There are two main reasons that you currently pay for channels you don't want.
The first reason is because the government says so (in Canada anyway). The CRTC has "linkage" rules that demand that the cable company include certain channels in their basic lineup. See here: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/INFO_SHT/b303.htm and here: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Notices/2001/PB2 001-90.htm
So, your government is forcing the cable company to carry channels that you don't want. If you don't like it, complain to them about it.
The second reason that you pay for channels that you don't want is because with a standard analog system, it's not feasible to deliver individual channels. Filters exist to block out ranges of channels (the different packages available to you), but it's not feasible to create filters to block individual channels, and then go to each house and block out huge numbers of channels.
You would end up paying far more per month for the 4 channels you want than you currently pay for the 60+ channels you don't want.
With digital service it's very easy to allow subscribes to pick and chose individual channels. And, in fact, many cable companies do allow you to pick individual digital channels. There are often discounts if order a package, but you're not required to.
The disadvantage of digital is that you need a set top box to watch it. So, no longer can you have a couple of splitters in the basement to feed your 6 televisions. You need a set top box at each one. Which, you pay monthly rental fees for, or purchase outright for upwards of $400.
The industry is moving towards more and more digital all the time. But it will be a long time yet before analog disappears because there are still many many people out there who don't want to upgrade.
From the website: "How works MindDrive sensor mouse Thanks to special metal-plastic materials the sensor weighs only just 18 grams. It includes 6 electronic pick-up that read 70 different types of bio-electrical signals coming from nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems. Now is possible to carry out medical-scientific applications for monitoring and diagnosis, as well as therapeutical, creative, didactic and entertainment ones already known, on which pluck artistical drawing, musical composition, truth-machine, and enjoying videogames such as ski, bowling and flipper driven with thought. Moreover with the new powerful development titles M S D K (MindDrive Sofwtare Development Kit) and M T K (MindDrive Tool Kit) is now possible to create customized programs in C / C++ code or straight in easy VisualBasic code."
Rogers Cable charges extra per month if you want to have extra outlets installed. And as a previous post indicated, there is a reason for this. Butcher jobs cause problems. Not so much with HBO, but they are especially bad now that the system is 2 way. Noise can be inserted into the lines because of poorly crimped connetors, causing entire nodes to be knocked offline.
Furthermore, the fact of the matter is, if you split the line you are able to watch two different shows at the same time, which is why cable companies are allowed to charge for extra outlets. Phone companies cannot, because you get the same service on each outlet.
Note: I'm not saying that comcast should be going after everyone who hooks up 2 pcs, just pointing out that splitting cable lines is not "legal"
I don't know anything about mediaone, but it sounds like...
You use DHCP to get an address. When the account is setup, the servers use a combination of your MAC address & whatever else in order to determine what IP address you get. If your MAC changes, you don't get an IP address.
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There are two main reasons that you currently pay for channels you don't want.
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The first reason is because the government says so (in Canada anyway). The CRTC has "linkage" rules that demand that the cable company include certain channels in their basic lineup. See here: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/INFO_SHT/b303.htm and here: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Notices/2001/PB
So, your government is forcing the cable company to carry channels that you don't want. If you don't like it, complain to them about it.
The second reason that you pay for channels that you don't want is because with a standard analog system, it's not feasible to deliver individual channels. Filters exist to block out ranges of channels (the different packages available to you), but it's not feasible to create filters to block individual channels, and then go to each house and block out huge numbers of channels.
You would end up paying far more per month for the 4 channels you want than you currently pay for the 60+ channels you don't want.
With digital service it's very easy to allow subscribes to pick and chose individual channels. And, in fact, many cable companies do allow you to pick individual digital channels. There are often discounts if order a package, but you're not required to.
The disadvantage of digital is that you need a set top box to watch it. So, no longer can you have a couple of splitters in the basement to feed your 6 televisions. You need a set top box at each one. Which, you pay monthly rental fees for, or purchase outright for upwards of $400.
The industry is moving towards more and more digital all the time. But it will be a long time yet before analog disappears because there are still many many people out there who don't want to upgrade.
How 'bout Men in Black types?
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This device has been around for a long time.
From the website:
"How works MindDrive sensor mouse
Thanks to special metal-plastic materials the sensor weighs only just 18 grams. It includes 6 electronic pick-up that read 70 different types of bio-electrical signals coming from nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems. Now is possible to carry out medical-scientific applications for monitoring and diagnosis, as well as therapeutical, creative, didactic and entertainment ones already known, on which pluck artistical drawing, musical composition, truth-machine, and enjoying videogames such as ski, bowling and flipper driven with thought. Moreover with the new powerful development titles M S D K (MindDrive Sofwtare Development Kit) and M T K (MindDrive Tool Kit) is now possible to create customized programs in C / C++ code or straight in easy VisualBasic code."
well...
In any halfway decent email program, you select the account that you wish to send "from" when replying to, or creating new, email.
So, I could choose to send from "TheBoss" or from "DumbBunny" depending on what I want the person on the other end to see.
um... here in Canada it still is.
Rogers Cable charges extra per month if you want to have extra outlets installed. And as a previous post indicated, there is a reason for this. Butcher jobs cause problems. Not so much with HBO, but they are especially bad now that the system is 2 way. Noise can be inserted into the lines because of poorly crimped connetors, causing entire nodes to be knocked offline.
Furthermore, the fact of the matter is, if you split the line you are able to watch two different shows at the same time, which is why cable companies are allowed to charge for extra outlets. Phone companies cannot, because you get the same service on each outlet.
Note: I'm not saying that comcast should be going after everyone who hooks up 2 pcs, just pointing out that splitting cable lines is not "legal"
I don't know anything about mediaone, but it sounds like...
You use DHCP to get an address. When the account is setup, the servers use a combination of your MAC address & whatever else in order to determine what IP address you get. If your MAC changes, you don't get an IP address.
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