L2006
join:2001-12-03
Stratford, ON | reply to calvoiper
Re: Likely?
free ad-driven tv?
TV to the house should be free now... for every 20 min of television, there are 10 min of commercials it seems.
I mean, if commercials pay for the content, what is my huge monthly bill paying for? |
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA | uhhh, that was exactly my point. We had (actually, still have) free BROADCAST television, but most choose to pay for additional channels....
calvoiper
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tiger72
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join:2001-03-28
Kansas City, MO
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| said by calvoiper  :uhhh, that was exactly my point. We had (actually, still have) free BROADCAST television, but most choose to pay for additional channels.... calvoiper I think his point is that you still get ads on cable anyways - why are you paying for it?
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gpancner
join:2001-09-27
Nine Mile Falls, WA
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No such thing as Free BROADCAST TV
The amount of money spent on advertising over "Free" Broadcast TV adds over $600/year to the cost of living per capita in the U.S. via increased prices for goods purchased.
Have you ever seen a "Free" Broadcast TV station facility?
They didn't pull the constuction/operation money out of a hat. |
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Drex_CS
join:2005-05-11
canada | reply to L2006
Re: Likely?
you pay for them to broadcast it, the ads pay for the 6 million an episode cost taht friends had.. and other such shows. |
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| OK, everybody, if you don't like "free" ad-driven services, don't watch or use them. What I don't understand is the attitude that others shouldn't be able to choose to use a service delivery mechanism just because you don't happen to like it.
Unless you are all ISP shills (which I doubt) I can't understand the hostility to the possibility of Google providing a "free", but ad-driven, wireless Internet access program. Could someone clue me in?
calvoiper
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