[Vision2020] Time Warner Cable & KAYU

[Saundra Lund]

Hi Donovan & Other Interested Visionaries,

Well, I don't know how they come up with it, but in a report issued earlier
this year, the FCC reports consumers could save up to 13% on their cable
(and presumably satellite) bills if they could purchase only the channels
they want.
http://tinyurl.com/wcsfd

And, interestingly, "the American Cable Association, which represents small
rural cable operators, said it would voluntarily offer a la carte
programming if the big program networks would let it."
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64203,00.html

For those interested in learning more about this topic, just Google up
something like à la carte cable programming for lots of information on the
various pro & con arguments.

Donovan:  TiVo -- patooey!  Don't you know anything?!?!  <g>  ReplayTV is
far superior!  It has *true* commercial advance ***and*** IVS (internet
video sharing) and a bunch of better stuff than TiVo.  We got our first unit
over four years ago & have never looked back  :-)  Of course, I'm not
exactly impartial since I've never owned a TiVo, but my brother's got one,
so we've done the compare & contrast gig, and he thinks I've got the better
deal, too.


Happy Holidays to All,
Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
- Edmund Burke

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-----Original Message-----
From: Donovan Arnold [mailto:donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 6:32 PM
To: Saundra Lund; 'Vision2020'
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Time Warner Cable & KAYU

	Saundra,
	 
	It would cost a lot of money to have a la carte programming. Could
you imagine the labor costs of manually disconnecting and connecting each
and every station for every TV set in the country based on owner preference?
That would cost billions and billions of dollars every year to do that! 
	 
	It is much cheaper and simpler to just order all the channels you
want and block out the ones you don't want using your V-Chip. That is what I
did. 
	 
	I could see in 5-15 years us getting our TV channels over the
Internet and having it set up where the buyer selects the channels that they
wants and pays according to the value of that channel and only gets those
channels. But until then, it sure is a waste of resources and $$$$$$$ to
have the cable and satellite companies do something for you that you can do
more easily yourself. 
	 
	The other thing you can do is get a TiVo (Digital Video Recorder
DVR) for about $15 a month which will find and record only the programs you
want to watch. Then not only do you not have to watch channels you don't
want to watch, but you also don't have to watch shows you don't want to
watch either. 
	 
	 
	Merry Christmas,
	 
	Donovan J Arnold
	 
	 
	 

	I have no motivation to switch who I pay, but I *do* have an
interest in not
	paying for a ton of channels I don't want to watch :-) Who will keep
-- or
	get -- me as a customer will be the first provider to offer
	consumer-empowering a la carte programming :-)
	
	
	Saundra Lund
	Moscow, ID
	
	The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people
to do
	nothing.
	- Edmund Burke