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- From: kbass@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ken Bass)
- Subject: Re: Cable TV Rules
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.160325.9847@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
- Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
- References: <3NOV199209442919@utrcv1> <720883631snx@nlbbs.UUCP> <1992Nov5.122636.5499@hemlock.cray.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:03:25 GMT
- Lines: 45
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- In article <1992Nov5.122636.5499@hemlock.cray.com> andyw@aspen32.cray.com (Andy Warner) writes:
- >
- >In article <720883631snx@nlbbs.UUCP>, paula@nlbbs.UUCP (Paula Stockholm) writes:
- >>
- >> [...]
- >> I'm the last one who would be considered and advocate for the
- >> Cable Companies but . . . suppose you wanted to hook-up another
- >> water heater - you would expect to pay for the extra juice.
- >>
- >> The cable signal is not as easily "meter-able" but you would
- >> be using more cable signal.
- >
- >Good analogy. The power company at least has the honesty to put
- >a meter on your feed, and charge you accordingly. They don't
- >snoop around checking what you've got connected (at least past
- >your meter). Every other utility has expended a non-trivial
- >amount of effort to bill you according to usage, it seems that the
- >cable & sat carriers would rather expend effort legislating than
- >developing a metering method (a gross generalisation, which I will
- >probably be mercilessly flamed for)..
- >
- >> I DO agree that often the extra charge seems excessive.
- >
- >It seems to me any of the charges seem excessive.
- >--
- >andyw. N0REN/G1XRL
- >
- >andyw@aspen.cray.com Andy Warner, Cray Research, Inc. (612) 683-5835
-
- Bad analogy. You are talking about additional power versus the use of a
- signal already there. It is my belief the duplicate cable signal used
- changes their power requirements little. I'd be interested if somone
- knowledgable could confirm or deny this.
-
- Secondly, the power use to amplify the degraded signal is my own, from
- the electric company. The electric company had to crank up consumption
- of fuels, etc. The cable company doesnt do squat. It is just a way to
- rip people off because they are a monopoly. It is a serious abuse of
- power and is why they need regulation.
- ---Ken
-
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- Ken Bass (kbass@gmuvax2.gmu.edu) | Telecommunications
- George Mason University | Techniques Corp,
- Student, Department of Electrical Engineering | Software Engineer
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