[opendtv] Re: Scrambled channels irk cable viewers
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 09:38:35 -0400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Monty Solomon [mailto:monty@xxxxxxxxxx]
>
> Scrambled channels irk cable viewers
>
> By Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff | May 12, 2004
>
> Comcast Corp. is cracking down on a free lunch many of its Boston
> cable television customers have been enjoying for years.
>
> The largest cable provider in Greater Boston has started scrambling
> or terminating broadcasts of channels that thousands of its customers
> have been watching for free.
>
[ ... ]
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> http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/05/12/scrambled_c
hannels_irk_cable_viewers/
The article goes on:
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"It's a behind-the-scenes, stealth, sneaky way of imposing a price
increase," Clarke said. "It's really a sleazy operation."
Comcast spokeswoman Jennifer L. Khoury said Comcast is only looking
to treat all customers fairly -- making sure no one gets channels
for free they should be paying for -- as it upgrades the 20-year-old
cable system it inherited from the original Hub cable provider,
Cablevision Systems Corp. AT&T Corp.'s AT&T Broadband cable unit
later bought Cablevision's Boston and suburban systems, and Comcast
took over AT&T Broadband in November 2002.
"This project ensures that our customers are receiving the channels
that they have subscribed to," Khoury said. "It's the next step in
an ongoing video upgrade that has already allowed us to offer video
on demand and high-definition television and will enable us to
continue to offer new services over the next several years."
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What Comcast should have said is that this is the a la carte
service you customers have been asking for. Of course it ends up
costing you more. Just as it would cost you more if you bought
eggs one by one at the supermarket.
Bert
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