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| Addresses decency but price? This address the obvious issue with decency for families who don't want channels with a good deal of violence and sex coming into their homes. It's a good step for them but it still does not address the issue of price.
The family package will most likely cost somewhere between the cost of basic and standard cable, which will probably be good enough for households with families to support. It brings down the cost slightly for them but everyone will still end up paying more when cable companies roll out price hikes each year.
I'm not saying a la carte pricing will help decrease the cost of cable, which it most certainly will not. Hell nothing short of industry regulation will stop cable rates from increasing at twice the rate of inflation.
In the end, all we need to know is that most families will be happy with the new offerings but everyone will still get pinched in the wallet when the bills come around.
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needforspeed59
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| Re: Addresses decency but price? Maybe the FCC should regulate the prices at the source: The channels that charge the cablecos. How about a step further? Regulate the producers of programs. How about the actors? Directors? Cameramen? Where does it stop?
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dvd536
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| said by Straphanger  :This address the obvious issue with decency for families who don't want channels with a good deal of violence and sex coming into their homes. Ever heard of the V chip? unless your tv set is like 20 years old you have the means to block out objectionable content.
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Straphanger
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| Re: Addresses decency but price? The problem with the V-Chip is that quite a few parents don't know how to use it properly and tweens will probably be smart enough to break through the password-protection, if parents even bother changing it. We have all this great protection technology but kids will either find a way around it or parents will just be completely confused by it.
The best way to keep it out is not to have it coming in the first place. Even with the internet, I've heard about people just pulling the plug out of their modems to keep their kids from going on past set hours because it's impossible to regulate something that is already coming into your house properly.
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GlenQuagmire
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| WTF.... Using a digital cable box it does not cost Comcast anything to block channels. All they have to do is reprogram the cable box, just that simple. The customers are demanding this so if you what to make money then you sell the products they want. If you piss off these family groups they will at some point cancel their service entirely. | |
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pnh102
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| said by Straphanger :Hell nothing short of industry regulation will stop cable rates from increasing at twice the rate of inflation. People still continue to subscribe to cable no matter what the price is. Until people cancel their cable subscriptions because of high prices the costs will never go down.
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fiberguy
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| said by Straphanger :This address the obvious issue with decency for families who don't want channels with a good deal of violence and sex coming into their homes. I hate to call this to the table - but it's not all about the "family" - I've run across a lot of parents that don't have a stick in their b$#Q about what their kids see. I know parents that use the TV to teach their children about right and wrong - I call that responsible parenting.
Parents that want to shield their child from everything that comes in front of them, in my honest opinion, are not doing a very good job. They paint a false picture to their kids that life is all good. At some point in their life, they will encounter all this supposed violence and nudity.
Let's call this what it is.. it's a church friendly package. Plain and simple (and my mind won't change on that) For the government to define what is and what isn't family friendly is plain and simple bull.
When it comes to my children, I am not raising Rod and Todd Flanders... I think my kids need to be exposed to Homer Simpson - from that I will drawl lessons in life on my own.
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