KrK
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| reply to Rick
Re: This would seem to be a windfall for
Are you kidding? The lease fees, rental fees, and access charges they make using these things are the windfall.... if that was eliminated, a major cash cow of the cable companies would go away..... Don't look to see them rushing to do this in a hurry.... **unless** they find some way to continue the fees without actually providing you with a boxen.
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Morac
join:2001-08-30
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| said by KrK  :**unless** they find some way to continue the fees without actually providing you with a boxen. That's exactly what this does. It opens VOD and OnDemand to people who don't have boxes. It's a win/win situation. Cable providers don't have to go out and purchase tons of boxes and provide them to customers (rentals fees don't immediately cover the costs), but they still get the revenue from VOD and OnDemand purchases. Customers don't need to rent a crappy box from the local provider. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to KrK
Outlet fee, digital duplication fee, fact you get digital cable (digital navigator) fee. All of those still apply. |
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KrK
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| Fees are BS ways to charge more but false advertise.
Seriously.
250 Digital HD Channels for $29.95 a month!*
* $4.99 HD Enabling fee, $2.99 Digital Programming Access guide fee, $1.99 cost recovery fee, $3.50 fee maintenance and update fee, additional fees per each HDTV. Does not include Federal Charges, local taxes, or other usage fees. Billing fee not included. Actual cost $62.95 a month.**
**Maybe. Could be more.
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said by KrK :Are you kidding? The lease fees, rental fees, and access charges they make using these things are the windfall.... if that was eliminated, a major cash cow of the cable companies would go away..... Don't look to see them rushing to do this in a hurry.... **unless** they find some way to continue the fees without actually providing you with a boxen. But the reason they charge those fees for boxes is because they had to buy them in the first place. It's not like they're making free money, not for a while on some of the boxes anyway. Not to mention all the spares they have to keep on hand to swap out. |
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KrK
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| I could see that... but the fees would drop when you had your account for awhile, or you could buy out the box and avoid the fee. Seems not to be the case. The fees themselves are another revenue stream.
Even when they don't have to provide you with the boxes, they'll not drop the fees, methinks... they'll just rename them.
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cableguy619
join:2003-06-24
Chula Vista, CA
| reply to patcat88
said by patcat88 :Outlet fee, digital duplication fee, fact you get digital cable (digital navigator) fee. All of those still apply. Outlet fee whos your cable provider they suck... |
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