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John McCain Introduces Cable A La Carte Legislation To Stop Bundling

The price of ESPN and most sports channels will skyrocket once bundling goes away. I predict the ESPN package would be closer to 40$ a month than 10.
 
dashionista said:
whatevs, i could go over there! on this note, i don't have HD at the moment and one of my girlfriends was like "good luck ever getting a guy to agree to your place vs. his since you only have SD".
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Do you mean like you don't watch the HD channels? How would you not have HD at this point?
 
smallbigtall said:
I'm as much a fan of a la carte as the next guy, lol at all the n00bs who think the cable companies won't find a way to keep your rates at $150/month. Ohh, so your channel selections amount to $15/month? That's cool, here's a $45/month service fee, a $30/month DVR rental fee, $10/month remote rental fee, and a $50/month piitb fee
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I'm interested in a future without cable companies at all. Cut out the middle man.
 
I'm guessing because they know the channel number.
 
Expansion of wi-fi would help with that as well. Once neighborhoods and cities start investing in a more efficient delivery of wi-fi, that will facilitate a more efficient delivery of content. At any time there are 8-10 FIOS routers with 2 bars or more around my home, but each of us are paying separately for the service.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
I've never heard this saying, what does it mean?
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PhDeac said:
I'm guessing because they know the channel number.
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Fuck Your Couch said:
Most HD channels are just the SD channel with a 1 in front, no?
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right. they know the channel number for the SD channel and haven't bothered learning/figuring out out the HD one. I put my top channels into "favorites" and scroll through them that way. I know ESPN is 1500 but otherwise I just scroll around the guide, use the favorites feature, or really mostly just watch on DVR.
 
We really can't trust RTQ on this topic. She's on the BIG CABLE payroll.
 
My parents struggled with the numbering issue for a long time. I'd go over there and they would be watching ESPN on channel 33 on their 54" top of the line panny plasma. It would drive me crazy. in that case they didn't realize 1500 was espn. I had to write down all the good hd channel numbers on a piece of paper for them. They didn't deserve that awesome tv, they should have had to trade me for my 40" lower tier sony lcd.
 
PhDeac said:
Expansion of wi-fi would help with that as well. Once neighborhoods and cities start investing in a more efficient delivery of wi-fi, that will facilitate a more efficient delivery of content. At any time there are 8-10 FIOS routers with 2 bars or more around my home, but each of us are paying separately for the service.
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Doesn't help that the cable companies have spent $$$$$$$$$ on lobbying that make it virtually impossible for communities to figure out a better way to connect. We overpay for really subpar service in this country thanks to these assholes having politicians in their back pockets.
 
Deadbolt said:
Doesn't help that the cable companies have spent $$$$$$$$$ on lobbying that make it virtually impossible for communities to figure out a better way to connect. We overpay for really subpar service in this country thanks to these assholes having politicians in their back pockets.
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They are just the WORST
 
Be interesting to see which channels survive based on that model.

END CABLE WELFARE. THIS IS SOCIALISM. FREE MARKETS!!!!!!!!!!
 
I don't think the idea of "channels" would survive. I think we would move from bundled bundles of chronological content to just content.
 
PhDeac said:
I don't think the idea of "channels" would survive. I think we would move from bundled bundles of chronological content to just content.
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The idea of "channels" will survive in that you'll subscribe to a bundle of similar programming. Look at something like Jash. Aggregation of similar, but different content created by different people
 
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