Posted on 02/28/2013 2:20:26 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave
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This is an interesting topic. I have a Comcast package....of around 120 channels. To be honest...all I really need are the four local stations, and around a dozen cable channels (History Channel I/II, Discovery, Fox News, Business Channel, FX, AMC, TNT, TBS, A&E, TMC, TV Land, and ESPN).
The rest are all garbage.
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Stayed with basic cable and get dozens of channels for approximately $35/mth., and our house is wired for cable in almost every room.
Congress needs to pass a law allowing for customers to select and pay for only the programs they want to watch.
“Congress needs to pass a law allowing for customers to select and pay for only the programs they want to watch.”
Yes, and also they need a law that you should be able to order lobster chowder, and only get lobster, no potatoes, for the same price. And don’t get me started on chocolate chip cookies with all that dough between the chips! All those bastards should be made to sell me what I want, for the price I want to pay!
Sounds like you have the same package I have.
Its wildly overpriced with at least 5 home shopping channels, multiple duplicate network stations, Golf channel, multiple PBS stations, DISC and TLC have fallen into near complete worthlessness. I don’t watch any of the music channels.
I like to watch baseball so I’ve gotta have my FOX sports Detroit and ESPN. I watch BBC America a lot, I like some syfy, Hist and Hist2, I would also keep the 3 CSPAN channels.
The $72 per month that they charge is ridiculous when I’m watching $10 or $15 dollars worth.
My cabl;e channle could remove about half the channels they carry and not effect me a little bit, MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon , BET, CNN and MSNBC especially.
Lobster chowder without the potatoes is called “lobster.” It is available for purchase in the stores. Chocolate chip cookies without the dough is also available - they are called “chocolate chips.” They are generally made by Nestles and sold under the brand name Toll House. They are available in most supermarkets.
See, YOU are able to buy what you want - chocolate chips without the dough and lobster without the potatoes. BUT, I am forced to pay for my MTV even though I don’t want it.
Well I know one thing Congress set in stone that needs changed that deals with TV.
I live in Ohio yet I am forced to use West Virginia Stations for our local channels. Now with Cable I can get Ohio Channels BUT they aren't in HD and they won't let me have them in HD even if I want to pay more for HD. Why because of stupid FCC regs that were written almost 90 years ago.
Its beyond stupid. And if I have Sat TV I can't even get the Ohio Channels because Sat TV gets fined if they allow me to pay for them.
Yes, and also they need a law that you should be able to order lobster chowder, and only get lobster, no potatoes, for the same price. And dont get me started on chocolate chip cookies with all that dough between the chips! All those bastards should be made to sell me what I want, for the price I want to pay!
I have a very good friend who owns a cable TV/Internet company here in SW Colorado. My wife is his office manager. He and she can tell you the nightmare of offering such packages. The book keeping alone would be horrendous. Prices would definitely go up for all.
FMCDH(BITS)
Yes, and also they need a law that you should be able to order lobster chowder, and only get lobster, no potatoes, for the same price. And dont get me started on chocolate chip cookies with all that dough between the chips! All those bastards should be made to sell me what I want, for the price I want to pay!
I understand your sarcasm and I agree.
I have a very good friend who owns a cable TV/Internet company here in SW Colorado. My wife is his office manager. He and she can tell you the nightmare of offering such packages. The book keeping alone would be horrendous. Prices would definitely go up for all.
FMCDH(BITS)
Actually if they can manage to buy them a la carte they’ll probably sell them that way. The reason they don’t sell them that way is they can’t buy them that way. They have to pay the cable networks based on packages, selling them to you that way is really just passing costs on.
With DISH, I'm paying $99 per month for 10 channels we watch, and it's mainly the wife who watches them. I am really getting resentful of paying for stuff I don't need. If it weren't for the wife, I'd dump DISH entirely. The only channel I watch is TCM, but I have so many classic movies on DVD and Blu-ray that I could easily stand to lose it.
My wife is starting to come around. She has always liked HGTV and DIY; but HGTV has pretty much eliminated all the shows on gardening, and both channels feature as many in-your-face gay couples as possible.
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