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Glad that you used Comcast Cable as your reference, because that is the cable company that I called to make my inquiries...

I carefully read over what you printed up here...nowhere do they say that they use any information, which could in any way, ,be used to influence ratings of particular TV shows...what they seem to be concerned about, is what services they provide, do people use those services, how often do they use those services, and of course, things such as billing, marketing, customer satisfaction, etc...but nowhere is it ever mentioned that they do anything that can be construed as contributing to influencing ratings for any particular TV show, which is what we were discussing...

As far as I know, the main way that TV ratings are obtained, (and verified to me, by Comcast), is those Nielsen boxes, that x number of certain families voluntarily agree to have put on their TVs to specifically monitor which TV programs they watch...other ways could of course, things such a phone surveys, mail surveys, and the sponsors seeing an upsurge in their sales...

But as far as cable companies being able to know each and every show that their subscribers view, ,and then pass that info onto the TV industry, and thereby hope to influence ratings, is something that is just not so...

I did not find you crabby, just perhaps a little oversensitive to who was or was not talking about you behind your back..But I ,just found your view to be one which I do not agree with at all...