Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

[Dave Temkin <davet1 () gmail com>]

George Bonser wrote:
> > They do already.  It's called HBO, Showtime, HDNet Sports, etc.  -
> >     
> they
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> > get charged per eyeball for those networks, and so they pass the
> >     
> charge
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> > on per eyeball to the customer.
> >
> > Nothing is new here.
> >     
>
> The municipality charges the cable company per HBO subscriber?
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>
>   
The municipality gets a cut of that in a profit sharing agreement.  The 
point was, everyone gets their tax or toll along the way.

-Dave