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Stand up, fight back!

D.J. Knapp

Saturday, May 23, 2009

TO ALL cable users!!

We are getting another increase of $4 plus tax!

We don’t get any more channels and two that we do have are cut off sometimes!

My son lives in Missouri and says cable is a lot cheaper than here.

What can we do? So many people are shut-ins and that is their source of enjoyment.

Well — we can all boycott and say, “Shut me off.” If we all would stand together, we could get this high cost alleviated. We can get movies (the library lets you get them on your card — free) and listen to our radios to get the latest news and weather. We can read good books and stop their high costs and fewer channels. I had a satellite and it was cheaper and had many, many more channels.

Why are they ripping us off?

Stand up and say “No more!” They will have to lower the price to get us back.

Stop them. Say “No more high cost.”

D.J. Knapp

Emporia

Comments

irishemporia (anonymous) says...

Good plan.

May 23, 2009 at 11:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

hellfirebluefish (anonymous) says...

As soon as someone can start a cable company, in which you only pay for the channels you want, thats when ill go back to cable, till then we are perfectly happy with no cable at all. When the ONE and only cable company in town does this, isn't that a monopoly...?

May 23, 2009 at 11:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

spectator (anonymous) says...

Yes, it IS a monopoly and a poor one at that. Topeka cable subscribers received the Disney Channel for years at no additional cost long before that was offered here. A friend of mine who worked for the Topeka company made a visit at one point and was appalled and shocked at the outdated equipment in use at that time. The one good thing going for the monopoly is the reasonably good repair service. I've heard, and I cannot testify to the accuracy, is that the satellite companies' service isn't worth a darn.

May 23, 2009 at 11:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

allintogether (anonymous) says...

I have been a satellite subscriber for years and I will never change. It does get a little dicey during thunderstorms that have heavy lightning but the signal is digital and spotless otherwise. Basketball, football and hockey games in HD look like the athletes are going to come out of my TV and rough up my couches. In addition to that, the packages are much better on Direct TV than Dish network. I can see all of the NFL, NBA, College sports and NHL contests for extra money. Depending on one's love for each sport, the value is definitely there. For me it certainly is.

As to the tech service and support, we have received competent help with our issues at our residence and excellent support online and the phone. I gave up on cable a long time ago.

May 23, 2009 at 1:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

deluvly1 (anonymous) says...

I agree about viewing via dish, but the few times we've needed service it wasn't pretty...also I wish I were only billed for what I watch...we don't care about sports so you can imagine how many channels we've blocked...but we're still paying for them. Still, it beat the devil out of Emporia cable...we have it in one of our businesses and it is "off air" far more than the satellite dish.

May 23, 2009 at 2:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

oh4theluvof (anonymous) says...

I don't have cable--and won't---but I always see on the neighbor's or other friends' that it cuts out then clicks when it comes back and it is very irritating. Why does it do that and why do people pay for it?

May 23, 2009 at 4:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

drvrbowz (anonymous) says...

if you want service on your sattelite system tell the operator
that the box is smoking and it mite catch fire and add that you are not technically inclined enuf to unplugg it,I say that every time and it gets someone out to fix your system
very quick,when the tech shows up tell em you dont know where he got the idea the box was smoking ,but but you can
fix the sattelite while your here

May 23, 2009 at 6 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

YY4U, excellent links, especially that second one. Even more than technical info, they both highlight the ingenuity of humans no matter where they live on the planet.

I must disagree with you on there never being anything on TV. I only have basic cable, yet I find many interesting programs, particularly on PBS or C-Span, or news channels. I am a quilter, and while I sew, I often listen to audio books, but I also like to listen to TV in the background.

Remember too, that many folks are shut-ins or elderly and rely on TV for something to occupy their minds.

However, despite the fact that TV does indeed play such a service to some folks, I will agree with many on here that cable is charging far too much for services. When you look at the basic lineup, many of those channels don't offer anything but advertising. I don't believe people should pay for 24-hour advertising channels.

I wonder what would happen if everyone in town, all at once, cancelled their service. Even though I enjoy my CNN and C-span, I'd join the fight just to send the message that people still have power.

Finally, power of a different sort -- our veterans. Remembering them this Memorial Day. Semper Fi!

May 24, 2009 at 7:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

I certainly agree with complaints about high cost and low return with Euphoria's cable service. For tier two cable and high speed (lol) internet service I pay just a hair under one hundred dollars per month. And I would be willing to join in a protest movement by dropping service if one was to be organized.

Before doing so however I would want to get hooked up with a different internet provider so I wouldn't have to miss out on talking with my friends...(and a few enemies).... on the Gazette Forum pages.

May 24, 2009 at 8:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

nks (anonymous) says...

We switched to Direct back in March and love it. We have only had 2 occasions where we lost signal (for a total of maybe 10 minutes) because of VERY heavy rain.

I tried to stay with Cable One on 2 occasions. I called to tell them that I wanted to add internet to our package but I was told I didnt qualify for the bundle rate since at that time we already had cable. I was trying to GIVE them business and they didnt budge one bit. With all the dishes popping up around town, you would think they would have welcomed the chance to make more money.

May 24, 2009 at 9:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )