Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet

Seems to me, the last publicly traded company to trade bandwidth was
Enron... :-)

Regards,
Jerry Rushe
On Sep 7, 2011 2:48 PM, "Jerry Wilborn" <jerrywilborn@gmail.com> wrote:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United_States#Subscriber_fees
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> There are a LOT of middle men. Based on profit margins that publicly
traded companies report in this sector, they're just passing those costs
(licensing and physical) on to us.
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> Jerry Wilborn
> jerrywilborn@gmail.com
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> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> TV services are probably the biggest area where cable providers are
ripping us off, but it's hard to say where most of that is coming from, the
cable companies themselves, or the satellite providers that they get their
feeds from. I've heard that ESPN can be especially bad for them to deal
with. It's insane that we have to pay for all of these channels when you
can only watch one at a time, maybe 4-5 at a time in a house with a lot of
TV's. Somebody, somewhere, is getting very rich. :)
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>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Shannon Roddy <sroddy@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com>
wrote:
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>>>> Actually I'm wrong, it's $125/mo.
>>>>
>>>> $56.99 for basic cable
>>>> $61.99 for "premier" internet
>>>> the rest is all taxes and surcharges... but I agree, it's ridiculous.
I'm tempted to just drop the TV and have internet only, if it will cut my
bill in half.
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>>>
>>> yeah... but with the data caps you can't watch hulu, netflix, PBS or
other online content. So unless you really don't want to watch TV at all,
they've got you by the ****s.
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