Re: Cable vs other choices

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From: sally
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:56

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kimshapiro100@yahoo.com wrote in news:a20efb98-06ee-43ab-ae0b-3e220ec16646
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> Cable vs other choices
> 
> We live in N. California
> We have had Comcast in our home for many years. But they constantly
> keep raising prices especially in this economy.
> 
> With Comcast we have
> -cable TV (  approx. 75 channels) ,
> -2 tel lines and
> -high spd internet.
> 
> We do not need /have HBO, MTV etc
> A few good channels like Animal planet, Disney, are sufficient


Do you really need cable TV?  I live in the south bay and receive 60 channels 
of free TV with my over-the-air antenna.  That includes around a dozen 
channels of PBS which has lots of high quality 
educational/travel/food/cooking shows.

The only thing missing from free antenna TV is local sports.  The only the 
49ers and Raiders are regularly on free TV.  A few Giants/A's games are on 
TV, but most are not.  The Warriors and Sharks and the local college sports 
teams are almost never on free TV.

I can understand people wanting cable back when there were 10 analog 
broadcast TV channels.  Digital TV gives you so much more TV for free that 
cable doesn't make sense to me.

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From: sally <sally@sally.com>
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Subject: Re: Cable vs other choices
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:56:03 +0000 (UTC)
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