[onewhippedpuppy]

You should check into AT&T U-verse. In Wichita you can get digital cable including HD, home phone, and high speed internet for $90/month. It's fiber optic based and requires new cables, so as soon as it's available in my area I'm all over it. We're always the last to get stuff, so it's probably available in H-town.

Our version of the evil cable company is Cox. Despite their commercials touting themselves as my "friend", they're stupid indifferent bastards. They market HD programming as free. After buying an HDTV, I call about said free channels. Sorry sir, you have to rent a tuner box for $10/month. No I say, my new TV has a built in HD tuner. Sorry sir, it won't work with HD. But I can watch over the air HD channels IN HD for free right now. Long pause........ They finally admitted that they encrypt their HD channels, then charge you $10/month for a decoder box. I asked the rep if he considers $10/month to be free, but never did get an answer. $10/month isn't much money, but I refuse to pay it based solely on principle. Bastards.....