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From: rp321@uiucuxa.CSO.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: CNN on your TVRO
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Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 12:19:00 EST
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/* Written  9:02 pm  Oct 21, 1985 by guest@ccivax.UUCP in uiucuxa:net.dcom */

[...]

> For $25, CNN will sell you a subscription license to legalize yourself
> and they put your name on a list "to be first in line when decoders
> become available".

If that is $25 period, that is a reasonable price to pay.  Even $25 per
year is not unreasonable if you enjoy their programming.  Theoretically,
you are being given the opportunity to purchase "direct" a liscence your
dealer should have paid for you.  Depending on when the TVRO was purchased,
you may or may not be obligated to pay.

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Considering that CNN, ESPN, and many other cable networks already show
commercials, I don't see why they should be milking home TVRO owners with
subscription fees.  Are they that greedy?

			Russell J. Price
			University of Illinois
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