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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/19/2018 06:50 AM, Daryl McDonald
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          <div dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 10:41 PM Stephen P.
            Villano <<a href="mailto:stephen.p.villano@gmail.com"
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            On 08/18/2018 09:23 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:<br>
            > On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:26 AM Stephen P. Villano<br>
            > <<a href="mailto:stephen.p.villano@gmail.com"
              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">stephen.p.villano@gmail.com</a>>
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            > ....<br>
            >> Alas, another deal breaker is, we watch a lot of
            BBC America programming. That is absent from their
            advertised lineup.<br>
            > FWIW, at least one other OTT providers took a bit of
            time<br>
            > to negotiate BBC America, so perhaps it is coming (or<br>
            > perhaps).<br>
            ><br>
            > Personally, I would like to see ESPN dropped and the<br>
            > cost go down by the (estimated by some) $5-8/mo<br>
            > that they bill for it, but it was probably a
            requirement<br>
            > to get Disney (which I would also be personally happy<br>
            > to not get/pay for, but I understand the perceived
            need).<br>
            ><br>
            > But the reality is there is no perfect OTT provider<br>
            > with just the channels I want, and pure ala carte<br>
            > has been calculated (by real economists, not couch<br>
            > potatoe pundits who like to make things up) to cost<br>
            > some people a lot more than what they pay now,<br>
            > even if some would pay less.<br>
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            Which is laughable. The US, the penultimate the third
            nation, has a free<br>
            market, which is monopoly bound.<br>
            Or something.<br>
            Regardless, if it doesn't contain BBC America, I'll not
            subscribe at<br>
            all, be it local cable or network centric.<br>
            I'll do something far less lawful, if I must.<br>
            Obtain copies from a buddy in the NSA.<br>
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          <div>could it be we'll need new SD acronyms? how about SiD and
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    Or SaD, perhaps?<br>
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