrase "lifeline basic" should be left in the arena of telephone service; I'm pretty sure that cable TV is still a luxury. Learn your history, bud.
Cable TV exists today because it was a necessity, not a luxury. Industry just figured out they could sell it to folks who didn't need it (those with OTA reception).
Cable TV needs re-regulation. There are still millions of customers who have no other choice than cable, and never will. |
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bicker
join:2007-05-10
Burlington, MA | reply to patcat88
Re: Comcrap
And lifeline cable, imposed by the government at a loss for MSOs, will still exist. What is your point??? |
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bicker
join:2007-05-10
Burlington, MA
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You learn YOUR history, bud. The cable television YOU were talking about is STILL AVAILABLE from cable companies, at a government imposed price which often represents a LOSS for cable company. Lifeline cable is about $9 per month here, all in. Some places is more; with the price controlled by the town government, NOT the cable company. That part of cable television that you were referring to is STILL REGULATED. This conversion being discussed affects part of cable service that HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH making up for poor OTA reception in remote areas. Nothing. |
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RadioDoc
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