tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post9022834035115912401..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Cable TV: Information Highway RobberyROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-58960804233609762502008-05-26T23:44:00.000-04:002008-05-26T23:44:00.000-04:00When I look back at my last several years of telev...When I look back at my last several years of television viewing, I would be happiest just watching Lost, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, and Arrested Development in batches on DVD. This means the great bulk of my TV viewing is ultimately fruitless.GiromiDehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15706405809508547226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-27050855910962828542008-05-26T17:16:00.000-04:002008-05-26T17:16:00.000-04:00YahooBB and Softbank have the Cable TV monopoly he...YahooBB and Softbank have the Cable TV monopoly here in Japan, and the prices are just as ridiculous as they are in the States. Likewise, the increases in price come unannounced and balloon out of control. When I arrived here two years ago, I was paying aprox. $30 U.S. for internet services--and that's ONLY internet services. Now I'm paying over double that amount. I'd hate to see my bill if I had cable, too (not to mention that the NHK company charges its own fee for its programming).<BR/><BR/>I don't feel like I'm missing anything at all, not having a TV, and when I do return home, I think I'll maintain my TV-less state.R. S. Abrinaudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827901409072407616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-5766567807051417402008-05-26T13:15:00.000-04:002008-05-26T13:15:00.000-04:00The cable TV hustle is another example of what Dav...The cable TV hustle is another example of what David Hapgood calls a "carom screwing" in his classic book, "The Screwing of the Average Man."<BR/><BR/>Actually, there is another game in town. Rabbit ears. At our house it's five channels via the "free waves," video rentals from the local liquor store and the public lending library. <BR/><BR/>The kids complain all the time about our slow dial-up, no cable, no high-speed internet. Adults who have them tell me "you ain't missin' nothin'," maybe just to be polite.<BR/><BR/>Forty-something years ago our family of nine sat around a B&W tv in our half-finished basement, munching popcorn, watching "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Good as it ever was, or since.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com