Agree to all. I wasn't commenting on the global impact. From "the cable companies" viewpoint, they are not paying for that energy (each subscriber is paying i

Agree to all. I wasn't commenting on the global impact. From "the cable companies" viewpoint, they are not paying for that energy (each subscriber is paying individually). And they cared more about reducing their "help desk effort" than about the global environmental impact of their change (i.e., they ignored that which did not directly impact them).