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Industry Insider Blasts Comcast
gordette writes "I'm posting this because Comcast did the same thing to me that this journalist describes — held my HD channels hostage by insisting that I shell out for an expensive cable package. The journalist is blasting Comcast for their 'shakedown' of consumers, and is doing so in full view of industry insiders. She also links to an earlier blog post describing Comcast's Motorola DVR problems."
I'm kind of shocked that anyone would shell out $2000 a year for TV. Is that common?
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You're missing the point - it's only TV - you can go without it, your life isn't going to end. I used to watch obscene amounts of TV but between work and having children, I don't think the TV ever gets to see kids channels. I reckon I watch maybe an hour a fortnight if I'm lucky. I haven't died yet.
I want a list of atrocities done in your name - Recoil
Remember when Oprah got sued by the beef industry for expressing her concerns about the safety of meat? Better watch what you say in public about the products you use. Unless it's gushing, fan-boy enthusiasm, you could have the "product libel" lawyers all over you. So, yes, it's safer to just shut up; don't make any waves. It's one of the small prices we have to pay for freedom in this country.
---Technology will liberate us if it doesn't enslave us first.
I know quite a few people with 1 or two kids who pay nearly $100 a month for cell service.
Combine that with all the other monthlies people tend to accumulate and no wonder most are always "broke"
* Winners compare their achievements to their goals, losers compare theirs to that of others.
I think this is the future of content provision--over the internet, straight from the content companies' websites. Speed and quality will increase, the content companies will start charging on a pay-per-view or subscription basis for the good stuff/good quality, a large number of individual plans will proliferate, and the cable companies will be reduced to ISPs.
I'm guessing this is standard practice for lots of companies, think about how easy it would be for someone to run up a big bill and all of a sudden call the provider and pretend to be someone else who just moved in to avoid paying the huge bill. it probably has been done before (just show up to pay your bill caash every month, no credit cards to verify your name)and that's why they're so strict now. I'm with them on this one.
Erik
And, in the majority of the US, the response would have been quite simple:
"What competitor? There's a competitor? You mean satellite? Wait, you live in an apartment, right? Good luck getting that dish approved by your landlord."
You are in a maze of twisty little relative jumps, all alike.
Bodhicat has an alternative. I spend my free time reading A German translation of the Lord of the Rings at the local coffee hang-out, Black Dog. When I get tired of reading I can usually find someone to play chess with or have a chat. And its only $1.75 for some really great coffee from a locally owned establishment. Now that is entertainment for nurds.