A very valid point. From my small data points, people who have dropped cable then gone to houses that have cable have found that they don't regret dropping it.
On Friday, September 20, 2013, Tom Wolper wrote: > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Joe Hass > <[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');> > > wrote: > >> One word: college. Two words: Free Internet. >> >> >> http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/09/19/pay_tv_subscriber_decline_college_cord_nevers_are_killing_cable.html >> > > The thing that bugs me about these stories is their anecdotal nature, > small sample sizes, and cultural bias. And by cultural bias I mean using > full time college students who live in dorms as representatives of their > age group. The statistics on poverty show that it is growing, but it seems > poor people are keeping their cable subscriptions. Young people of the dorm > demographic might have reasons for not hooking up to cable, but they can > change their minds at any time in the future and they will have the means > to afford it without sacrificing anything else. For people of less means > cutting cable means more money in the pocket and a real probability that > they will never go back. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', 'tvornottv%[email protected]');>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
