Now Hear This Electronic Newsletter, August 23, 2007 Posted by Bob at 08/21/07 12:55 PM

A nasty fight between big cable companies and a pair of new and powerful sports networks provides yet another strong argument for cable a la carte, the simple idea that cable customers should be allowed to buy only the channels they actually want to watch. What a concept.

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AT&T's Shenanigans in Hiding $10 DSL Service Go From Exasperating to Infuriating Posted by Bob at 08/10/07 01:29 PM

Let's not and say we did. That appears to be AT&T's newest tactic when it comes to letting consumers know about a bargain basement, $10 a month Internet service the company was forced to begin offering to gain government approval of its megamerger with BellSouth last year.

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Now Hear This Electronic Newsletter, August 9, 2007 Posted by Bob at 08/08/07 11:13 AM

Instead of providing an unbiased and unvarnished examination of the critical issue of media ownership, it appears a set of just-released studies were carefully crafted by Federal Communications Commission officials to make a case for relaxing the agency's existing media ownership rules.

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