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In article <1992Sep2.170848.10491@mcc.com> amck@mcc.com (Alan McKendree) writes:
>In article <Btxpp4.C98@cmptrc.lonestar.org> andy@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Andy Hart) writes:
>>   
>>   So what did re-regulating the cable companies do for me?  I cheered it on
>>   when I heard about it, but I don't know the details.
>>
>>   I have lived in my present location for 2 and a half years.  In that time 
>>   my monthly cable bill ( for "extended" basic "regular" service ) has gone
>>   from 13.95 to 25.35 a month!
>
>And yet...and yet...he still continues to subscribe!  Amazing!  What
>power the cable companies must wield over this helpless pawn of his
>environment!

I don't know where you live, but around here the over-the-air channels
come in fuzzy, snowy, and ghosty. Basically, it's a choice between
rapacious cable fees or nothing to watch. That's why many people bite
the bullet and subscribe to cable, myself included. Believe me, if I had
room for a dish, I would dump cable in a second. At present, however, I
have no real alternative. :-(

>>   Do you KNOW that they would like to charge me an ADDITIONAL FIVE DOLLARS
>>   for each TV set hooked up in the house?  No additional services, just
>>   more extensions.
>
>The fiends!
>
>Your position is self-contradictory.  If having cable on more than one
>TV _weren't_ an additional benefit (i.e., service), there would be no
>reason for you to desire it.  And yet you complain about having to pay
>for it.  Do you think you should get free rugs in all your rooms after
>paying for the first one, too?

Such a snide attitude you have, my friend.

Tell me, do you think that the phone company should charge you $5 extra
per month for EACH and EVERY PHONE you have connected to your phone line
in your home? Even if you OWN those phones? I notice that the phone company
doesn't try to charge you for having a phone jack in your bedroom as well
as your living room. Why should the cable company be any different?

>Sheesh.

Indeed.

>BTW, I don't have cable, but I'll soon be starting a bboard for
>irritating whiners

While you're at it, why not start one for irritating and off-base
flamers.