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brandon11983 · 09-07-2004, 06:52 PM

I believe I can answer this question quickly and concisely. The cable companies won't let you do a la carte programming because they won't make any money like that. What moron wouldn't realize that it would be a great thing for consumers to be able to pick and choose their programming? But you must understand that cable companies aren't in the business for the consumers, but rather to make money off them. If you could just pick and choose from the drivel available, you could pay drastically less per month, and therefore less in the cable co's pocket. I have over 120 channels available to me, but I watch (literally) less than 10 of them. Those 10 channels have the stuff on that I want to watch, and the channels are scattered throughout the various programming packages.

09-07-2004, 06:52 PM	#16 (permalink)
brandon11983 Stereophonic Location: Chitown!!	I believe I can answer this question quickly and concisely. The cable companies won't let you do a la carte programming because they won't make any money like that. What moron wouldn't realize that it would be a great thing for consumers to be able to pick and choose their programming? But you must understand that cable companies aren't in the business for the consumers, but rather to make money off them. If you could just pick and choose from the drivel available, you could pay drastically less per month, and therefore less in the cable co's pocket. I have over 120 channels available to me, but I watch (literally) less than 10 of them. Those 10 channels have the stuff on that I want to watch, and the channels are scattered throughout the various programming packages. __________________ Well behaved women rarely make history.