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Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:10
AM
Subject: RE: [Sndbox] Name that
tune...
Ok people...:-0) For the amount we pay,
<which I can only tell you is an average of 50-60, the complete bill is
99, but that includes internet and little charges for boxes and
whatnot>
We have 281 channels, 100 music, 21 On
Demand, 21 Premium, and 139 "others"
Right, but I'm asking you, for your $60
how many of those channels can you actually watch without paying more?
For my $89 a month I have 210 that I can
actually watch or listen too without paying anything extra. That's the
only way to judge which is a better value. (Well that and the question
of if you will actually watch the extra channels...LOL)
If you are saying you
are getting 850 channels that *you* can watch without paying above that
$60 a month then that would be a fair comparison. Although I'm not
sure how to factor the on demand channels in, because they are not unique
programming, but are a "benefit" of your cable system. A pretty cool
benefit too...LOL
What I do know is that cable users here,
even on digital cable, don't have anywhere near 850 channels. In fact
they have a similar number available to them that satellite users have,
approx 200 or so. And it cost quite a bit more for cable at that level
of programming.
Frankly technologically speaking fiber
optic cable is by far a better method of delivery than satellite. The
problem is the lack of competition in most cases doesn't provide the cable
companies incentive to provide a better product. If the cable
companies had to compete with each other they would surpass satellite
easily, but since most localities allow them a monopoly they don't have to
compete.
Charles
Mims
Yes, I know. :-0) There are just a little
over 850 "watchable" channels. But that includes more than a hundred music
channels, and almost 10 each of Cinemax and HBO, Also includes 20 "On
Demand" channels, which are various channels that sort of work like TiVo,
they have a list of different movies/shows and you can pick and chose,
playing and stopping when you want, ect.
Is that 900 that you *receive*?
Because the only way to make a fair price comparison is to compare only the
channels that you can watch at that price point. It doesn't count if
you have 900 but at your price point are only allowed access to 80 of
them...see what I mean?
Charles
Mims
Yep, we pay around 60 for 900
channels.
In a message dated 11/2/2003 2:34:36 AM Eastern
Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We were paying $100
for 140 channels. And if her picture is bad, it's in her cable or her tv
or it's not tuned in good b/c if she has direct tv then she is receiving
the same picture that e'one else in the US is getting. It all comes from
the same satellites. Not to mention the prices are all basically the same.
I'm getting over 300 channels right now for $80 and I just like it better.
No use arguing over it. E'one has their preference. Mine is to stay away
from Comcast if I can b/c in this area they suck ass. There are more
satellite customers around here than cable customers.
