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Sisqo
World Champs. Babe Who?
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join:2002-08-14
Methuen, MA
| It Figures! Cable companies do not know what the meaning of competition means!
As soon as they face a little competition they will hike up their prices.
I just can't wait till I can get Directv, it's incredible how they deal with competition & how cable price hikes are just not justified. | |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
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| Re: It Figures! Go Dish Network instead. Look at what Direct TV is doing to people who have purchased flash card burners for whatever reason, they are sending letters to them demanding
large sums of money to settle out of court, they are worse then the RIAA.
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inciter
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join:2000-08-30
Rohnert Park, CA
| Re: It Figures! I think Dish is one of the most Hacked Sat companies at this point. Cable was but the digital screwed up the pirates.
DTV now is protecting it's customers by stopping the pirates! Yeah mistakes will happen but! Unloaders and other pirate tools are not being used for valid reasons! I would dare to say the amount of unloader owners ripping off DTV are high and the amount that have ligit reasons for owning one are like 1 out of 100.
Give it a rest! 9 years and no rate increase? Maybe DTV is doing the correct thing. Dish is not going after pirates they would loose out on all the basic customers that are ripping them off. 
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| | | 2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI
| Re: It Figures! Don't kid yourself. That statement is a total lie. DirecTV is 10x more hacked than Dish. Dish isn't going after their hackers because they don't have to. Their system is simply far more hack-proof. The biggest reason being that their smart cards are wedded to their receivers. There's no swapping and selling of smartcards like there is with DirecTV. With Dish, you must successfully hack the entire receiver with the smartcard or nothing. You can't just swap the smartcard and hack it or buy smart card. You sound like and clueless DirecTV shill who simply doesn't know the facts. | |
| | | | BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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| Re: It Figures! correct me if i am wrong here but wouldn't this deal make Directv the supplier of the programming as well as the medium and the system used to encrypt/decrypt ??
i think NDS is owned by Murdoch and Then if he owned directv he would own all 3 portions of a system???
I have been reading lots of news on some of the places like slash dot and the register about people being accused of being satelite "pirates" but they are just security people doing a job for thier companies. I guess directv being in the same boat as the RIAA is what the country is coming to they can't secure thier systems and they can't secure their medium so they bring you to court to do it. Doesn't this hamper the technological process ??? Don't people learn from others mistakes and such ??
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ
| Double Standard! What a bunch of crap. Your rates are going to go up no matter what. The Cable companies are just setting up the scape goat to instantly raise prices the day the merger is approved.
Cablevision, through Rainbow networks owns tons of channels as well. They also own a delivery system. So what are they complaining about? Oh wait! Competition!
Same goes with Comcast... who is already bullying DirecTV by not allowing DirecTV customers in Philadelphia to get the Comcast Sports Network because they hold the sole rights to one of the local sports teams broadcasts... so they are playing hard ball with DirecTV... god forbid someone does it to them!!
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join:2003-10-20
Maple Shade, NJ
| Re: Double Standard! I was so happy when I changed from Comcast to DirecTV. Comcast took over our town's cable system, promised no rate hikes and yet our prices went through the roof! They had to "bring us inline" with their normal rates. We we paying $43/mo for cable WITH HBO. Comcast comes in and just their expanded basic is $43/mo., then $17 for HBO and $4.20 for any set I wanted to watch HBO on, because I would need their box. Now I am 100% digital at a much lower price.
The biggest hold Comcast has down here is Comcast Sports Net, which carries the Sixers, Flyers and Phillies. Somehow a "loophole" remains where they don't have to put their signal on a satellite. When Cablevision wouldn't carry the YES network a new law went in and they had to settle. Yet Comcast, who has Arlen Spector in their pocket, doesn't have to comply. I don't like being bullied so I no longer watch or root for any of those teams. Screw Comcast, big bullying thieves! | |
| | | | Cod
join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC
| said by Transmaster  :
Look at what Direct TV is doing to people who have purchased flash card burners for whatever reason, they are sending letters to them demanding
large sums of money to settle out of court
What other legitimate reason whould a person have a flash card burner for? Yes, there is probably a .05% of people who purchase flash card burners for legitimate reasons but don't patronize us. Almosst all flash card burners are used for illegal practices like hacking DirecTV cards. | |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
·AT&T Yahoo
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| Re: It Figures! Doesn't matter, it's not just flash card burners, anyway.
The point is they are going after people who aren't even pirating anything, and they are willing to drag people into court that they have no evidence against---- EVEN PEOPLE WHO DON'T OWN DTV systems!
Sure, the judge dimisses the case, but the people get stuck with legal bills and that doesn't excuse the harrasment.
And if you do happen to have DTV equipment, then you're *really* screwed, because they won't let up at all.
These lawsuits are no different then as if someone tried to sue every gun owner claiming they owned something that could be used to commit a crime--- even if there was no evidence the legal gun owner ever had committed a crime.
It's just WRONG.
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| steven s
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join:2002-09-14
Dearborn, MI
·WOW Internet and C..
| said by Sisqo :
Cable companies do not know what the meaning of competition means!
As soon as they face a little competition they will hike up their prices.
Not really. Being in an area with CABLE competition (WOW and Comcast), it can really make a difference. Because of competition, basic cable is only $32 in my neck of the woods. So.. I wouldn't even consider dish, because for me, cable is a better deal. Comcast does know what competition is.
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Hank
Its all relative
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join:2002-05-21
Burlington, WV
| Re: It Figures! With DirecTV I get TIVO, three receivers and more channels than Cox Communications offers in my area for a much lower price than Cox. Plus I only have one or two disruptions a year during heavy thunderstorms. The DirecTV equipment was free, no monthly charge for a cable box. An even bigger plus is that DirecTV treats their customers with dignity and respect, something that is a hit or miss thing with Cox. | |
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Sisqo
World Champs. Babe Who?
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join:2002-08-14
Methuen, MA
| Not for me basic cable is $42.93! I can get just the local channels for about $13+.
It's a total rip off but there is not much I can do until I purchase my house. You know what really stinks my price went up from $34 to $42 once Comcast took over.
So I don't really hold them up in high regards this switch happened within two months. | |
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