[opendtv] Re: Spam:Re: Scrambled channels irk cable viewers
- From: "Gary Hughes" <ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 11:40:56 -0400
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> From: Manfredi, Albert E [mailto:albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx]=20
> 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."
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For a long time (before Comcast acquired the system) if you
subscribed to the really-really-basic service, which is basically the
Boston
area OTA channels and a couple of others, you could usually tune in some
number of basic tier channels that were not scrambled. They probably
should
have been blocked by a filter but were not. The installers would
typically mention
that there might be extra channels (nudge, nudge, wink, wink).
Shortly after Comcast took over my local system I got a letter saying
that
these extra channels that I had been (capable of) receiving will no
longer
be available to me (with an offer to upgrade should I so desire).
Essentially,
the free ride is over. What makes that "a sleazy operation"?
gary
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