Steve Sobol wrote:
> ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.cellular.verizon.]
> On 2008-05-14, William Souden <souden@nospam.com> wrote:
>> Agreed. At one time you had to rent everything from the phone
>> company. They also charged monthly fees for things like an extension
>> phone on the same line. Now that I think of it the cable people used to
>> charge for a second tv getting basic cable. When they were forced to
>> stop the practice they warned people about imaginary hazards of hooking
>> up a second tv on your own (they are allowed to charge for doing the
>> cabling).
>
> And for rental of extra converter boxes and remotes (I think our extra box is
> $5/month and the extra remote is $2).
>
You can make a weak argument for the equipment rental but none for
just adding another tv for basic cable. Same for charging a monthly fee
for an extension phone.