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Why the Government Won't Protect You from Getting Screwed by Your Cable Company


               
2013 Jul 28, 2:23am   473 views  2 comments

by Dan8267   follow (4)  

http://gizmodo.com/5830956/why-the-government-wont-protect-you-from-getting-screwed-by-your-cable-company

The cable industry is a patchwork of micro-monopolies. Or more accurately, natural monopolies: situations of little or no competition that doesn't break enough laws to get regulated. A natural monopoly occurs when it's so expensive to enter a market that it doesn't make sense for a competitors to come in. With cable TV, there's a massive fixed cost to enter a new market—putting in new cable lines. So, basically, whoever showed up first—or the company that bought them—has the legacy right of being the local cable company.

Found this article while being pissed off at Comcast for dropping my Internet connection five times a day for an hour or so each time. What an unreliable piece of shit Comcast is.

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1   theoakman   2013 Jul 28, 11:23am  

I have Comcast right now. I literally call up and complain and demand my money back each time their service drops. They tell me "there's nothing I can do.". Then I ask them to transfer me to someone who can cancel my account because I'm dissatisfied with the service. They then respond "I can give you a $5 courtesy credit, would that help?". Then I say yes and go on my merry way.

2   Facebooksux   2013 Jul 28, 11:41am  

APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says

You should howl FUCK YOU, DIE! I want a decade of FREE service unthrottled, BLOW ME!

And see what happens.

Eric Holder shows up at your door with a 24" black dildo, a ball gag, nipple clamps and a taser.
Plus a plane ticket to a secret prison in Poland.

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