Except it isn’t a free market. Cable companies have a monopoly, and it stinks. The cozy relationship between cable companies and local governments must end, so we have real choice in cable TV.
Cox Cable has all these ads saying how wonderful they are for giving money to local schools (which like all business “charity” is really paid for by customers), while they enjoy their government protection from competition. Sounds like a sneaky way to tax people extra for public schools to me.
I hate the dang cable companies! If it weren’t for the problems with satellite (losing the picture when it rains heavily, etc.), we would switch.
“I hate the dang cable companies! If it weren’t for the problems with satellite (losing the picture when it rains heavily, etc.), we would switch.”
Cable companies are exploiting how America works. Grease the right politicians, and anti competitive behavior is ignored. I know of a few localities that have started their own cable company. It’s expensive for a city to do that, and we all know, government is not efficient.
There will only be competition in the cable market when voters demand it, not a day before then.
Even here in the Houston area, where we've had PLENTY rainstorms and thunderstorms over the past year, I can only remember a couple times in the past year when my DirecTV feed lost signal. Even then it was only for 10-20 minutes.
Now if they would be so kind as to start using TiVo software again on their DVRs...SIGH.
MM (in TX)