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by kefka 4049 days ago
you bought more cable than you needed for your internet connection.

> What?

Cable Internet in the US requires some sort of service to be bought alongside internet. That's usually Basic Cable. My comment was saying that if you bought more than basic cable, you bought more cable than you needed.

Second problem: you tried to use DRM.

> I didn't. The cable company did. And plenty of the TV I am able to record is not available to stream on the same day, if at all.

You can easily get your new via other avenues online. The only exception would be local.

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Cable Internet in the US requires some sort of service to be bought alongside internet. That's usually Basic Cable.

No it doesn't. In NYC at least you can buy internet through Time Warner without buying a TV service.

My comment was saying that if you bought more than basic cable, you bought more cable than you needed.

Incorrect. I bought the amount of cable service I required in order to watch the things I want to watch when I want to watch them.

You can easily get your new via other avenues online.

Not legally. Live sports in particular.