[opendtv] Re: Fewer than 2 Million have OTA DTV in US
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:08:32 -0800
So you cancelled DirecTV more than 7 years before they started service?
Makes one wonder what the tiers were like in 1986.
I'm not saying bad (yet truthful) things about cable companies these days,
but I do suggest that people investigate cable companies before they decide
to move.
John Willkie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Tom Barry
> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 7:06 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Fewer than 2 Million have OTA DTV in US
>
> The "re-tiering" is what caused me to cancel DirectTV about 20 years ago
> and to cancel my Comcast PVR and digital subscription about one year ago.
>
> But my most recent bitch is the phone call I received a couple weeks ago
> from the Comcast "Compliance (Conformance?) Dept.". I was informed I
> had downloaded too many bytes for the month and had risen onto some
> watch list. If I was noticed again I would be punished and suspended
> for one year. But they refused to tell me how much was actually allowed
> and I had used only a small fraction of their advertised bandwidth,
> assuming 24/7 usage. The phone call reminded me of the humorous Lily
> Tomlin "Ma Bell" skit of some decades ago where she threatened they
> would "send a huge burly repairman to rip it out of the wall". The
> cable companies are the new Ma Bell. Needless to say I canceled
> Comcast. I probably would have done so even if I hadn't been moving
> anyway. ;-)
>
> - Tom
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