Cedar Falls, Iowa, a college town my folks once passed through when they owned a travel trailer, includes cable among its public utilities... it's not that they don't love and appreciate the Woildwide Leadah (after all, travelling to just one of the events they carry costs a lot more, unless it's at Northern Iowa), they just can't understand why SEC Network (gawd, is that crazy conference reaching *that* far north and west?) and Fusion (who's that of interest to? a few Latino students?) have to be taken along with the sportive offerings... the utility's blog <http://blog.cfu.net/2014/08/why-we-love-espn-and-why-we-dont.html> (link), note the lone commenter...
A WashPost blogger <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/10/heres-one-reason-for-why-the-cable-bundle-offers-so-many-channels-you-dont-want/> (link) who monitored this reminds folks of the study suggesting a far-greater cost for not bundling, and was told by a spokesperson that ESPN's deal was made with a national co-operative of cablers of which the Cedar Falls system is a supposedly-willing member... B -- -- 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/d/optout.
