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Re: Montgomery Cable in action again

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From: Kristin Looney - Code 521
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1992 21:50
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I don't know if Montgomery county has anything similar... but the
P.G. County cable company has a service called Universal Tier which
they try very very hard not to let you know anything about.  If I
hadn't known someone who already had the service, I would probably
have given up after I had been transfered around for the 5th time
with everyone I talked to telling me that they knew of no such
service...  but it does exist.  After paying a hefty instalation
charge of $59 (the current free instalation special they were running, 
of course, did not apply) I now have cable (B side only) for $3 a month.  
I don't actually know what is on the A side, since I've never had it, the
B side basically has all the local channels (with perfect reception) as
well as TBS and MTV and maybe a few other things I never watch.  I
think many of the pay movie channels are also on the B side if you get
them... but I don't know if they would let you get them if you had the
$3 service - again, I've never tried.

If all you are really interested in is getting good reception, and you
don't care about all the special channels that come with having
cable...   ... it exists, you just have to know to ask.
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From: kristin@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Kristin Looney - Code 521)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Montgomery Cable in action again
Summary: A little know option called "Universal Tier"
Message-ID: <1992Jan24.215028.9373@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: 24 Jan 92 21:50:28 GMT
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