Ever since these "cursed" threads started, especially the one with the cable lineups, I'm trying to understand the rationale on how these "systems" are cursed. It seems to me, by purusing through some of the thread, that these lineups serves the smallest communities in the country--not exactly places where it can be more justifiable to carry a boatload of channels, and having the infrastructure to do so. It's fine for Dish Network and DirecTV to offer 300-400 channel lineups because they service the entire country, while cable TV service is designed to provide TV programming to only certain pockets of the country. Places like Los Angeles, New York City, Philly, and other large metropolises can handle larger channel lineups, while a cable system in a place like "Podunk, Mississippi" may be not have the economics and infrastructure to handle even a 100-channel lineup.