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In article <BtyytA.DLs@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
>
>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:
>>>   
>>>   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.
>>
>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?

Actually, it does cost the cable company extra.  (A _very_ little extra).
When adding several sets, the cable company must supply you with a stronger
signal, which also takes some of the signal away from the rest of the people
farther down the distribution cable.  If you get enough people connecting extra
sets when the tap-off is only made for one, then the signal will be below
acceptable limits by the time it reaches the next amplifier or the end of the
line.

I for one, however, believe that the only requirement you should have, when
adding a new tv, is to let the cable company know about it so they can increase
the power.  The cost, of course, should come out of their own pocket.

Just my 3/4 of a cent opinion,
B. J. Catlin
bc338569@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu
*** Re-regulate the cable industry to the max!!! (I love to see them squirm) ***