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Re: Wow... said by pnh102:So they really are playing up the whole "Women and Minorities Hardest Hit" claim? Heh.
Sorry if it's a stereotype.. but the Cable industry seems to disproportionately employ minorities and women (particularly through 3rd party contractors) because they can pay them less. However, one really doesn't have anything (significant) to do with the cable industry's lack of innovation and evolution of their business model.
Cable TV as it stands is a stale and saturated business and past it's prime as it exists today. In 3-5 years there will be a greater demand to replace dumb HDTV's with SMART HDTVs.. and the cable-tv business model will be supplanted by on-demand multi-media business model. The cable industry will have to get a whole lot cheaper and innovative in a quick hurry or lose out to the internet and other providers of video & multimedia services.
I've had my fill of various special interest commercials from lawyers to oil companies, political ads, to widget infomercials. No longer will that occupy my time just to make the cable industry richer than a subscription. Upto 40% of every programming hour can be pushing commericals. This is unsustainable and consumers are balking in droves. Add the $7 for a set-top rental box slap in the face too! Slowly, these companies are screwing up VOIP and Internet service as well with higher rates and fees, crummy terms of service and forced bundling. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | I couldn't care less who gets impacted... I dropped cable TV after they insisted I pay just south of a car payment for service. No can do.
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I think you misread the article. They refer to minorities and women's TV PROGRAMMING being killed off, thus the jobs related to the channels and programming being affected.
Not jobs at Cable TV service companies. |
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What kind of car are you driving.. Just south of a car payment for me would have me practically owning a station after my 5 year loan is up.. okay so maybe not quite owning.. but I do not know too many cars that are in the $150 to $250 range, which I am guessing is the avg cable bill in most houses..
My car payment is close to $800.... |
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said by pnh102:I dropped cable TV after they insisted I pay just south of a car payment for service. No can do.
I finally agree with you regarding this point.
I couldn't care less who gets impacted... |
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 FBGuyPremium
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Evanston, IL | reply to jvanbrecht
is $150-250 an acceptable price for cable tv these days? yikes?! |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to Telco
said by Telco:Very republican response. Just ironic that you guys want to 'borrow' and waste trillions upon trillions 'defending' the very same nation and people you 'do not care' about. Well imbecilic actually. I'm sorry, but your president is an absolute complete and total failure at just about everything. When we finally recover from this protracted depression, have more people employed again, get the national debt under control (I'm even being generous by not listing other problems that this idiot caused or exacerbated), then you can lecture me about politics.
Heck, we can just start by having your failure of a president not blame Bush for everything he can't do. We'll go from there.
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to jvanbrecht
said by jvanbrecht:My car payment is close to $800....
My last car payment was $300 a month. My last cable bill with the TV included was $170 a month. To me, "car payment territory" is $200 a month and higher.
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said by jvanbrecht:My car payment is close to $800....
Man your car is more expensive than 2 of the payments on my pre-owned vehicles. I barely hit 2/3rds of that. |
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said by pnh102:I'm sorry, but your president is an absolute complete and total failure at just about everything. When we finally recover from this protracted depression, have more people employed again, get the national debt under control (I'm even being generous by not listing other problems that this idiot caused or exacerbated), then you can lecture me about politics.
I'd buy that he's a failure if the Republican Congress didn't impede everything he tried to do. When those SOB's in Congress hold up unemployment benefits so the wealthy can have tax cuts, something is terribly, terribly wrong with the moral compass on conservatives.
All I hear is bitching about the debt, but no one bitched when the majority of the debt was run up under Republicans.
Finally, lest we forget what flavor the president was when the bubble was inflating? The economy was destroyed on your team's watch and you have the nerve to bitch that it isn't being fixed quickly enough all the while conservatives stand in the way? |
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| Just think if the media didnt drive you guys so far apart, you might be able to work together and make the whole world a better place.
Of course unity is not what politicians want, because then we might actually do something about the fact they work against us. |
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Tulsa, OK | reply to pnh102
said by pnh102:When we finally recover from this protracted depression, have more people employed again, get the national debt under control You'd have to get rid of the vast majority of Republicans for these things ever to happen.
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said by FBGuy:is $150-250 an acceptable price for cable tv these days? yikes?!
No, not at all. The average pay TV bill is now $86.
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said by pnh102:My last car payment was $300 a month. My last cable bill with the TV included was $170 a month. To me, "car payment territory" is $200 a month and higher.
You were paying $170 just for pay TV? My goodness, what TV service did you have? |
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Mount Airy, MD | said by Rangersfan :You were paying $170 just for pay TV? My goodness, what TV service did you have? TV and Internet. I had a DVR box and HD too.
I'm a stickler for HD. If it isn't in HD I am not going to pay to watch it.
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| said by pnh102:said by Rangersfan :You were paying $170 just for pay TV? My goodness, what TV service did you have? TV and Internet. I had a DVR box and HD too. I'm a stickler for HD. If it isn't in HD I am not going to pay to watch it. Ok. Then your comment was misleading. You weren't paying $170 for cable TV. You paying that amount for cable TV AND internet. |
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Bridgeport, OH | reply to pnh102
I too could care less who gets impacted. Why should I supplement channels I don't watch? I already give enough of my income to people that think they are "special" or discriminated against.
If we need or want these special channels then make them online only or offer a subscription package for these extra channels.
Out of 100+ channels I watch 25 at the most. The rest are garbage yet I still pay for them. If I want one channel in the next tier then I have to pay for all those channels in that tier. That sounds like a load of crap to me. |
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Republican Congress?
There was a Democrat controlled House and Senate the first two years for Obama’s Presidency. Also the Democrats enjoyed a filibuster proof voting majority with the Democrat voting independents. |
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I pay 900 for 2 new cars... Not like im driving new infinitis any more but geezzzz ain't no way im paying more then 150 for cable or 450 for a car.
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said by jvanbrecht:What kind of car are you driving.. Just south of a car payment for me would have me practically owning a station after my 5 year loan is up.. okay so maybe not quite owning.. but I do not know too many cars that are in the $150 to $250 range, which I am guessing is the avg cable bill in most houses..
My car payment is close to $800....
In the last thirty years I've never had a car payment higher than $250. And I don't see that trend ending anytime soon for me. I would rather spend the money on something I enjoy instead of on a car. Just like I wish a la carte would arrive so I could dump ESPN. |
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