[Myrddin]

Ala carte is only going to benefit me if it lowers my bill. If the breaking up of tiers means that I'm going to wind up paying more for less, then it's a no go for me. Unfortunately, breaking up of teirs could easily mean just taht, higher prices per channel.

I won't subscribe to cable until it is ala carte AND the prices are proportionately reduced. Until that day comes, the cable connection at the side of my house will remain dormant. I have the same gripe with satellite TV service and XM. Sticking me with a bill that subsidizes content that I will never use is a rip off. When the value of what I want drops below some threshold, I'll just terminate the subscriptions.

[Melas]

Which is entirely fair. If it's not worth it to you, it's not worth it to you. What I pay for cable is worth it to me, and my only concern is that my pricing structure, that so far, I can live with is going to get screwed up by a bunch of do-gooders and I'm going to wind up paying more.