[Gay State Conservative]

There are,at most,15 channels that I watch.The others can fade into the sunset as far as I'm concerned.However,I'll bet that the cable companies would find a way to give a household the 5 or 10 or 20 or 30 channels it wants and *still* charge them what they were paying for 200 channels.

[ken5050]

There woudl have to be a minimum monthly charge...say, to get 20 channels..then you could add additional ones at a specific additional rate..However, the REAL aim of ATT here jumping in as the good guy is the attempt to allow/force the phone companies to also distribute cable services..

[Bahbah]

However,I'll bet that the cable companies would find a way to give a household the 5 or 10 or 20 or 30 channels it wants and *still* charge them what they were paying for 200 channels.

Preventing that will be the challenge. I remember hearing awhile back that cable cost were going up largely due to the expense of providing the sports channels, which I do not watch. I expect to hear a new excuse why, if I choose only say 10 channels, I will still pay just as much. There will certainly be one.

[MineralMan]

"However,I'll bet that the cable companies would find a way to give a household the 5 or 10 or 20 or 30 channels it wants and *still* charge them what they were paying for 200 channels.

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Bingo!