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So they perhaps could be charging a little less than they're being charged. Interesting. I suspect, though, that Verizon is able to cut that down to $3.50 or perhaps even a little lower. Thanks for the detail.

Credit card processors charge Verizon a fee. So clearly Verizon needs to get something of value in return to justify the cost that that fee they're charged represents. If you pay by check, then Verizon is not charged that fee. If you make the commitment to pay your bill by credit card each...

Correcting more of Mongo's ridiculously erroneous silliness... Wrong. The standards and protocols haven't changed. The changes to the certification process have only been to remove requirements, to make it easier for products to get certified. Again, you have no idea what you're talking...

Of course people blame cable companies. That's what people do. :rolleyes: It has never been considered Fair Use. You've been snowed. Fair Use is the inclusion of a portion of copyrighted work in another, for commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship. Service...

The wiring that you're referring to is something that must be done within the host device itself, and the design thereof approved by CableLabs. It is not something that it possible to do yourself. A purpose of CableCARD is to ensure that you're receiving service on only the outlets you've...

Generally, cable companies put local channels on the coax, unencrypted, in HD. Many cable companies also don't charge an extra service fee for HD versions of cable networks, if you have a specific level of service or better. So that's typically what "HD for free" refers to. Note that "HD...

No; it already happened, last year, despite what the previous poster asserted. They are required to provide the OTA channels to consumers without any reduction in resolution. It's the law. And they are doing so. If a customer refuses to fulfill the customer's obligation to receive that...

Just a follow-up underscoring this issue we discussed a few months back. As I mentioned back then, as a matter of law, there is effective competition for advanced subscription television services throughout the United States, but with regard to basic service the criteria are more stringent...

FWIW... AMC 11 at 131.0°W - LyngSat

I'm sorry that you're so frustrated that you're making stuff up. I know Comcast policy. I also know Comcast reality. Are mistakes made in individual neighborhoods? Sometimes, but you are completely and unequivocally wrong about Comcast eliminating HD locals in basic. They are not. They're...

First, Comcast, the company, does nothing of the sort. There are some clueless techs that may say something like that, but that's life in the United States where you can't find any good help. People aren't conscientious. But also note that they're not required to tell you about HD locals...

Yes they do. You're wrong. No they're not. You're mistaken. Why aren't you doing your part to do what is necessary to tune in the HD locals that they're providing? Why not do that instead of posting erroneous information like this?

You can plead all you want, it doesn't change the truth. I'm sane, and I'm correct. You're wrong. You don't know the law. I do. And two satellite services. The US Court of Appeals spanked the FCC last year for making the same error as you're making here, ignoring the totality of the...

Let me stop you there. Cable companies are not monopolies. While the extent of competition available in each market varies, there isn't a single market within which any company has a monopoly on subscription television service. None. It is not necessary for a company to be a monopoly for...

DCT-3416 is a box leftover from before the separable security mandate went into effect. It doesn't use CableCARD. DCT-700 is specifically a non-CableCARD box, eligible for the separable security mandate waiver.

Okay, a few notes to start off with. First, for a period of time before and just after the transition your area is about to go through, things aren't quite as locked-down as they're supposed to be, so you can gain access to things, during that period, that you wouldn't normally have access...

Yes, I know, but my point is that cable television is no more off a "rip-off" than anything else.

Oh gosh. Despite your best efforts to hide it, that's no less childish than actually coming out and saying "I'm ignoring you". :rolleyes:

It's not a reach. You made a claim that the US Court of Appeals already has said is bunk.

Now you're making up distinctions -- distinctions that the US Court of Appeals has spanked the FCC for trying to make. Are you saying your assertion is more valid than the assertion that the FCC was spanked for? or are you claiming primacy over the US Court of Appeals? :tux:

You want to hear suck-age? Here's an excerpt from a recent review I posted of my FiOS installation experience. I haven't experienced FiOS billing problems myself, yet, because I haven't received a bill from them yet, but there are forums where you can find very regular postings about FiOS...

I suppose you could say that life is a rip-off.

Time Warner doesn't own Center Ice. They license it from NHL (through In Demand), and so the price-point is greatly driven by how much the NHL themselves want to get from you. So your thread title, and indignation, is misdirected. You should be expressing your anger at the NHL, not Time...

I mentioned that later in my message: Again, my advisory to you at the time was to not underestimate how much other people value this. I meant it. :) I can imagine!

That is such an important point. Everyone has different preferences in this regard. The collective experience of TiVo, Moxi and DTVPal DVR owners shows that refurbs are not better. Typically, the refurbs are a reflection of infant mortality of internal components (most often, with DVRs, the...