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That's the only reason I have cable TV, yes. If you wrangle with them, you can get a deal where they just relay you the broadcast channels, otherwise they give you a cheap starter deal and jack the price up after 6 months. The trick is to call the customer retention department and make them talk you out of unsubscribing.

Interestingly, I saw the other day that AT&T is proposing to offer fibre in SF and Oakland/Berkeley, which would be a game changer.



That announcement from AT&T shouldn't be trusted. As discussed earlier on HN:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7622646


Given a choice between overpriced cable and slow DSL I'm open to other alternatives. The status quo sucks, and it doesn't particularly bother me that AT&T wants to get a good deal.




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