On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 10:13:24 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

Garth Almgren wrote:
Around 1/6/2006 10:11 AM, Eisboch wrote:

You can subscribe to it and it only costs
about 12.95 a month.

??

Man, Comcast needs some serious competition in our area! Basic analog
cable is $44.50(!) a month, and basic digital is about $60, plus the
cost of renting the set-top box.


When you have a non-competitive, unregulated industry, the consumer gets
reamed. The "cable" industry is one of the worst. Cable where we live is
outrageously expensive.

In our area, Comcast is pushing really hard to convert traditional
"Bell" phone customers to its phone service. But there's a real downside
to depending upon the cable company for phone service, and that is the
"reliability" factor. That traditional telco dialtone when you pick up
the phone is something upon which you can depend 99.9999% of the time.
Everywhere I have lived, the cable companies have "lost signal" during
thunderstorms, snowstorms, bright sunny days, et cetera, and when the
cable signal is lost, well, so is your cable-company supplied telephone
service.

Have you checked into the internet phone services at all? My neighbor has this one
and thinks it's fantastic. With a cell phone for emergencies, this looks like a cheap
way to go.

http://www.sunrocket.com/

--
John H.

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