I got kidnapped by Time Warner :-----(((
 

In article om, "zalek" wrote:

Sam Spade wrote:
zalek wrote:
David Moran wrote:

"Zalek Bloom" wrote in message
. ..

I wanted to add new cable box for my cable TV - Time Warner wants
$10/month for a box. I bought a cable box on the street the same one I
have - for $30. After connecting to a cable it says "call operator" -
so I called.
They told me that they will not support this box - I have to buy a box
from them for a price of $10/month. The building I am living does not
allow satellite dishes - so I am stuck. Here is the fax I am sending
to my representative - if you are stuck with cable as me, please to
the same:

To representative?

I am a Time Warner Cable subscriber. I want to add cable service for
a new television that I just purchased. Time Warner Cable wants me to
pay $10 per month for another box. I just bought the same box that
Time Warner uses for $30. Time Warner refuses to recognize this box
even though it is in perfect condition.
I live in New York City and there is no competition for Time
Warner. I live in a building where management does not allow us to
have a Satelite Dish. Please pass a law that allows consumers to
purchase equipment from someone other than a company that has a
monopoly on a service. I plan to start a campaign on the internet
about this problem and I will publish your response - or lack of - on
the internet.

An Angry Citizen

I sent it to:

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
New York City
780 Third Ave, Suite 2601
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 688-6262
Fax: (212) 688-7444

Senator Charles E. "Chuck" Schumer
New York City
757 Third Avenue, Suite 17-02
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-486-4430
Fax: 212-486-7693

Representative Gary L. Ackerman (D - 05)
Phone: 202-225-2601 fax: 202-225-1589
http://www.house.gov/ackerman/pages/contact.html
District Office:
218-14 Northern Boulevard
Bayside, NY 11361-3580
Voice: 718-423-2154 FAX: 718-423-5053


Representative Anthony Weiner (D - 09)
Phone: 202-225-6616 fax: 202-226-7253
Email:









I'd think a cable company can choose whether or not to authorize a box. If
they don't allow outside boxes, then you're forced to pay them for one.
Plain and simple.

Dave


And I think there should be a law that protect citizens from a monopoly
- I cannot choose other service.

Zalek

I think your building is in violation of FCC rules, which allow a
satellite dish so long as it is mounted within the rules.

Unfortunately - it is not. I checked the law - the law specifies that
coops have right not to allow installation dishes on common property
like roof. I will try to organize tenant rebellion - even majority of
apartments are rental.

Zalek

Do you have a balcony or deck area that is just for your specific apartment
space? If so , then the cannot prevent you from having a dish.

I got kidnapped by Time Warner :-----(((
 

Seth wrote:
"zalek" wrote in message
oups.com...

MegaZone wrote:
"zalek" shaped the electrons to say:
And I think there should be a law that protect citizens from a monopoly
- I cannot choose other service.

They have the right not to authorize some random box on their
network. A box that could be hacked in any one of any ways to allow
access to content, disable copy protection, etc.

And if you only paid $30 for the box - it was hot. They cost a lot
more than that new, wholesale.

-MZ
--
URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer,
me.
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men"
508-852-2171
URL:http://www.megazone.org/ URL:http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
Eris

After rethinking - I think you are right. We have the best government
money can buy. Companies have the right to milk American citizens as
long as they help our politicians. Citizens have no right to buy used
cheaper equipment - it hurts company's profit.
Please - do not write letter to your representatives - it is our
patriotic duty as Americans to be milked by corporations

Dude, TV is a luxury, not a right. If you live in NYC you can get all the
TV you need with tin foil rabbit ears. You can't get milked on a luxury
item. It's totally optional. Next you'll bitch about how Mercedes gets so
many times the price of a Hyundai and write your congresspeople to fix that
as well.

You want a (non essential) service someone offers, you pay their price,
period. If I want to charge $500 to mow people's lawns, so be it. I may
not get much business cause cheaper alternatives exist, but that's my
business. You don't like TW, then use rabbit ears or move to some place
that has someone other than TW as a cable company or has an appropriate
place to put a dish.

People whine and whine and whine that the government doesn't do enough to
protect them, but god forbid the government ever told you how to run your
business you would be crying bloody murder.

When the only place within 5 miles of you to carry milk starts charging $10
a gallon, then you have something to whine about.

Yes Seth,

You are right - corporations, and specially cable providers have a
right to charge us whatever amount they want and we have let them to
milk us. I see you are true American patriot.
Good luck,

Zalek

I got kidnapped by Time Warner :-----(((
 

Well - my war with Time Warner is not over yet, but I did almost all
humanly possible:

I called FCC - they acknoledged that Time Warner is breaking rule -
they told me FCC do not enforce rules and told me to file a commplain
at NY agency - 800 342-3377 - which I did.

I notified my Congress/Senat representative

I sent my case to On Your Side from WABC

I posted a message on misc.legal.moderated asking if it is possible to
file a class action suit against Time Warner for breaking FCC rules

I cried on my wife's shoulder...

Anything else can I do?

Zalek

I got kidnapped by Time Warner :-----(((
 

"zalek" wrote in message
oups.com...
Well - my war with Time Warner is not over yet, but I did almost all
humanly possible:

I called FCC - they acknoledged that Time Warner is breaking rule -
they told me FCC do not enforce rules and told me to file a commplain
at NY agency - 800 342-3377 - which I did.

