L2006
join:2001-12-03 Stratford, ON | Re: Likely? free ad-driven tv?
TV to the house should be free now... for every 20 min of television, there are 10 min of commercials it seems.
I mean, if commercials pay for the content, what is my huge monthly bill paying for? | |
|
  calvoiper
join:2003-03-31 Belvedere Tiburon, CA | Re: Likely? uhhh, that was exactly my point. We had (actually, still have) free BROADCAST television, but most choose to pay for additional channels....
calvoiper -- VoIP--the death knell of remaining voice monopolies! | |
|
 |   tiger72 SexaT duorP Premium join:2001-03-28 Saint Louis, MO clubs:
·T-Mobile US
·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: Likely? said by calvoiper :uhhh, that was exactly my point. We had (actually, still have) free BROADCAST television, but most choose to pay for additional channels.... calvoiper I think his point is that you still get ads on cable anyways - why are you paying for it? -- In a fascist government, National Security ALWAYS trumps Personal Freedoms.»quackleducks.blogspot.com/ | |
|
 |  gpancner
join:2001-09-27 Nine Mile Falls, WA
| No such thing as Free BROADCAST TV The amount of money spent on advertising over "Free" Broadcast TV adds over $600/year to the cost of living per capita in the U.S. via increased prices for goods purchased. Have you ever seen a "Free" Broadcast TV station facility? They didn't pull the constuction/operation money out of a hat. | |
|
 Drex_CS
join:2005-05-11 canada | you pay for them to broadcast it, the ads pay for the 6 million an episode cost taht friends had.. and other such shows. | |
|
 |   calvoiper
join:2003-03-31 Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| Re: Likely? OK, everybody, if you don't like "free" ad-driven services, don't watch or use them. What I don't understand is the attitude that others shouldn't be able to choose to use a service delivery mechanism just because you don't happen to like it.
Unless you are all ISP shills (which I doubt) I can't understand the hostility to the possibility of Google providing a "free", but ad-driven, wireless Internet access program. Could someone clue me in?
calvoiper -- VoIP--the death knell of remaining voice monopolies! | |
|
 |
|
 |