Erik Voldengen

I don't know if you'll loose it for sure.

I wanted to watch the Tour de France last summer, but I did not have cable.
I called Comcast and asked if OLN (now Versus) was included in the basic
cable package. They said it was NOT. Same thing was on their website.

I then polled this email list and I believe 20 out of 20 confirmed they did
have OLN with basic cable.

Further, I read somewhere that part of the NHL television rights require
broadcast to hit a certain number of homes, which apparently isn't possible
with the larger cable packages - only basic cable has enough penetration.

So maybe it will go away, but maybe it won't. At least you can still watch
Mythbusters ;)

-Erik

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From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of John Schader
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 3:06 PM
To: OBRA
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Bad News from Comcast

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I just got my Comcast bill with the
products & services price list effective 3/7/07. RATS! Although they are
lowering the bare bones basic service fee by 25 cents to a mere $8.15, they
have eliminated Versus (OLN) and the Golf Channel. Now one needs at least
"Standard Cable" at $50.89/month to get those channels. Come July, I'm going
to miss all my favorite bull riding and BBQ competitions. Say it ain't so!

John

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