[monkeyshine]

They have a monopoly. They need to open cable up to competition the way they did Ma Bell.

Many people are dropping cable for satellite because of sports. Younger people and families realize that they can get all the movies they want for $7 a month with Netflix, and since they can only watch one at a time they won’t pay for cable packages. So it is not just losing subscribers to a bad economy, people are downgrading to smaller packages. The result is lower revenues to the cable companies.

It is human nature. The cable monopolies charge too much, and people figured out a way to get what they want without them as a result. It is time to end the cable monopoly.

[GonzoGOP]

So it is not just losing subscribers to a bad economy, people are downgrading to smaller packages. The result is lower revenues to the cable companies.

I have always said that the first thing to go if money got tight would be the second DVR and the expanded channel package. As much as I like nerdvision (science, military, history, history international, etc..) I can do without them. And a lot of the shows end up on hulu anyway.