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- From: fred_s@netcom.com (Frederick Scott)
- Subject: Re: pressure those nasty Bay Area cable companies!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.193143.20916@netcom.com>
- Organization: Nerds On Parade
- References: <1992Dec30.210516.27444@smsc.sony.com> <1992Dec31.034404.18905@netcom.com> <1hvekbINN9bq@gossip.pyramid.com>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:31:43 GMT
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- romain@pyramid.com writes:
-
- >The Nasty Bay Area Cable Companies bank on the assumption that most
- >people hold values different from mine. This assumption seems to work
- >well for the NBACCs; more power to them. If, on the other hand, the
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >consumers truly felt costs vs. services were inordinate, they would
- >all boycott the NBACCs and have them by their gizzards. Would this
- >ever happen? I'd say the chances of it are about the same as
- >eliminating the national debt...
-
- Although I think you've made some perceptive points, I can't say I agree
- with your approval of the "NBACCs" milking the consumer for anything they
- can get while providing as bad a service as they can get away with. (Note:
- for arguments sake, I don't think they all necessarily do this.) You have
- to remember, a cable company is a regulated monopoly (which is why their
- rates have to be approved by public authorities, BTW) and has no competitors.
-
- Would you feel the same way if your only source of food was overpriced and
- occasionally delivered rotten meat? Or would you just move food further
- down on your priority list? Or perhaps boycott the food supplier? ("After
- we've all starved to death, THEN you'll be sorry! You'll have no more
- customers!")
-
- Fred
-