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Article #5773Re: Alternatives to Comcast?
From: David J. Grabiner
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 01:35
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 01:35
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Ed Swierk <eswierk-nospam@cs.stanford.edu> writes: > On Sun, 23 May 2004, Rick wrote: > > > Weather Channel was included in Comcast's basic cable > > service, but Comcast is moving it from basic to extended > > basic as part of their "improved service", which means an > > increase from $15 to $42/month to receive it. > > Being a web site and not a TV channel, this isn't quite the same thing, > but the Weather Underground (www.wunderground.com) provides all the info a > weather geek could want. I can't say I miss Tornado Reenactment Theater > or the live reports from the middle of hurricanes. For $5/year, they'll > even skip the ads. The horse's mouth (NWS) itself is ad-free and also very good. http://weather.gov -- David Grabiner, grabiner@alumni.princeton.edu, http://remarque.org/~grabiner Baseball labor negotiations FAQ: http://remarque.org/~grabiner/laborfaq.html Shop at the Mobius Strip Mall: Always on the same side of the street! Klein Glassworks, Torus Coffee and Donuts, Projective Airlines, etc.
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