Shows about buying, selling and flipping houses proliferated on cable television alongside the housing boom earlier this past decade, which helped popularize real estate as a lucrative profession.

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Cable companies and utilities often watch the housing market as a metric for the potential size of the market.

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Given the U.S. housing market is still sagging, this signals little growth for cable companies.

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Student-housing rental rates typically include furnishings, high-speed Internet, cable television and utilities.

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There are two exposed metal connectors, used to pair up with the proprietary magnetic USB charging cable (the only accessory that ships in the box), but the housing appears to be properly sealed.

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