Thanks to our fascist economy, public monopolies can charge what ever they feel like charging, regardless of how much it actually costs them.
Get used to that boot in your face. Broadband service monopolites were given away years ago.
Two scams here:
1. Gummint allocates fortune for boxes for the "poor". Gummint cronies corner market on boxes that cost $5 bucks to make, sellim to chumps with coupons for $40 bucks and change.
2. Digital signals are 30 to 40% weaker than analog. Millions who get good enough analog broadcast TV now, will get zilch after the switch forcing them to get cable. Comcast wins.
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Ah yes Astroturfing, if only Fox News, and the other major networks weren't all paid shills for faceless robber barons and multinationals.
Thanks to our fascist economy, public monopolies can charge what ever they feel like charging, regardless of how much it actually costs them. Get used to that boot in your face. Broadband service monopolites were given away years ago.
Two scams here: 1. Gummint allocates fortune for boxes for the "poor". Gummint cronies corner market on boxes that cost $5 bucks to make, sellim to chumps with coupons for $40 bucks and change. 2. Digital signals are 30 to 40% weaker than analog. Millions who get good enough analog broadcast TV now, will get zilch after the switch forcing them to get cable. Comcast wins.
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