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- From: mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary)
- Subject: Re: NASA Select
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.151123.23834@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
- Sender: news@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com (Netnews Account)
- Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
- References: <141117.2B0C1FA4@paranet.FIDONET.ORG>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:11:23 GMT
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- In article <141117.2B0C1FA4@paranet.FIDONET.ORG> Mike.Ditto@p0.f240.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mike Ditto) writes:
- >Hi, all!
- >
- > I live in the Denver Metropolitan Area, and I'm a subscriber of TCI
- >cable. TCI does not carry NASA Select TV full time, or even just during
- >launches. How can we, as patrons of this huge cable TV provider, convice
- >them to replace one of their plethora of unused channels or preview guide
- >channels with this educational network? If you have any suggestions, please
- >let me know.
-
- The only real way is to convince enough subscribers that it's a good
- idea and then start a letter writing campaign. That's not even guarrenteed
- since the cable companies have a monopoly for all practical purposes
- and don't always respond public demand.
-
- You could luck out though. Here in Houston, most of the cable companies
- I've used either carried it full time or only during shuttle flights.
- The closer to Clear Lake you get, the more likely you are to receive it.
-
- The only certain way to get it is to buy a dish. First, I need a backyard.
-
-
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- Ed McCreary ,__o
- mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com _-\_<,
- "If it were not for laughter, there would be no Tao." (*)/'(*)
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