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In Reply to: What they charge is their business! posted by Rich on June 2, 1999 at 14:50:20:
Normally I would agree with you. Little story: Several years ago, my folks moved to a rural area. Cable service stopped about 1/4 mile from their house. They inquired about getting service and was told no way, not if we have string more cable. What if we string the cable ourselves at our expense? Still no way. Can't be done. Nope. Ok, fair enough. My folks bought a satellite dish. This was back when they were all the big ones and most stuff was free if you had the dish. The cable company then tried to claim they were owed money by anybody who had a dish because they were "stealing" the signal. Several cable companies then tried to get legislation passed requiring people like my folks to pay them for a service they refused to provide and to make a profit off of the equipment purchased by individuals.
Now this doesn't justify stealing and although I have found cable companies to be so obnoxious and over priced that I haven't had cable for 15 years, neither have I stole the signal. OTOH given how they tried to steal from my folks and others, my feeling regarding the theft of their signal is that it couldn't happen to more deserving people.
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