Finally, someone at the FCC has the bawls to stand up, or sit but with great authority in this case, and say that consumers want-what-they-want-how-they-want-it.

I’ve had different cable packages on and off over the last couple of years. Sometimes the package/pricing is good…sometimes I feel that I’m paying too much for programs/channels I don’t watch. It’s been a pet pieve of mine to get stuck with 40+ channels on from my local cable provider that are just, well, not up my alley.

Now, I’m not a big fan of the cooking/food/raquetball/midget wrestling/cod liver sipping networks and I’d likely never watch them. Does that mean they shouldn’t exist? No, I just don’t want to pay for them.

If the cable providers would make it possible for me to set up an a la carte program/network package…I’m in!

Combining an a la carte cable program with on-demand movies is the best of all worlds for consumers. Oh think of the possibilities. ;-)
Read the C/Net FCC story for yourself.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Vicki C.
DATE: 11/30/2005 02:41:34 PM
My sentiments exactly. I actually called Dish Network one day about this and they thought I was nuts.

Now I had 90+ music channels in which I could only listen to one at a time but didn’t want them. I wanted something else. No add/delete possibilities.

If the TCM or Spike channels are too expensive(their reasoning for packaging it)then the cost will come down if no one orders it or they will fall in line.

Can’t wait to get what I the consumer wants!!!
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