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 ·Armstrong Zoom ..
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Re: Just ask any Comcast HSI subscriber . . . That is not completely true.
A drop to your home carries the same signals, internet and TV. For every single drop the cable company has to pay for the TV signals provided to you. For example, about $12 per month for things like ESPN or whatever. If the signal is there the cable company has to provide the companies they buy TV signal from with the fees.
They can place filters on your line to block out all TV signals but they have to be specific filters. This means no blocking from 5-42 MHZ but blocking everything else except the downstream channels. So either way it costs more for them to just provide internet access without TV. So it any case it is cheaper for them to let the signal go through.
There is a technological reason and it is very valid.
You are not bringing in competition, you are bringing in re-sellers. The network is still the local providers network, you are just asking for someone to come in and re-sell the same thing. Cable networks do not operate the same as DSL networks. A DSL line is just 2 wires that no one shares. Cable is just one cable that everyone shares, including alternate suppliers.
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