Re: Latest AT&T broadband pitch (scam)

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From: bearclaw
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 14:58

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In article <uk7gcwqxb.fsf@hotmail.com>,
 Joe Chung <joe_chung@hotmail.com> wrote:

  > They're a business.  They can raise rates any time they damn well
  > please, regardless of what this sales droid says.  You, as a
  > consumer, can choose not to do business with them

Which is eggzactly what we did with ATT cable, when it reached almost 
$45/month for "expanded" basic. We went back to rooftop anntenna OTA 
reception (which I must say, isn't bad at all around here) and 
subscribed to Netflix (which allows us to watch many "premium" cable 
channel programs available on DVD) for less than _half_ our previous 
cost of cable. Saved over $240/year.

The cable TV rate increases have gotten so outrageous that without 
decent OTA reception, we'd rather do without television than pay money 
to the monopolistic thieves running the cable industry.

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Subject: Re: Latest AT&T broadband pitch (scam)
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 06:58:41 -0800
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