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nukscull @rr.com	reply to KrK Re: This would seem to be a windfall for 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 Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy Premium join:2000-01-17 Tulsa, OK Reviews: ·AT&T DSL Service	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. -- "Regulatory capitalism is when companies invest in lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians, instead of plant, people, and customer service." - former FCC Chairman William Kennard (A real FCC Chairman, unlike the current Corporate Spokesperson in the job!)
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