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In article <1992Nov5.122636.5499@hemlock.cray.com> andyw@aspen32.cray.com (Andy Warner) writes:
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>In article <720883631snx@nlbbs.UUCP>, paula@nlbbs.UUCP (Paula Stockholm) writes:
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>> [...]
>>         I'm the last one who would be considered and advocate for the
>>         Cable Companies but . . . suppose you wanted to hook-up another
>>         water heater - you would expect to pay for the extra juice.
>> 
>>           The cable signal is not as easily "meter-able" but you would
>>           be using more cable signal.
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>Good analogy. The power company at least has the honesty to put
>a meter on your feed, and charge you accordingly. They don't
>snoop around checking what you've got connected (at least past
>your meter). Every other utility has expended a non-trivial
>amount of effort to bill you according to usage, it seems that the
>cable & sat carriers would rather expend effort legislating than
>developing a metering method (a gross generalisation, which I will
>probably be mercilessly flamed for)..
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>>       I DO agree that often the extra charge seems excessive.
>
>It seems to me any of the charges seem excessive.
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>andyw.	N0REN/G1XRL
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>andyw@aspen.cray.com	Andy Warner, Cray Research, Inc.	(612) 683-5835

Bad analogy. You are talking about additional power versus the use of a
signal already there. It is my belief the duplicate cable signal used
changes their power requirements little. I'd be interested if somone
knowledgable could confirm or deny this.

Secondly, the power use to amplify the degraded signal is my own, from
the electric company. The electric company had to crank up consumption
of fuels, etc. The cable company doesnt do squat. It is just a way to
rip people off because they are a monopoly. It is a serious abuse of
power and is why they need regulation.
   ---Ken

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Ken Bass (kbass@gmuvax2.gmu.edu)              |   Telecommunications  
George Mason University                       |   Techniques Corp, 
Student, Department of Electrical Engineering |   Software Engineer