12.31.07
Consumer Paying In Local Corporate Cable Squabble
Turned on the TV this morning and noticed a blue screen with a scrolling message directing the consumer to the Georgetown Suddenlink office to pick up a antenna so we could pick up the KXAN signal over the air. Link to Suddenlink message here, notice comments are turned off. Why the consumer is the one that has to pay in our “free market” society is beyond me. My only choice is to step back t0 50 year old technology and go retrieve an antenna at a time and place that is less than convenient, so I can watch my local NBC affiliate. With the recent FCC vote allowing more media consolidation, EOW fears that this type of take-it-out-on-the-consumer negotiation will be very common in the future. I sure wish we had state representation that cared.
Needless to say when two corporations fight the consumer is the one who pays. Here’s the AAS story from Saturday on the topic.
The Texas Blue said,
January 4, 2008 at 3:03 pm
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