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EL_TB
join:2003-05-03
Fairfax, VA | Re: Personal Responsibility? It seemed good to me until I realized I would probabaly get less channels and would have to pay more. | |
|  | | | | | dweeb
join:2002-06-23
Ferndale, MI
| Re: Personal Responsibility? said by rtcy  :
said by Nightfall :
said by EL_TB :
It seemed good to me until I realized I would probabaly get less channels and would have to pay more.
Fox Sports Detroit
ESPN
ESPN2
FX
Discovery Channels
History Channel
I wonder how much it is going to cost me just to get those few channels? You can bet the price is going to go up if they go a la carte. Would it be more worthwhile for me to stay with the current system?
no offense to you , most people are too easy to fool LOOK BELOW at these prices
»www.dsinps.com/alacarte.htm
this is how much ala carte costs right now to BIG C band Satellite users like me, and no it's not going to cost more.
fact is maybe a handfull of the less watched channels *MIGHT* die, but most are now so FULL of advertising that it's worse than regular TV, so what do we have to really loose.
as for Discovery Channels all I can say is they sure have gone DOWN HILL in the last 8 years!!!!!!!
Yes it will cost more. Right now you are riding the backs of all the satellite and cable users. | |
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KrK
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join:2000-01-17
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| I'm quite positive I could get by with just 5 channels:
Sci-Fi
TLC
Discovery
History
AMC
Between Sci-Fi and TLC I'd say is already 85% of my TV viewing now.
Even so, I know that in today's corporate mindset, they will not do *anything* that would save us money. No matter how it works out, or how they change it up, they would structure it to *increase* profits, not provide discounts.
I'll bet you'll see "offers" like this:
"Pick your own 10 ala carte channels for $29.95 a month, or take our bundle of 40 channels for $35 a month!" resulting in most people just taking the bundle.
Now, if the ala carte channels were priced appropriately, say $1 or less each a month, then most people would jump on that.
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| | | DonLibes
Premium,ExMod 2001
join:2003-01-19
| Re: Personal Responsibility? said by KrK :
... in today's corporate mindset, they will not do *anything* that would save us money. No matter how it works out, or how they change it up, they would structure it to *increase* profits, not provide discounts.
I'll bet you'll see "offers" like this:
"Pick your own 10 ala carte channels for $29.95 a month, or take our bundle of 40 channels for $35 a month!" resulting in most people just taking the bundle.
That's a very good analysis but one factor that you should also consider is everyone has their breaking point. I recently reached mine when my local cable company hiked the rates a few more dollars.
Given the choice between 0 and $35, I reluctantly chose 0. If the cable company had offered me the $29.95 choice (as you suggest), I would've taken it and the cable company would've gotten $29.95 out of me that it isn't getting now.
Bottom line: it is in the company's best interest to offer a la carte pricing EVEN at higher per-channel rates. | |
| Megladon13
join:2003-09-05
Minneapolis, MN
| I think 2.50 per channel would be a good price for it. So, a .34 channel jumps to 2.50, well for the lot less i'd be watching i'd be ok. 4-5-9-11 & fox would have to come standard with it, and 5.00 for expensive stations like espn and other sports channels. I personaly dont give a rip about anything but nfl, and i can watch all i want to see on basic tv, but i'd like sci-fi, tech tv, discovery, history, total cost 10$ Quite a jump down from my 40$ a month currently. | |
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