IP: SATELLITE CHALLENGING CABLE COMPANIES FOR TV VIEWERS

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
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> SATELLITE CHALLENGING CABLE COMPANIES FOR TV VIEWERS
> Issue: Satellites
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> Satellite providers and cable companies are engaged in a battle for the
> nation's TV viewers. In the seven years satellite providers have been in
> business, have signed up an astonishing 16 million viewers. According to a
> survey from Consumer Reports magazine due out next week, cable seems plagued
> by problems such as poor customer service. "Cable companies may ... be their
> own worst enemy," the survey found, since they received "among the lowest
> marks of any service providers we regularly evaluate - even lower than those
> for technical support form computer manufacturers." Despite the inroads
> satellite has made, one major drawback remains the limited availability of
> local broadcast channels, a standard feature on cable.
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> [SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Seth Sutel]
> <http://www.washtech.com/news/netarch/11722-1.html>



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