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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 641852, member: 3201"]
You are so not paying $18 for that lineup.  Those are some of the most popular channels there are.  My guess is that bill would be $90 or more in an a la carte system.  Maybe that saves you a couple dollars, I don't know what you pay.
 
A la carte is bad for someone like you, who watches several popular channels, but will no longer have other people sharing the load.
 
A la carte is bad for someone who watches more niche networks like Lifetime Movie Channel, Game Show Network, VH1 Classic, etc, because not enough people will by them a la carte for them to exist anymore, without the popular channels subsidizing them.
 
A la carte is good ONLY for folks who want just one or maybe two very popular channels for their whole family and that's it.  You might be able to get the ESPN Networks for $30 and CNN for $15 and cut your cable bill from $100 to $45.
 
For everyone else, it's going to suck.  Once people see what the a la carte world looks like, they aren't going to want it.  Even if this passes, once people are given the "option" and start seeing how much they'll pay to get 10 or 20 channels, they will reject it.
 
Yes, the system is collectivist, but you aren't forced to have cable.  But if you do buy cable, this current method (maybe with some tweaks) serves the most people.
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