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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 14:26:14 -0400
From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> SATELLITE CHALLENGING CABLE COMPANIES FOR TV VIEWERS Issue: Satellites Satellite providers and cable companies are engaged in a battle for the nation's TV viewers. In the seven years satellite providers have been in business, have signed up an astonishing 16 million viewers. According to a survey from Consumer Reports magazine due out next week, cable seems plagued by problems such as poor customer service. "Cable companies may ... be their own worst enemy," the survey found, since they received "among the lowest marks of any service providers we regularly evaluate - even lower than those for technical support form computer manufacturers." Despite the inroads satellite has made, one major drawback remains the limited availability of local broadcast channels, a standard feature on cable. [SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Seth Sutel] <http://www.washtech.com/news/netarch/11722-1.html>
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