Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!laidbak!att!pacbell!cogent!uop!todd From: todd@uop.edu (Dr. Nethack) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Supreme Court and cable TV (sigh) Message-ID: <1524@uop.edu> Date: 2 Jun 88 16:12:43 GMT Article-I.D.: uop.1524 References:<1241@neoucom.UUCP> <10231@sol.ARPA> Organization: Uop Ethernet Gateway to Confusion Lines: 24 In article <10231@sol.ARPA>, ray@cs.rochester.edu (Ray Frank) writes: > In the paper this morning I read that the SC struck down a government > proposal that would require local cable companies to carry all local > stations. > Oh, by the way, my local cable company, expecting such a ruling, sent out > notices to all their customers that equipment is now available from them > for switching between the cable box and an antenna. This reminds me of a sarcastic editorial in (I think it was) Elementary Electronics a LONG time ago, where cable tv was on the rise.. The rates were as well, and the editor made the comment (after a long descriptive article on how ultimately people will have their own sattellite dishes, etc.) That some lowly person will rediscover you can pull in some of these stations FOR FREE with an antenna, and a new customer anarchy will erupt. "The more things change, the more they stay the same" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + uop!todd@uunet.uu.net + + cogent!uop!todd@lll-winken.arpa + + {backbone}!ucbvax!ucdavis!uop!todd + -----------------------------------------------------------------------