Jun
08

Expat Wants FoxNews…and Local Cable Co Delivers!

By Mark

If you had asked me what the odds were of getting a local cable company to add a channel at the request of a expat/missionary, I would have given you about 100:1 odds.  After all, I can’t even get Telgua to activate cable at my home, which has resulted in no TV since January.  The kids protested they would ‘die’ without it; fortunately the mortality rate has, thus far, been zero.

Anyway, go read this extraordinary story of how two missionaries asked for, and got FoxNews added by their local cable company in Coban.

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Categories : Expat Adaptation, Technology

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John Herring
June 8th, 2009 at 10:46 pm

We had a similar experience. The local cable company in Ciudad Vieja is a very friendly, small town company. Our neighbor Art and I both requested that they add Fox News to the channels available. It took about three months, but they added it. The locals do listen to Gringos.

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John P. Lofreddo
June 9th, 2009 at 7:26 am

Fair & Balanced. The only REAL news.

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