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Article #88Re: Cable TV Descrambler - Never Pay for Premium Cable Again
From: Doug
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 00:00
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> > > >In Canada, the new "thief of telecommunications act" makes it illegal > >to have the means even if you don't use it. the fines can be up to > >$20,000 per day of offence plus a criminal record and jail time. > > > >this is not to say you can't own a decoder, just as long as it > >is authorized by the cable company - if it can descramble the > >cable company's signals. > > > >Doug > > Ya, wouldn't want to take a dime away from that greedy TED ROGERS bastard!! apparently you've met him :> I work in the industry, and I don't like him either, but it seems the boys with the money make the rules. The CCTA (canadian cable television association) is just a guise for Ted to force the entire industry to do thing his way. Now having said that, he and all the other cable companies do have the right to protect the integerty of thier system. You can't fault them for that. As the new players enter the market, the way in which all companies compete will change. We in the Cable industry in Canada ( and in the US) know that they have to start to compete in a manner more acceptable to the consumer. It just takes time to teach the old dogs (Rogers) the new tricks (customer service) :> Doug
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4e7d,59743bbb5f600a0f X-Google-Attributes: gidf4e7d,public X-Google-Thread: 1105d2,59743bbb5f600a0f X-Google-Attributes: gid1105d2,public X-Google-Thread: 1085ff,59743bbb5f600a0f X-Google-Attributes: gid1085ff,public X-Google-Thread: 1031e1,59743bbb5f600a0f X-Google-Attributes: gid1031e1,public X-Google-Thread: fb6d4,59743bbb5f600a0f X-Google-Attributes: gidfb6d4,public X-Google-Thread: fa7b4,59743bbb5f600a0f X-Google-Attributes: gidfa7b4,public X-Google-Thread: 111dad,59743bbb5f600a0f X-Google-Attributes: gid111dad,public X-Google-Thread: 107cee,59743bbb5f600a0f X-Google-Attributes: gid107cee,public From: Doug <xdougp@ssimicro.com> Subject: Re: Cable TV Descrambler - Never Pay for Premium Cable Again Date: 1996/02/27 Message-ID: <3133BAF4.50D6@ssimicro.com> X-Deja-AN: 141409619 references: <4ffum9$st0@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <4gg8o4$hdh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <31308C80.5440@lgn.com> <31313390.13D4@ssimicro.com> <4gscql$r9a@noc.tor.hookup.net> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: NTnet News Server mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: sci.electronics.misc,ba.forsale,balt.forsale,ca.forsale,nj.forsale,ne.forsale,nv.forsale,pa.forsale,alt.cable-tv.re-regulate,alt.cellular,alt.forsale,alt.forsale.grandjunction,alt.marketplace.funky-stuff.forsale,alt.satellite.tv.crypt,alt.sate x-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I)