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<blockquote data-quote="atoz350" data-source="post: 2882906" data-attributes="member: 567484">I think you need to read to understand. My statement was that &quot;our American barter system uses money.&quot; implying that there is no other way to compensate for the increase in technology and convenience. They charge MONEY for those technological advances. And where did I say that the increased price of gasoline outpaced the increased price of cable? Again you don&#039;t understand. I said that the price of gas increased, but the quality has stayed the same. For cable that is not the case. And if you think cable is such a waste of money, then don&#039;t get it. Plain and simple. The communications business is not going to hurt because one idiot doesn&#039;t want cable service. Cable installer school? Pfft... How about Communications Engineer? It would really help if you actually knew what you are talking about before you spew your wrong information.Faulkton: I&#039;m not a racist...but the cable companies base their channel lineups on consumer statistics. They can see what customers are watching at the headend and pick the channels accordingly. Someone out there must like the channels that you don&#039;t. They have to accomodate all people in your demographic. There are some areas that don&#039;t have BET, some that do. Some areas that don&#039;t have the Speed channel, some that do. Its all about accomodating your customers. I agree though that they should have each customer pick their own channel lineup and pay for only those. That would be nice and maybe in the near future as the technology advances.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="atoz350, post: 2882906, member: 567484"] I think you need to read to understand. My statement was that "our American barter system uses money." implying that there is no other way to compensate for the increase in technology and convenience. They charge MONEY for those technological advances. And where did I say that the increased price of gasoline outpaced the increased price of cable? Again you don't understand. I said that the price of gas increased, but the quality has stayed the same. For cable that is not the case. And if you think cable is such a waste of money, then don't get it. Plain and simple. The communications business is not going to hurt because one idiot doesn't want cable service. Cable installer school? Pfft... How about Communications Engineer? It would really help if you actually knew what you are talking about before you spew your wrong information. Faulkton: I'm not a racist...but the cable companies base their channel lineups on consumer statistics. They can see what customers are watching at the headend and pick the channels accordingly. Someone out there must like the channels that you don't. They have to accomodate all people in your demographic. There are some areas that don't have BET, some that do. Some areas that don't have the Speed channel, some that do. Its all about accomodating your customers. I agree though that they should have each customer pick their own channel lineup and pay for only those. That would be nice and maybe in the near future as the technology advances. [/QUOTE]

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