unlike telco in m'sia, there's currently only one satellite tv provider - mighty Astro. with telco, u dun like 012, jump la to 016 or 019..

there's no pressure for them to make any changes which will benefits the consumer & drill a hole in their own pocket...as long as they making money, consumer (majority) not complaining...they will keep it that way...even if they wanna increase (which they already did) the subs fee, no one can make any hoos & haas cos we hv no choice.

but to me...whatever industry it is, whether its being monopolized or not, there's simply no way for the provider to custom a plan for each particular individual...

i would love it if the Astro channels are not in packages..but rather, one can subscribe to any channels they like & not 'forced' to subscribed to a package with 5 channels where i only watch 2 of them...

but that being said, good luck to you...

right now, u select packages...not channels..for example, I love Discovery & Nat-Geo channels..but i cant subs to only the two..i must or forced to subs to a package which include Animal Planet, learning channel, disc science & disc history channel which i never watch...so its a waste of money...but i got no choice unless i can make do without Discovery & Nat-Geo

if they can charge, say RM5 per channel per month, and let ppl choose whatever channels they want, wouldn't that be better?

perhaps your petition can include this request? then i will surely sign.