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The nation's top media regulator says he doesn't have the power to solve the "single biggest problem" facing media consumers and isn't counting on Congress to act any time soon.But Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said the inability of cable subscribers to choose among channels is keeping prices high and is a sign that the market isn't working.
Why is cable such a scam? Where I live, there's no competition. I can't get high speed internet access from the phone company, and I have too many trees to get satellite. There's no FIOS. I'm stuck with cable.
The best way to lower your bill is to call up CUSTOMER RETENTION. Don't try talking to " Hi my name is John" in India. As soon as you get someone on the line just say " customer retention" When you get customer retention explain to them that you have been getting a lot of flyers in the mail for Directv and dishnet with some great offers. Tell them that your wife is pressurizing you to swap to save money but you want to stay with them as you've been a long term loyal customer. They will find a way to significantly lower your bill. I advise all my clients to do this with their chosen program provider and 99 % of the time it works.
Throw away the TV and the internet and concentrate on hifi. Then you'll really find out how much cable(s) can cost!
I decided to rebel. I just want internet access, but to get that you need cable or telephone. Or you need to pay out the nose. So, I have nothing -- no cable, phone, or internet. If I need to check email or surf the web at home, I use my iPhone, or walk back to the office, or go to a coffee shop. I buy television shows on iTunes, or I wait for the series DVDs. $45-100/month to waste time is just not a great deal.
Cripes, you guys, I don't feel I have time to watch TV. I do make a point to try and read the paper in my local cafe.
If some of us wonder why we are in a financial crisis, look at all the things we are buying (and get nothing) like cable TV, internet, land phone, cell phone, pagers and on and on. Yet, the irony of it all is that we perhaps communicate the poorest ever in the history of man. We use many words and express so little. I see some people that might as well have their cell phone permanently attached to their ear. My friend, Howard, comes over for a half an hour, talks 25 minutes on the phone, and then has to leave. Hey, Howard, thanks for coming by.Here is what really pisses me off about cable: The Big Ten negotiated with FSN and created a new network called "the Big Ten Network". Of course last year I couldn't watch one Gophers football or basketball game cause they were all on this POS network that almost no one can get. The Big Ten network is busy holding all of the cable franchises hostage as they try and negotiate their millions of dollars cable play, that will jack everyones price up, big time. These people SUCK. By the way, I thought my Peoples Republic of Minnesota taxes, supported the U of M junk and then I can't even watch a frickin Gophers game unless I pay up the ass. Who put the product on the field? Who financed the new stadium? Dumb suckers like me. Long live the hammer and sickle.Now back to my book: The Revolution, a Manifesto, by Ron Paul.
2) Join a service like Netflix,
Ya, thanks, bend me over with NO lube.
