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In article <1992Sep3.040116.15218@news2.cis.umn.edu> grad@sparky.drad.umn.edu (Jonathan Grad) writes:
>In article <BtyytA.DLs@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
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>>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. :-(

>How about listening to the radio, reading books or buying videos?

Irrelevant. ST:TNG books have poorer graphics and sound than their
television counterparts, and the laserdiscs for the first season are
only now beginning to come out (this is now the 5th season of TNG).

>Better yet, how about encouraging like minded subscribers to petition
>your local government to allow competition in the cable tv marketplace.
>Maybe then. you will actually see cable companies that must take
>customer preferences into account in their programming and rates.

As I said, no real alternative. ESPECIALLY in the short term.