off-topic: cable TV providers in cambridge

[Chris Janicki]

I used to live in Brighton and did just fine with a pair of rabbit ear 
antennae.  I got 7 channels I think, including ABC, NBC, CBS, UPN, FOX, 
and two PBS stations.  If you're *really* that tight for money, don't pay 
anything!

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On 3/1/01, 4:02:34 PM, melniker at eecs.tufts.edu wrote regarding off-topic: 
cable TV providers in cambridge:


> This is off-topic, but I trust all of you to give me some good advice....

> I just got an apartment in Cambridge, lease starting in May, and I'm 
looking
> at all my options for cable, telephone and Internet. It looks to me like 
AT&T
> Broadband is the only cable TV provider in Cambridge, but I really hope 
this
> isn't the case... their prices are so expensive!

> I live in Somerville now, and I'm paying about $40 ($20 for basic service 
and
> another $20 for 5 HBOs and 2 Cinemax chans.

> I know that AT&T has _digital_ cable, and this is probably what makes it 
so
> much more ($29.99 base + different packages of "premium" channels... the 
one I
> would want is ~$32), but I wish I had the *option* of getting digital, 
because
> I wouldn't(!) -- I need to base my decision on price, not quality.

> Anyone who lives in Cambridge and can offer me some advice or 
alternatives,
> please do so!

> Thanks a lot,
> Doug Melniker
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