djoropallo
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! |
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