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elSicomoro · 11-09-2001, 08:52 PM

Cox is evil...I believe they handle cable in Fairfax County, VA. Last year, they got into a battle with Fox over carrying new Fox channels on their cable system. Cox wound up pulling the plug on Fox channels for like 2 weeks. So, no Fox 5 (the local affiliate in Washington, DC). And this happened during football season, with the Redskins being shown on Fox just about every week. And Fox 5 is apparently hard to pick up with a standard antenna. Man, were people pissed!

I'm assuming that Cox is the only game in your town for cable access, unless you have an upstart, like RCN/Star Power. If you have to go with dialup, you may wish to check out Earthlink or your local phone company (depending on where you live).

11-09-2001, 08:52 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Cox is evil...I believe they handle cable in Fairfax County, VA. Last year, they got into a battle with Fox over carrying new Fox channels on their cable system. Cox wound up pulling the plug on Fox channels for like 2 weeks. So, no Fox 5 (the local affiliate in Washington, DC). And this happened during football season, with the Redskins being shown on Fox just about every week. And Fox 5 is apparently hard to pick up with a standard antenna. Man, were people pissed! I'm assuming that Cox is the only game in your town for cable access, unless you have an upstart, like RCN/Star Power. If you have to go with dialup, you may wish to check out Earthlink or your local phone company (depending on where you live).