Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Thu, 23 May 91 12:38:10 CDT From: Paul Fuqua Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Viewer-Controlled Cable TV Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 393, Message 3 of 14 Lines: 17 streeter at athena.cs.uga.edu (Tom Streeter) wrote: > This from the company [TCI] which is refusing to upgrade any of its > systems until it knows whether or not the RBOCs will be allowed into > the business in their own service areas TCI may want to be in the telephone business -- in Dallas, they've come up with the cable equivalent of "slamming." They subscribed all their customers, no exceptions, to a new premium channel, free for one month. The catch is that at the end of the month, the customer has to call to unsubscribe, or be charged for the following months. Paul Fuqua pf@csc.ti.com, ti-csl!pf Texas Instruments Computer Science Center, Dallas, Texas