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Power Companies Offering Cable (TV, Net) Service
MankyD writes "CNN is running an interesting story about a power company offering cheap cable and broadband internet to its customers. What's even better is that they aren't looking to make a profit, just break even on the venture. They estimate that they've saved their customers $32 million. Furthermore, it's available in a rural area where the telecomms don't offer service anyways."
Farmers are experiencing problems keeping their pigs penned up. Apparently entire pens are simply floating out into the open air, with no discernable cause. One farmer, who requested to remain anonymous, speculated that some of the new recommendations for pig feed could be to blame, but other than a little different diet, he couldn't find any reason that his pigs should be flying.
IBM had PL/1, with syntax worse than JOSS,
And everywhere the language went, it was a total loss...
All over-charges, made up late fees FOR AUTOMATIC CHECKING ACCOUNT WITHDRAWL (If YOU are late getting money from my account that I have you permission to access on a monthly basis, how is it MY fault??), rude phone calls, etc will be forgiven if you do something like this.
Your friendly customer.
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Yes, but what we didn't tell them is that their power consumption increased one hundred-fold...mauhahahaha
because I don't want ntl: meddlin' with electricity. They're dangerous enough in charge of a cable system.
(UK in-joke, sorry)
You apparently have yet to run incident II.
[Set Cain on fire and steal his lute.]
Yeah you should move into your wife's friend is she (hope female) is hot. Cheap internet and 'entertainment'. :p
My issue is putting all your eggs in one basket... A few years back when there was a giant ice storm in Quebec, we were reminded of how dependant people have become on electricity. Now lets just say that using the power grid to access information becomes popular- power grids are already very central to survival in the modern age.
Gosh. You're right! Since they're line sharing internet access and power, if the power goes out, they won't be able to access the internet either!
Oh... wait...
Excuse me? :)
Wait a minute. Are you saying that your cable company is actually having to compete with someone? My cable company, phone company, and the satellitte providers all seem to enjoy working together to maximize their profits. Where's my fibre to my door for cheap?
That's why it's imperative we develop a new information delivery device that runs on gas.
Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. - Ambrose Bierce