Canada is strangely unique. The reason Canadians became obsessed with cable early is because they preferred to watch TV from south of the border. At 06:16 PM 8/6/2004 -0400, John Golitsis wrote: >Perhaps not germane to the point you're making, but when we moved into this >house in 1974, pretty much the entire neighbourhood was on cable. There >was an >antenna here, but it wasn't connected to anything and I have absolutely no >recollection of when it and the mast was taken down. This is in Mississauga, >about 15 miles West of Toronto. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Maybe he did mean that, but I would still disagree. Cable didn't > > begin as an urban phenomenon until about 1981 or so, with > > gradual availability after that in the further suburbs. > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >FreeLists.org > >- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.