On Jan 5, 11:04*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
> > On Jan 4, 3:01 pm, "Tom Biasi" > wrote:
> >> My cable company took off the food network channel.
> >> Any one else lose it?
>
> >> Tom
>
> >>>>> Bitch mode off.- Hide quoted text -
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> > Simple solution - get a dish - either DirecTV or Dish network - much
> > better, anyway, and the Food network and HGTV are in the base packages
> > (along with History, all the TLC channels, etc.).
>
> They are satellite systems and they are playing the same games as the
> cable companies. *They bundle channels in a way that you get one or two
> good channels and a bunch of crap. They have a habit of splitting the
> good channels up so that you have to get 2 or 3 other bundles in order
> to get those same good channels and fill the bundles with crap channels
> you never watch.- Hide quoted text -
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That's odd, because my base DTV package has all the channels I like.
History, Nat Geo, Animal Planet, Food, HGTV, CNN and HLN, AMC, TCM,
FX, TNT, USA, CMT, Comedy, Bravo, A & E, Weather, Speed, ESPN and
ESPN2 plus the Big 10 Network and NFL network, the assortment of
Discovery channels, TLC, Travel, etc. etc. etc. OTOH, all I ask is to
be entertained or educated for a while ....

N.