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Skyy God 02-13-2014 11:01 AM
Such BS. Corporate kleptocracy at its worst.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...-in-20-states/

Chief Gump 02-13-2014 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Dayze (Post 10431100)
I've never had Comcast, but I had TW for a whopping 3 days after our move to an apartment a few years back that wouldn't allow LOS for our DTV dish.

TW sucked ass. Switched to U-Verse the same week.
I believe I read somewhere it is illegal for a apartment to prevent you from getting dish. They can say it they just can't enforce it.

Dayze 02-13-2014 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Chief Gump (Post 10431278)
I believe I read somewhere it is illegal for a apartment to prevent you from getting dish. They can say it they just can't enforce it.
in my case, we were on the basement floor (the level below the parking level) facing north. We couldn't get line of site when DTV came out.

...which sucked. :banghead:

KC native 02-13-2014 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Cave Johnson (Post 10431235)
Such BS. Corporate kleptocracy at its worst.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...-in-20-states/
HOORAY FOR THE RISE OF THE RENTIER!

KC_Lee 02-13-2014 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Predarat (Post 10431052)
Everytime there is a thunderstorm warning within 100 miles of where you live, it will freeze your TV with an archaic EBS warning the switch to CSPANN and get stuck there for a bit. It is ****ing annoying. They interrupt your local news telling you in real time where the storm is, has gone and is going for a generic text message with a robotic voice that takes up the whole screen.
Love when they do that. It's even better when something happens and you are stuck watching CSPAN for an hour.

kysirsoze 02-13-2014 01:00 PM
I was just gonna say the cable provider industry needed less competition. Good news.

Stewie 02-13-2014 03:14 PM
I don't use either of these companies for TV. TWC was horrible when I was a subscriber and I've heard Comcast is worse. DirecTV has always been accommodating... with a little Stewie coercion.

Predarat 02-13-2014 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by KC_Lee (Post 10431359)
Love when they do that. It's even better when something happens and you are stuck watching CSPAN for an hour.
That is the worst, and there is nothing you can do about it, changing the channels, unplugging the cable box. Nothing. The only real thing you can do is switch to a DVD player or something but no live TV. It really sucks if a storm is heading in your area and its stuck on CSPAN or the general EAS warning. Damn I hate Comcast! :cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss:

Mr. Laz 02-14-2014 09:23 PM
Terrible

cable and internet prices will be going up

tk13 02-14-2014 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Laz (Post 10433939)
Terrible

cable and internet prices will be going up
What might be just as important is with net neutrality being shot down a few weeks ago... they can put the hammer to Netflix and Hulu and the like and really go after the cord cutters. Like Hamas said... they could restrict bandwidth for people on Apple TV and Roku.

houstonwhodat 02-15-2014 09:05 AM
Cable TV costs too much nowadays.

You're lucky if you get a bill for 120.00.

And there's still nothing to watch.

Hammock Parties 02-15-2014 09:11 AM
They better not try to **** me when I switch to Google Fiber this spring.

Mr. Laz 02-15-2014 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 10434026)
What might be just as important is with net neutrality being shot down a few weeks ago... they can put the hammer to Netflix and Hulu and the like and really go after the cord cutters. Like Hamas said... they could restrict bandwidth for people on Apple TV and Roku.
yup

they can also choose to jack with prices for certain channels whenever they feel like it


too much power for any particular company is bad

all this consolidation throughout american markets is bad imo

Hammock Parties 04-19-2014 11:41 AM
I'm kind of impressed right now. Zero ****ery from these guys in canceling my service.

http://i.imgur.com/efUh6Ro.jpg

BigRedChief 04-19-2014 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Laz (Post 10434776)
yup

they can also choose to jack with prices for certain channels whenever they feel like it


too much power for any particular company is bad

all this consolidation throughout american markets is bad imo
How can anyone think this will be good for the consumer?

The only benefit is for the corporation to get bigger and squeeze the competition out while hitting us with bigger cable bills for less service.


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