You might start paying more to surf the net if cable companies have their way - 'scary' article...

[Craig]

You might start paying more to surf the net if cable companies have their way - 'scary' article...#1

Posted: 12/4/08 at 9:56am

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/106245/Get-Ready-to-Pay-More-for-the-Web

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

[Mekroth]

re: You might start paying more to surf the net if cable companies have the#2

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:08am

This disgusts me.

[NYadgal]

re: You might start paying more to surf the net if cable companies have the#2

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:39am

I think I'll dust off my library card and unplug the laptop...

Guess they haven't considered the loss of ad revenue when monthy users start dropping...

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

[Gothampc]

re: You might start paying more to surf the net if cable companies have the#3

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:50am

One of these days, I'm going to go to the library and look up the play "Talking With". In the Rodeo monologue, there is a great quote which I always forget. The idea behind the quote is:

There's a bunch of people that go around looking for people who are having fun and try to find a way to ruin it.

They turn your rodeo into ice capades.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

Updated On: 12/4/08 at 10:50 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: You might start paying more to surf the net if cable companies have the#4

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:57am

There's a bunch of people that go around looking for people who are having fun and try to find a way to ruin it.

I think something similar every time someone tries to tell me that gay people shouldn't have the right to get married.

[Mister Matt]

re: You might start paying more to surf the net if cable companies have the#5

Posted: 12/4/08 at 11:27am

Yeah, I got an email from Comcast about this. Luckily, I don't download anywhere near their cap, but if they think they can make more money off of internet users while finding a way to increase the number of exclusive agreements they have with condo and apartment buildings as they have with cable, then expect it to happen. In my last buildings, it was Comcast cable or nothing. Period. No dishes allowed, either. And keep in mind: the more it costs, the worse the customer service. I just received my first correct bill from Comcast since I moved 5 months ago.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[Roscoe]

re: You might start paying more to surf the net if cable companies have the#6

Posted: 12/4/08 at 12:25pm

Is anyone surprised at this? Seriously, now. Is anyone surprised at this at all?

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/

[KrissySim]

re: You might start paying more to surf the net if cable companies have the#7

Posted: 12/4/08 at 12:57pm

Will someone please knock some sense into these people?

and some people think that Blu-ray discs are dead, that internet downloads will take over the market making optical storage media obsolete. Think again.