djoropallo
join:2003-10-20
Maple Shade, NJ
| reply to Jmartz
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! |
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ
| reply to BosstonesOwn
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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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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| reply to 2farfromCO7
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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2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI
| reply to inciter
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. |
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