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- From: dhs@cs.utexas.edu (Douglas H. Steves)
- Newsgroups: austin.talk
- Subject: Re: Cable Rates going up.
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 12:42:48 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- Message-ID: <lk6fp8INNfuk@abyssinian.cs.utexas.edu>
- References: <1992Dec22.202206.4566@mcc.com> <1992Dec23.191756.5975@novell.com> <1992Dec28.210440.28719@wixer.cactus.org>
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- In article <1992Dec28.210440.28719@wixer.cactus.org> reaper@wixer.cactus.org (Keath Milligan) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.202206.4566@mcc.com> amck@rowdy.mcc.com (Alan McKendree) writes:
- >>In article <Bzo81B.2sGK@austin.ibm.com> dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com writes:
- >>>Maybe we could organize a mass boycott of Austin Cablevision
- >>Sure, threaten them with mass destruction if they don't give you what
- >>you want, when you want it, at the price you want to pay.
- >I don't think I share your opinion, Alan. ACV has been giving Austin
- >sub-standard service at premium rates for way too long.
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- Agreed.
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- >Unfortunately boycotts never seem to do much good unless you put about as
- >much money into promoting the boycott as you hope to save through that which
- >the boycott is to accomplish.
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- Also agreed.
- The only real solution is competition.
- DirecTV (the Hughes/Thomson satellite venture) should be on the air
- in late '93. Assuming that most homeowners can install a 20" flat dish,
- we should start seeing improvements at ACV in early '94.
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- Doug
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