You cannot have a drunken wife and a barrel full of wine.
Many telephone and cable companies have begun to closely monitor the uses of their network with an eye toward controlling activity by users who are swapping movies, TV programs, graphy and other video files.
MacInferno Part II: The full story of how the cable company
On November 28th, I posted a blog about a customer’s equipment being destroyed by her local cable company, and the data recovery that ensued. The intended effect was to remind people people of the importance of backing up their data.
Cable Expands Phone Service
The Cable-Sprint VentureFunding: Three-year deal calls for $100 million from Sprint, $100 million combined from the three cable companies. Revenue Share: There will be no revenue sharing within the joint venture.
Time Warner Tales
Steve Grace, the former head of LA Channel 36, saw Cari Beauchamp's post at Native Intelligence on doing battle with the city's most-hated cable company and topped her with his own tale of aggravation.
No cable wire to house
When they built their house (in Iowa), they had the cable company (TCI at the time) put a box at the edge of their property in case they wanted cable service in the future. If they were to get service with MCC, what would happen?
by: Wilco
There are four shows and a few hockey games that I like to watch and I would gladly pay a buck to view them when I want. This would theoretically remove the “my cable company does not have the station” problem all together…
TiVo Tattles to FCC: Cable Companies Being Dicks About CableCard
It's been meeting with the FCC (here's the follow-up letter from that meeting), decrying "CableCard deployment issues," meaning that TiVo is trying to get the FCC to force cable companies to more effectively deploy CableCards for its
Adventures With The Cable Company
This is what both TiVo and The Cable Company’s website said that I would have to do. The next morning, I placed my first phone call to The Cable Company. They are renovating The Local Office of The Cable Company, so we waited
Paranoia and Idiocy
She said some folks from Comcast (my local cable company) came by and ran the wire. When she asked them what they were doing, they claimed to have an order to run a line into our house. She figured I was up to something.
I Hate The Cable Company: November 2006
So, as a public service, we offer a new column: I Hate The Cable Company. It will be a monthly round-up of just some of stories discussing the crappy service and high prices that people enjoy from their local cable providers.
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