Wasn’t McCain behind a bill to mandate ala carte cable programming selection?
Too bad that never got through Congress.
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The main reason I have cable is for the cable Internet.
The only other real alternative is DSL via the phone company, but my wiring would need to be replaced, the speed would be slower and the overall cost would be greater.
Satellite internet is expensive, comparatively, and has much lower dl/ul restrictions (around 5 gb/mo) than cable internet.
Some mobile companies are beginning to offer unlimited wireless, but that is restricted to major metro areas (not rural small towns like mine), and the dl/ul restrictions are similar to satellite (around 5 gb/mo).
The cable tv/internet bill keeps inching up from $84 five years ago to $101. They alternate, upping the tv portion; then upping the internet portion a few months later.
[They do now offer ‘free HD programming’, but that ‘free HD programming’ would end up costing me another $17 a month — because I would have to add digital ($11) plus HD box ($6) just to get that ‘free HD programming’.]
They have upped the internet connection from 1 Mbps 6 years ago to 8 Mbps now. But, they have also installed ‘restricters’ that prohibit, for example, having multiple live video streams going simultaneously. So, the faster Mbps is illusionary if one is trying to multi-task.
I have cable for the ‘net speed, but they do suck for service their e-mail stinks.
Ditto that. Only I don't buy the television package. ONLY internet. Screw all that garbage. I miss the world series and superbowl, but that's it. I haven't had TV since Algore conceded. I recently switched to Cable One. I was getting a max 1.5 download speed from the phone company, and for the same money Cable ONe doubled that, but I splurged another $5 for the 5Mbps.
what wiring would you have to replace to get dsl? I had it for years before I got U-Verse...check into uverse, it is fantastic, less expensive and more reliable than cable...