Just a taste...
Verizon isn't the only company with which I do business which seems determined to foil me at every turn. Comcast is on my list now.
Regular readers of this blog know that I have been cursing Comcast ever since they pulled Cartoon Network off of our local lineup. They did so because apparently, when the rocket scientists in my town signed their most recent contract with Comcast, Cartoon Network wasn't part of the lineup. They have two or three golf channels and half a dozen channels that show nothing but catholic masses and shopping networks, but Cartoon Network isn't available.
Now they have the "on demand" service, which lets you call up programming whenever you want. Movies, TV shows and so on -- it's a pretty good idea, their alternative to TiVO. But anyway, they offer Cartoon Network on demand services -- about a dozen episodes of various shows that so far don't seem to rotate or change. They're free to watch and available from our area, too -- but still no Cartoon Network on the "regular" channels.