 compugeekI love making my own beer.Premium
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Pickerington, OH | reply to rugby
Re: Somewhere in between lies the truth.... Part of the problem with that is that the channels tell the cable companies where to put the channel. Even if you do not watch it they charge the cable company as if you were watching it. Part of the channel, say ESPN, as being a Monopoly... Cable is not a monopoly, there are other choices out there that some even consider better. There are also other choices for channels, but they charge the same way and are not as popular.
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vfpguyAlias Dotnetguy
join:2001-07-21
Wayne, NJ | said by compugeek:
Even if you do not watch it they charge the cable company as if you were watching it.
That's funny. That's the stated reason Cablevision refused to carry YES on the basic tier. I guess George Orwell didn't know how far doublethink would go.
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join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
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said by compugeek:
Even if you do not watch it they charge the cable company as if you were watching it.
Didn't Microsoft get in trouble for charging PC makers for a copy of DOS or Windows on every PC the company built whether or not they installed Microsoft's software on it ?? quote:
Cable is not a monopoly, there are other choices out there...
I don't think you can call cable companies a monopoly when other companies *choose* not to offer service in an area already served by another, but in MOST cities, there is NO choice. Even in Columbus, I know there's TW, Insight, and WOW. But can you get two or all three of those at your home ??
For reference: Story on DSLR's front page, »Cable Execs Face Congress, links to a Washington Post article, »www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar···ay6.html. That story says:...a General Accounting Office report showing that, in markets where cable companies compete with one another, monthly rates are 17 percent below the national average. But that is in a minority of markets. Less than 5 percent of the more than 70 million cable consumers have a choice of providers. Emphasis added by me.
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Atlanta, GA | Well said, right now I cannot call up Time Warner and tell Charter to packsand. |
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