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- From: banchy@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Banchy thomas g (410) 461-2216)
- Subject: Re: PPV Olympics: Oh, so now it's free
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.152728.28760@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
- Reply-To: banchy@aplcen (Banchy thomas g (410) 461-2216)
- Organization: Johns Hopkins University
- References: <1992Jul30.144313.7272@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 15:27:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul30.144313.7272@news.acns.nwu.edu> staggers@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Ken Staggers) writes:
- [good stuff deleted]
- >I hope cable executives are paying attention this month. First, the FCC
- >grants the baby bells permission to deliver video to the home. Finally,
- >competition. Then the House passes new cable re-regulation laws so that
- >these monopolies will stop gouging us (but will it take effect before
- >Cablevision can pass on their stupid loss to me?). And then finally
- >America has spoken about the future of paying per every view...we don't
- >really want it, and we really can't afford it.
- >
- >--Ken
-
- This whole PPV debacle is kind of like watching a train wreck in slow
- motion: you feel a sort of detached concern for all the money that is
- being hemorrhaged, but you can't tear your eyes away from the carnage.
- All I can say is, those sleazy jerks in the cable industry deserve to
- get bankrupted for such a greedy, shortsighted ploy, and it's a real
- shame that the consumer is probably going to end up paying for the
- cleanup (just like always).
-
- $24/month for basic cable?!?! Just say NO!!!
-
- Tom
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