Gimme Cable Internet!

So as you've read previously, I would love to have cable internet. Problem is, the local cable company (or should I say local cable monopoly) has this thing for getting all the loot out of its "customers" possible. So they don't only charge you $50 a month for the cable, but require that you be a cable subscriber also. So make that $100 a month for both cable internet and teevee service.

But I don't want cable for my non-existent teevee. And I'm not getting a teevee anytime soon.

So my question to the cable company is why do I have to subscribe to your cable teevee service? I know there is already a cable line to my apartment, I could show you the plug for it in the living room. But, no, you have to try and get as much profit out of the consumer as possible.

Well, fuck you. I hope the Supreme Court rules that you have to share your cable lines with other cable internet providers who won't try and screw the consumer over. A recent article states:

Justices will hear two cases challenging a lower ruling forcing cable companies to share their lines.

Well, the cable companies have the backing of a trade association, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, who say:

"Any type of government regulation to require cable operators to form partnerships would only deter investment, innovation and competition," said spokesman Brian Dietz.

The only way it is going to deter investment is 'cause the cable companies won't be able to monetarily rape the consumer any more with the addition of competition against their monopoly; therefore, the cable companies profits will drop as they will have to change their billing practices to stay competitive.