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TheGhost
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join:2003-01-03
Lake Forest, IL
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| reply to Seandhi
$2 less on basic...
The $2 difference is for "basic" cable. I wonder if this is more like the "lifeline" cable which just includes most of the locals, a few shopping channels, and a few extras. The difference is $8 on advanced services.
The real benefit is that it might actually get some of the incumbents to upgrade their systems. I know that my community cable company (TCI/ATT/Comcast) has not done much. I moved in over 4 years ago and was told that digital cable and cable modems were "months" away. I signed up for cable TV and ISDN access, planning to upgrade when they came available. TV service was very poor (picture quality, outages) - worse than the cable adds against satellite, and ISDN was getting expensive. I ended up switching to DirecTV and DSL service.
I recently received a call from Comcast asking if I would like to "switch" to digital cable. They were very "hazy" on the details and it seems like they were trying to hide the true costs. It ended up that they would basically match the cost of the my DTV for the first year, but then prices would go up. They still did not offer cable modem service.
I doubt I will ever go to Comcast if I have a choice, even if I would eventually have to pay a bit more. They ignore communities like mine, yet have the major dollars to go after smaller communities that try and help themselves.
On a side note on lost jobs threat. I would imagine that they would still need people to service the area, especially if they were going to compete, and the new entrant (be it MUNI, whatever) would also need new employees. It seems like the MUNI would even have more LOCAL employees than a major player like Comcast, which centralizes facilities. | |
Seandhi
Seeing From a New Level
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join:2003-04-19
Humble, TX
| I guess I have really been lucky. I have lived in two different cities, and both of them had pretty good cable service. I lived in Lubbock for 2 years, and the cable internet and tv was great. I now live in Houston, and IMHO Time Warner rocks. We have digital cable, and all of the digital channels are dvd quality. (The channels that appear on analog cable are not quite as clear) We also have Video on Demand, which is extra cool. My Road Runner service is also outstanding. I would really be reluctant for the government to come in and try to compete. Less government is good government.
The prices probably need to come down, but I think that Time Warner is offering top notch service.
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