Will Cable Internet..........

Stephen Liu

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02 Oct 04

Stephen Liu

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02 Oct 04

Will Cable Internet ever be free? If so, when?

Cheshire Cat

Sparky

Hendersonville, NC

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02 Oct 04

Originally posted by Stephen Liu
Will Cable Internet ever be free? If so, when?

Is anything ever free?

~ Cheshire Cat 😀

jgvaccaro

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02 Oct 04

Why would it ever be free? How would that work?

seanpbutler

ruislipwoods

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02 Oct 04

Originally posted by Cheshire Cat
Is anything ever free?

~ Cheshire Cat 😀

Tax Bills are Free. I have never been charged to receive one.

gameover9

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far from u I hope

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02 Oct 04

TV is free so why not the internet? If they could find some kind or advertising that would make it free, that would be great.

latex bishop

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02 Oct 04

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Originally posted by seanpbutler
Tax Bills are Free. I have never been charged to receive one.

Yes you have - the year before, who do you think supports the inland revenue :-)

Andrew

latex bishop

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02 Oct 04

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Originally posted by gameover9
TV is free so why not the internet? If they could find some kind or advertising that would make it free, that would be great.

Not in the UK, we have to pay a tax to own a TV

Andrew

That is not 100% true, you have to pay for the "licence" if you turn it on, not just own it.

Mong

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02 Oct 04

nothing will ever be free in the uk...its rip off britain as usual...well some things are free on reflection, a pal of mine was once given cr*bs once

gameover9

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far from u I hope

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02 Oct 04

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I can't believe tv isn't free. That is......... wrong

how do they know if you own one?

SirLoseALot

Shut Gorohoviy!

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02 Oct 04

Untill recently,tv wasn't free in belgium either.Now it is,but they raised a bunch of other taxes,so we're effectively paying more now.Hey,who cares,we got free tv! 😞

jhegener

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02 Oct 04

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Originally posted by gameover9
I can't believe tv isn't free. That is......... wrong

Broadcast tv is not free in the US either. The advertisers pay for it. They pay for one reason and one reason only... so that they can have access to viewers and our oh so mushy, brainwashable craniums.

In the end, you pay. You pay in opportunity costs (all the lost minutes and hours of a finite lifetime wasted on ad copy) and you pay by walking around in a semi-hypnotic stupor induced by marketing hucksters and salesmen intent on creating perfect consumer zombies.

D43M0N

Brisbane, Australia

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02 Oct 04

Originally posted by Mong
nothing will ever be free in the uk...its rip off britain as usual...well some things are free on reflection, a pal of mine was once given cr*bs once

That's what you get for having Thatcher in power...as Rik said in the Young Ones TV show (which is free to view, if you choose)

"I hope you're satisfied, Mrs Thatcher!!"

jgvaccaro

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02 Oct 04

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Originally posted by gameover9
TV is free so why not the internet? If they could find some kind or advertising that would make it free, that would be great.

"TV" isn't free-- network TV is. And can you think of a way cable internet could be supported by ad revenue in the same way that network TV is? I can't.