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Originally Posted by This'nThat
I've already said cable is necessary when you have to access the internet for a home business.
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Cable isn't
necessary, it's just the way you get high speed access at home for $40-$50 a month vs. the $300+ it would cost to get it through a traditional ISP. So, there IS competition. It just happens that cable is most competitive.
I looked at a la carte plans from Comcast in the past. As I recall, it ran about $4 per channel. By the time we selected the 10 channels we'd want (even those we only watch on occasion), it quickly made sense to spend $2 more and just have them all available, even if we only watch 10 minutes of NECN a month. I think that's why they may no longer offer that option -- it was so unattractive that even biggest tight wads out there weren't interested. Me, included. Remember, we're all paying some portion of our bill each month to keep the Golf Channel running for its four viewers.
Cable is expensive, no doubt, but it's not necessary. It's the choice you make to have access and work from home, or not. To have the convenience of a pre-wired connection in your house, or shuffle additional set-top boxes and roof-top dishes around your house. To deal with one relic communications company, rather than having to deal with the phone company, too.
Thank God for Vonage. At least we've eliminated the phone company from our lives.
