The manipulative Cablevision is at it again!

I don't mind that much that Cablevision doesn't support full HD, but now they have gone too far. Cablevision used to offer basic cable to those that did not have a cable box as a way to accommodate those that really couldn't afford a box (around $6 per month to rent one), but that all changed several years ago.

Many of the channels you used to be able to get without a cable box were cut in half, it went from over 40 channels down to a small handful. However now, you can't get any channels. They are manipulating customers to rent additional cable boxes to be able to watch even the most basic channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.) - channels you could watch for free over the air with an antenna.

I have two cable boxes in my home, and five televisions. That means that now three of those televisions are useless unless I pay an extra $18 per month to rent three additional boxes. However even at $6-$7 a month just for one box for an elderly person on a fixed income, that would mean the difference between paying for cable or never watching TV again. Some people live in areas that get bad antenna reception, and are forced to use cable just so they can watch the evening news!

How much longer will we as the customers allows such manipulative companies to stay in business? I think we should all boycott Cablevision until they give us back our channels!