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From: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Cable Television
Message-ID: <393@aoa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 13:41:06 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  9 13:41:06 1986
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Reply-To: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft)
Organization: Adaptive Optics Assoc., Cambridge, Mass. USA
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In article <249@decwrl.DEC.COM> rosen@exit26.DEC (Barry Rosen) writes:
>
>I am writing this because I:
>
>1. am outraged at what I see happening
>2. hope that someone else has had a similar experience and found a way 
>   to counter this.
>    About 2 years ago, the town in which I live signed an agreement 
>with a cable company to give them the "franchise" to "wire" the town 
>and offer cable TV service to the residents.  [Since that time, the 
>    The services offered to subscribers were a BASIC rate which ran 
>about $ 4.50 per month and gave you access to all of the local 
>stations including those of NH and RI (we're in MA) plus CNN Headline 
>THE PROBLEM:
>
>    News has just "leaked" that a notice will be sent to all 
>subscribers with the February invoices that there will be a rate 
>change.  The town heard of this and some selectmen are arguing that 
>the 2 year rate moratorium is still not up and some are stating that 
>the period has not even begun.  The cable company's position is that 
Most cable companies are jerks. In my town (SToneham MA), I moved into
a house that had cable and was live at that point. The subscription by
the previous owner ran out and the cable company zoomed up the street and
turned off the feed without even calling me. Now, were I to desire cable TV,
(which I dont thank goodness) I would have to pay a connection fee. What
a ripoff. 
Until I can pick exactly the channels I want, I'll stay away from CATV. WHy pay
for channels I can get direct over the air?


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