Wired posted an article on 7/14 called "Cable a la Carte Still Half-Baked." It's one of the most perplexing questions ever to face humankind: Why can't you buy just the cable channels you actually watch?

Also, why can't you buy advertising free television? Content providers can regulate what channels you can watch. They can charge you based on what you consume. And yet, they don't. I would just like to access about 20-25 channels that I actually watch without seeing endless commercials!