It’s Time!

           It’s time for citizens to start messing with cable TV and internet providers. If you’re not getting all the cable channels you want, and none that you don’t want for less than $25 per month, without bundling (the penultimate joke), then you are paying to line somebody’s pockets with your hard-earned cash. You are being made a fool of by greedy corporate folks with nothing to do but fill the time you buy with lucrative and annoying commercials. Why are there commercials on cable?

           Whatever happened to the idea that customers could choose each channel they want and pay only for what they want? I know it’s not the most important ball in the air right now, but somebody should start an initiative to mandate cafeteria selection and fair pricing of cable offerings. Write a screaming letter to the FCC and Congress.

          What’s going on with free broadcast TV? Even cable users should be actively supporting the maintenance of free TV. It gives them leverage to keep prices from skyrocketing further and gives them an alternative if cable providers get too high-handed. Write to the FCC and Congress.

           Internet access should be free to all, and MUCH faster. Chattanooga Tennessee did it. Let’s get the ball rolling. Write to the FCC and your state legislators.

           Around here, we know if enough people join in, decision makers will listen. Problem is it takes LOTS of people. Don’t you think these charlatans have messed with us long enough? Don’t you think it’s time?