I remember back in the 1960’s when the companies were lobbying to be allowed to lay cable all over the place. To get the public on their side they said, “And since you pay for the service, there will be no commercials!” This back in the era when commercials were about 10% of the broadcast time instead of 40% like today.
Agent54 over 10 years ago
Bad news, they only let you watch cable TV in the slammer and they hold the remote.
zippykatz over 10 years ago
Insurance companies are far worse.
Zen-of-Zinfandel over 10 years ago
Once I called for a Time Mag subscription and reached a room full of inmates
dflak over 10 years ago
I remember back in the 1960’s when the companies were lobbying to be allowed to lay cable all over the place. To get the public on their side they said, “And since you pay for the service, there will be no commercials!” This back in the era when commercials were about 10% of the broadcast time instead of 40% like today.