Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
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| More channels = higher price
Just because the "stuff" to price ratio is better now than it was 10 years ago, doesn't mean it's a better value.
10 years ago, I watched a handful of channels and didn't use VOD. Today, I watch a handful of channels and rarely, if ever, use VOD.
So I don't care if there are tenfold more (mostly crappy) channels compared to a decade ago. That doesn't make cable a bargain.
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
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join:2002-03-03
Margate City, NJ
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| said by Morac  :10 years ago, I watched a handful of channels and didn't use VOD. Today, I watch a handful of channels and rarely, if ever, use VOD. An interesting stat from the story:
watch only a fraction of what they pay for — on average, a mere 13 percent of the 118 channels available to them.
The debate is - would a la carte, where you pay only for that 13%, cost less than the whole package of channels. The FCC says a la carte would be cheaper. The cable companies and Hollywood say it won't.
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
| Well think of it this way, if the cablecos are saying these "package deals" are cheaper, and we see 15% annual increases on them, then you know they'd rape on ala carte!
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to TK Junk Mail
said by TK Junk Mail :said by Morac :10 years ago, I watched a handful of channels and didn't use VOD. Today, I watch a handful of channels and rarely, if ever, use VOD. An interesting stat from the story: watch only a fraction of what they pay for — on average, a mere 13 percent of the 118 channels available to them.
The debate is - would a la carte, where you pay only for that 13%, cost less than the whole package of channels. The FCC says a la carte would be cheaper. The cable companies and Hollywood say it won't. Per channel cost no it wouldn't be cheaper. But since I would be paying VASTLY fewer channels yes it would be cheaper. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to Morac
said by Morac :Just because the "stuff" to price ratio is better now than it was 10 years ago, doesn't mean it's a better value. 10 years ago, I watched a handful of channels and didn't use VOD. Today, I watch a handful of channels and rarely, if ever, use VOD. So I don't care if there are tenfold more (mostly crappy) channels compared to a decade ago. That doesn't make cable a bargain. Look at your program guide after 10pm. most are "paid programming". hardly more value per dollar than years ago[unless you're an advertising exec]
Ala carte would show the true number of channels people ACTUALLY watch. the others would just die out[must carry needs to go]
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Robb
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join:2001-03-11
Hillsboro, OR
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| reply to TK Junk Mail
said by TK Junk Mail :The debate is - would a la carte, where you pay only for that 13%, cost less than the whole package of channels. The FCC says a la carte would be cheaper. The cable companies and Hollywood say it won't. If the Internet is allowed to be unfettered by interference, then a la carte doesn't matter anymore. I could subscribe directly to any single content provider (or package) that I wanted. (I probably wouldn't sign up this way, as I like TV delivered the way it is.)
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
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·AT&T Southwest
| reply to BF69
said by BF69 :Per channel cost no it wouldn't be cheaper. But since I would be paying VASTLY fewer channels yes it would be cheaper. It *SHOULD* Be cheaper. A lot cheaper. But it won't be. It will be like at&t and unbundled DSL. Sure you can get DSL only with no POTS. For $5 MORE a month then it costs for POTS + DSL.
I expect they'll deliberately price ala carte that way. Make the price if a few ala carte channels so high that it would be cheaper and more economical to stick to some tier or package.
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