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  • On the post: If You Make A Mistake With A Paywall, It Can Linger For A Long Time

    Todd Loren Sinclair ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2009 @ 03:52am

    Paywalls and google news

    Another Google News user took the words right out of my mouth ... I couldn't have said it better.

    "I know that there are some commercial news sites that Google indexes who feel that people should not be able to read their content for free. I would like to be able to configure my preferences so that I don't have to see their "teaser" blurbs. I prefer to go from Google directly to the information I'm looking for, and I am never looking for a teaser blurb or a registration only site."

  • On the post: The Trouble With Hulu… Too Many Competing Interests

    Todd Loren Sinclair ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2009 @ 11:09am

    Re: users don't want to subscribe, and don't want to pay in any manner

    Of course they don't want to pay .. Why would they ... you can get HDTV free over the air in large metropolitan areas with an antenna ... and the internet certainly is just a broader range antenna .. We certainly already do pay for that ... Plus consumers already pay for TV by the inclusion of commercials in the programming ... Why we they pay twice?

  • On the post: Comcast Exec: We Need To Change Customer Behavior, Not Our Business Model

    Todd Loren Sinclair ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2009 @ 06:22am

    Re: paying for tv with commercials thats free over the air

    If you live in a metropolitan area you can watch tv for free with the cost paid for by the many commercials included in the show.

    I don't understand why getting those same shows with commercials over the internet (just a broader tv antenna) should cost money.

  • On the post: How Does Offering Free Content Insult Those Who Pay?

    Todd Loren Sinclair ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2009 @ 06:47am

    its free aleady over the air

    The fact is that lots of tv content is free over the air if you live within antenna distance. So I can't fathom why some people insist it should cost a boatload of money to get it from a longer distance over a wire instead!

    As for bandwidth costs .. According to their annual reports last year it cost Time Warner about $1.33 per month per customer to deliver broadband. (Yes ... that is quite a markup when they charge $45 a month)

  • On the post: Schumer Tries To Force Scalpers To Register; Limit How They Buy And Sell Tickets

    Todd Loren Sinclair ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2009 @ 10:08am

    SCALPING TICKETS IS DISHONEST

    It should be illegal to sell tickets for anything above face value ... PERIOD!

  • On the post: Are Cable Companies Looking To 'Emulate' Web Video Sites, Or Destroy Them?

    Todd Loren Sinclair ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2009 @ 07:55pm

    video content inside a walled garden for paying customers on capped broadband

    You nailed it ... if they can't lock you in to cable tv they'll cap your internet to discourage free tv.

    Most people have no choice ... only 1 provider available.

    This is one of those instances where "There ought to be a law"!