>> For the longest time the cable company has tried to convince
>> people they MUST pay for each and every outlet in the home...
>
> FWIW, we pay for ALL the outlets in our home, and I've been
> relatively impressed with the techs who have come out and
> re-fiddled with the splitters each time some bandwidth change
> has interfered with operation of one outlet or another (five
> TVs (some with multiple VCR-like devices, one internet.)

We have Adelphia (well, not any more), and years ago they stopped trying to 
charge for multiple outlets.

In fact, when we moved into our new home, I ran a CAT 5, a CAT 3 (telephone) 
and RJ59 to each room where they terminate in nice jacks on the wall. When I 
called Adelphia to set up my cable service they came out, put their fancy 
ends on all my cables in the basement, supplied a splitter (or two?) and 
hooked it all up for $0.00!

Maybe I helped the Rigas family drive them bankrupt. :-)

Of course, in the modern world they try to rent you set top boxes and DVRs 
instead.

(They still want their pound of flesh!)

Bob Ammerman

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