Re: On Demand on Comcast - whats free and whats not?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "D.F.
Manno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PkJ0891) wrote:
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>> D.F. Manno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> >I have digital cable and I subscribe to HBO, yet Time Warner's 
>> >"iControl" tells me I have to subscribe to the service to watch HBO 
>> >programming.
>> 
>> With Comcast in Philly, if you have digital and sub to HBO, you have HBO on
>> Demand.  It's "free", and no other sub is necessary.  Same with SHO, TMC,
>> Starz, and Skinemax.  If you sub to the channel, you automatically have
>VOD.  I
>> know other cable systems are charging extra, but Comcast includes VOD in
>its
>> digital package.  Just guessing, but I bet that's why it's a big success
>for
>> Comcast in my area.
>
>I called Time Warner after I posted, and found out that TWC (in Philly, 
>anyway) charges $6.95/month for HBO On Demand, in addition to the 
>$12/month I'm already paying for HBO.

Well, you have to remember that Comcast is building in the VOD option charge
into my digital package.  I'll call Comcast tomorrow to find out what one
digital box with HBO and VOD would cost.  I think I'd be paying less than you
by $3.00/month, but my rate chart is pretty old (March 1, 2003).

>When oh when will there be competition in cable in Philly?

I'm not a big fan of the supposed benefits of competition, when it comes to
interstate utilities.  But, hey, my time has passed on those issues, so who am
I to argue?  The clock ain't turnin' back, so I go along to get along . . .
sorta like, when in Rome . . . <g>.  


PKJ