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My undertanding from my cable company when they started stripping BMI's feed
in my area (New Jersey) was that data providers don't actually pay for use
of the cable. So I suppose the cable company has no compunction about
strippping these signals.
----- Original Message -----
From: <LScharpen@xxxxxxx>
To: <cayenne@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: DATA DISASTER
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> In March, I moved from Cupertino, CA to Citrus Heights, CA. That switched
me
> from AT&T to Comcast Cable. I was then using DBC Signal cable broadcast
> datafeed. Following the move, the only thing I couldn't get "working" was
> the datafeed. The customer support folks at DBC, after reviewing all the
> "evidence" I presented them, decided that the problem was in "MY house",
> figuratively shrugged their shoulders and "washed their hands" of MY
problem.
> They ASSURED me that Comcast was doing THEIR job of sending me the data.
> With these posts today, I'm wondering if the answer to THAT problem is the
> result of Comcast stopping data "sending" to my area.
>
> On the OTHER hand, this literally FORCED me to make a mid-flight
correction.
> I bought a new computer (needed more capability for the "other" changes),
> updated to TS2000i from TS4, contracted for "on-line" data delivery and
> switched to Cable Internet. BEST decisions I've made in recent years, in
> spite of the "costs". That's, for me, a lemonade out of a lemon.
>
> Lee Scharpen
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