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From: cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: Is cable TV worthwhile?
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 14:07:34 EDT
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> What do you think?  Is cable TV still worth what you're paying for it?
> ...... 
> -- 
> Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{ihnp4,seismo,decvax}!noao!terak!doug

Well the answer is yes, for me. And the reason is I don't pay for any 
if the premium channels because the video store is within walking 
distance, and even if I had HBO I would have to video tape the movice
to fit it into my schedule anyway and HBO doesn't broadcast in HiFi
anyway. 

However, what cable does give me is good reception on all channels even
when my old S-100 Computer is running, or the food processor. I do 
occasionally watch the Kung Fu movies on USA network and the shuttle
stuff on CNN. At $10/Month I believe that is a reasonable cost. 

Our cable company is "monitored" by the City Council (What business a
city has in running a cable company I don't know) and if the service
were as bad as Doug describes I would be down there in a minute demanding
they either get a new cable contractor or force the current one to 
improve service. The only time I have really seen much problems were 
on certain channels that they claim were getting snow from their sattelite
feed. (Where the noise came from nobody knew but it did get fixed)

As for additional jacks in the house, if you have a crawl space like me 
you can put a jack in any room simply by connecting up the coax. With
twist on F-78 connectors and "tee" connectors you don't even need a 
soldering iron.

--Chuck
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