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douglas9 (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:46 PM Original message |
Cable Prices Keep Rising, and Customers Keep Paying |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's what happens in a monopoly. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. I worked at a time warner office BRIEFLY |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is an important issue |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The Telecommunications Act of 96 played a big role |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ala Carte Pricing...Long Overdue |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Ala Carte pricing wouldn't support the big budgets of many television networks |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The Would You Be Willing To Pay More For It? |
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Efilroft Sul (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You can watch some (maybe all) of your sci-fi shows on Hulu.com. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Cable companies are REQUIRED BY LAW to offer a cheap, bare-bones plan... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. When it's not just cheaper, but far cheaper to buy one season of a tv show on DVD per MONTH, |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And it's free to borrow them from your local library. n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. My solution: $300 HD TV (Sharp)+ rabbit ears + library card |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. And the movies suck |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thats why I have satellite tv |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. If you have broadband DSL |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. I've never had cable television |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. There needs to be a serious crackdown on Corporate America |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. i used to swear i would never pay over $50 per month for fucking TV |
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