I notified my Congress/Senat representative

I sent my case to On Your Side from WABC

I posted a message on misc.legal.moderated asking if it is possible to
file a class action suit against Time Warner for breaking FCC rules

I cried on my wife's shoulder...

Anything else can I do?

Zalek


Cable TV is a luxury, not a right. If you don't want to pay their price,
DON'T GET CABLE! Plain and simple.

Dave

I got kidnapped by Time Warner :-----(((
 

zalek wrote:
Well - my war with Time Warner is not over yet, but I did almost all
humanly possible:

I called FCC - they acknoledged that Time Warner is breaking rule -
they told me FCC do not enforce rules and told me to file a commplain
at NY agency - 800 342-3377 - which I did.

I notified my Congress/Senat representative

I sent my case to On Your Side from WABC

I posted a message on misc.legal.moderated asking if it is possible to
file a class action suit against Time Warner for breaking FCC rules

I cried on my wife's shoulder...

Anything else can I do?

Zalek

You'll have to tell us what "rule" TW is breaking.

The people you "notified" probably burst out laughing and you'll never
hear from them unless it's a summons for receiving stolen goods.

I got kidnapped by Time Warner :-----(((
 

On 12 Dec 2006 19:46:43 -0800, "zalek" wrote:


Seth wrote:
"zalek" wrote in message
oups.com...

MegaZone wrote:
"zalek" shaped the electrons to say:
And I think there should be a law that protect citizens from a monopoly
- I cannot choose other service.

They have the right not to authorize some random box on their
network. A box that could be hacked in any one of any ways to allow
access to content, disable copy protection, etc.

And if you only paid $30 for the box - it was hot. They cost a lot
more than that new, wholesale.

-MZ
--
URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer,
me.
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men"
508-852-2171
URL:http://www.megazone.org/ URL:http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
Eris

After rethinking - I think you are right. We have the best government
money can buy. Companies have the right to milk American citizens as
long as they help our politicians. Citizens have no right to buy used
cheaper equipment - it hurts company's profit.
Please - do not write letter to your representatives - it is our
patriotic duty as Americans to be milked by corporations

Dude, TV is a luxury, not a right. If you live in NYC you can get all the
TV you need with tin foil rabbit ears. You can't get milked on a luxury
item. It's totally optional. Next you'll bitch about how Mercedes gets so
many times the price of a Hyundai and write your congresspeople to fix that
as well.

You want a (non essential) service someone offers, you pay their price,
period. If I want to charge $500 to mow people's lawns, so be it. I may
not get much business cause cheaper alternatives exist, but that's my
business. You don't like TW, then use rabbit ears or move to some place
that has someone other than TW as a cable company or has an appropriate
place to put a dish.

People whine and whine and whine that the government doesn't do enough to
protect them, but god forbid the government ever told you how to run your
business you would be crying bloody murder.

When the only place within 5 miles of you to carry milk starts charging $10
a gallon, then you have something to whine about.

Yes Seth,

You are right - corporations, and specially cable providers have a
right to charge us whatever amount they want and we have let them to
milk us. I see you are true American patriot.
Good luck,

Zalek

People always say that if you don't like it you can go somewhere else,
and COMPLETELY IGNORE situations where there is no "somewhere else".
--
12 days until the winter solstice celebration

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"How could you ask be to believe in God when there's
absolutely no evidence that I can see?" -- Jodie Foster

I got kidnapped by Time Warner :-----(((
 

Zalek Bloom wrote:
I wanted to add new cable box for my cable TV - Time Warner wants
$10/month for a box. I bought a cable box on the street the same one I
have - for $30. After connecting to a cable it says "call operator" -
so I called.
They told me that they will not support this box - I have to buy a box
from them for a price of $10/month. The building I am living does not
allow satellite dishes - so I am stuck. Here is the fax I am sending
to my representative - if you are stuck with cable as me, please to
the same:

You're not "stuck" with cable. You can cancel it anytime. What makes
you think a company should be forced by law to offer you certain
products?

BTW, the building you live in has to abide by FCC regulations:

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html

I got kidnapped by Time Warner :-----(((
 

Yes Seth,

You are right - corporations, and specially cable providers have a
right to charge us whatever amount they want and we have let them to
milk us. I see you are true American patriot.

Wow, I didn't realize Time Warner has a guy following you around 24/7
with a gun to your head prohibiting you from cancelling your cable
service.

I got kidnapped by Time Warner :-----(((
 

I don't think this is the case - TW HAVE MY INFO and HAVE BOX NUMBER.
If the box is stolen - TW can inform NY Fattest. I LEGALY purchased
this box on ebay.

"Legally" purchasing stolen property is NOT legal.

I got kidnapped by Time Warner :-----(((
 

Mark Lloyd wrote:
snip
People always say that if you don't like it you can go
somewhere else,
and COMPLETELY IGNORE situations where there is no "somewhere
else".

Good point! But not completely accurate. For example, if no
other access to broadcast TV is available in some area, ignore
TV and rent your favorite shows when they appear, commercial
free, on DVD. Is it really vital to see this week's "Desperate
Housewives" this week, or even this year? And consider all the
other shows not seen on "standard cable" which are available on
commercial-free DVD.

As for news, there is always the internet and radio. One of
those probably offers far better coverage than TV!

If you're a daytime addict, or MUST see the academy awards show
and its ilk, then you've probably got no choice - but also give
up your right to complain!

Why, when I was a lad ......

;-0)