{"id":72,"date":"2006-06-27T13:52:42","date_gmt":"2006-06-27T18:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamingmeemee.com\/index.php\/2006\/06\/27\/just-bring-my-my-wapner\/"},"modified":"2006-06-27T14:11:23","modified_gmt":"2006-06-27T19:11:23","slug":"just-bring-my-my-wapner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streamingmeemee.com\/index.php\/2006\/06\/27\/just-bring-my-my-wapner\/","title":{"rendered":"Just bring my my Wapner"},"content":{"rendered":"

When are these pompous air-heads (pun intended) over at the cable co’s going to get it?\u00c2\u00a0 All I want from them, and all I will EVER pay for, is the delivery of bits.\u00c2\u00a0 I will NOT pay more for DVR, or an up-charge for HD content, or a ‘box rental’,\u00c2\u00a0 They are a common carrier, remember those?\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/span>Oh, and I refuse to pay more for ‘digital quality’ when it is, at least in my area, inferior to the analog signals and certainly far inferior to OTA HD signals.\u00c2\u00a0 That, and I refuse to pay more for something that I know costs them less, per channel, to deliver to me than analog.\u00c2\u00a0 And don’t even get me started on ATM fees…\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/span>Until I can have ala carte billing, and pay only for those channels that I actually care about (ESPN Classic?\u00c2\u00a0 Please…) my CableCo will get nothing from me but ire.\u00c2\u00a0 That is, unless they open the cable plant to competition… Yeah, I thought so.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When are these pompous air-heads (pun intended) over at the cable co’s going to get it?\u00c2\u00a0 All I want from them, and all I will EVER pay for, is the delivery of bits.\u00c2\u00a0 I will NOT pay more for DVR, or an up-charge for HD content, or a ‘box rental’,\u00c2\u00a0 They are a common carrier, … Continue reading Just bring my my Wapner<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogroll"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t