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We also have Comcast TV cable in our area and we have the digitial option plus On-Demand. I can't believe I'm paying about $60/mo for television! but the rest of the family wants it. Since Comcast has gotten bigger, their service is not as good as it used to be and it actually seems to be getting worse. I am not a fan of most TV anyway so I haven't used On-Demand, but since most of the watching I do is motorhead stuff on SpeedChannel, I'd consider On-Demand if I missed Ferrari winning another F1 race or that kind of thing. In spite of marginal Comcast cable service, when one of these days I finally set up a PC at home, I'll seriously consider their cable internet service for the speed advantage but DSL looks pretty good for that application, too.
While I think Comcast pushes the envelope on cable features, IMO we are in desperate need of some local cable TV competition. Comcast keeps raising their rates and competition is usually the best way to keep that within reason. I'm hoping that broadband technology will get others into the TV market, such as Verizon or AT&T; they're not perfect either but I think the competition would help the consumer.
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