Somewhere, Khrushchev is laughing.
Every cell phone user is subsidizing the free cell phones and you can bet that Comcast is building the cost of this into regular subscribers’ fees.
This will enable them to do more social networking. (Flash mob/flash rob)
The product of extortion. Comcast had to agree to this in order for the FCC to approve their acquisition of NBC.
The rest of us will subsidize it of course
Interestingly enough - in some states, my children would qualify for the free lunch program (including the one I live in now).
#1 - we have no need for the government to feed our children, we have no trouble feeding them.
#2 - it would entail me allowing the absolutely horrendous government schools to get their hands on my daughters. And THAT ain’t gonna happen!
But hey - why not another subsidized social program. I feel certain that this will be at least partially funded by taxpayers.
“Not have an overdue Comcast bill or unreturned equipment”
Never going to be true. If they don’t, they will as soon as they find out they actually have to PAY that $9.95 bill. These people didn’t get to be poor by being good at paying for stuff.
This is not a fair practice at all. I have to pay an ever growing bill for this service.
Why should some people get 10 dollars as a bill and others 50 dollars?
Oops, that is why my service price keeps rising. So schlubs can have theirs at 10 dollars.
Nevermind
Have to dig out that cartoon (Wizard of Id?) where the peasants are in the town square and the pol is guaranteeing free lunch, free TV, free food, free everything and his last frame has him saying “And there will be jobs for all”.
One of the downtrodden peasants says “If we are getting everything free, why do I need a job”?