tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post1301214195659007641..comments2023-10-25T04:44:35.462-04:00Comments on Rather Than Working: With Apologies to Jim DonahueDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411527807049220749noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-56467543542473290332010-03-08T15:23:23.454-05:002010-03-08T15:23:23.454-05:00I have Comcast here which isn't all that bad, ...I have Comcast here which isn't all that bad, other than its cost, some 15-20% more than Dish and DirecTv, both of which have better interfaces, which I can't get because of trees.<br /><br />I think both Cablevision and Disney have their Vigoda stand ins.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411527807049220749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-46303476316154314762010-03-08T11:28:09.542-05:002010-03-08T11:28:09.542-05:00Now isn't this the kind of circumstance where ...Now isn't this the kind of circumstance where government regulation could be useful? Most cable providers are granted local monopolies in the areas they "serve." Once a luxury, cable TV is now so firmly established that the "TV" my son bought for me a couple of years back is just a big monitor without a TV tuner at all. It gets cable or satellite or nothing at all.<br /><br />It's not like we can take our business to Acme Cable (in Chicago, the enemy is named Comcast) -- I think Comcast (which is buying NBC, you may know, which will create all sorts of problems for non-Comcast cable providers down the line) owns the cable infrastructure here... or does it? And should it? If it doesn't, why can't the local monopoly-makers allow Acme to compete? And if it does, why shouldn't the G set rates for cable companies like it does for any other utility provider... in <i>theory</i>, at least, this would prevent this sort of business....<br /><br />This is something I wish I had the time to find out more about....The Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-8050205883640217022010-03-08T10:12:29.345-05:002010-03-08T10:12:29.345-05:00"Just business."
That line works best w..."Just business."<br /><br />That line works best when delivered by Abe Vigoda to Al Pacino.<br /><br />WFWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089140514043408208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-6085954779579110412010-03-07T19:54:58.164-05:002010-03-07T19:54:58.164-05:00Maybe people could turn off their televisions and ...Maybe people could turn off their televisions and read a book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com