spacecrime
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Re: NFL vs Comcast, round 1
My big problem with the gov't requiring that cable companies provide premium services is that where will it stop? So cable pays NFL neetwork a buck per subscriber and ups the monthly fee $1.20 per subscriber. Then the gov't says cable needs to also provide a premium baseballchannel, golf channel, bird watcher channel, whatever channel and each time they do my bill goes up a buck a month. Let me decide what I want to watch and pay for.
You got that right. The cable company certainly will charge for that service, either by subscriber or charge everyone.Once the FCC 'mandates' that a cable company provide 'free' a service that costs them a dollar, be prepared for a $5 rate hike. Of course I'm part of a shrinking minority who believes that as bad as rapacious cable companies etc. are, it's better for all if the reliably inept govt keeps out.
My big problem with the gov't requiring that cable companies provide premium services is that where will it stop? So cable pays NFL neetwork a buck per subscriber and ups the monthly fee $1.20 per subscriber. Then the gov't says cable needs to also provide a premium baseballchannel, golf channel, bird watcher channel, whatever channel and each time they do my bill goes up a buck a month. Let me decide what I want to watch and pay for.