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forgetfulnot
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My local cabel co is going totaly digital. From a quick look my bill will double and I will loose three premim movie chanels. With cablel internet my bill would go from $90.00 to $160.00. I have no need for digital TV or internet phone service.
What you say?
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #1 on: Jul 23rd, 2005, 1:54am » |
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Well - we have digital cable here - Comcast. I was fine with it for the tv and the internet, but then my dad put the phone on it. Let me say how that's NOT a good idea!!!
In the storms recently, we lose either cable, power, or both. If the power goes out, we have a regular wall phone to use since the cordless phones don't work. We also have a generator that we set up in bad storms.
If the cable goes out, well....we're just lucky my dad still has a regular phone service in his office! We lose our phone service on the Comcast - sometimes for a couple of days! I don't think that's safe. Also, my house is a cell phone black hole - our cell phones don't work here.
I've always kept a solid landline even though I have a cell phone.
Personally, I'd stay away from going to cable for the phone - but that's just something I've noted recently!
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I have digital cable in 3 rooms and high speed (broadband) internet service for $92 / month.
$160 seems awfully high 
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As soon as you go digital you will understand.
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #4 on: Jul 23rd, 2005, 7:57am » |
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I was on digital for awhile to get the 100+ stations but the cost was similar to yours. I was able to downgrade the service and sent back their digital convertor they had been renting out to me. Can you do the same thing?
Digital isn't all that great in my opinion. I don't miss it at all. The extra channels were largely audio only channels of music or paid movie services that cost even more money to watch.
Cable is a racket and a monopoly. The politicians on both sides of the aisle are getting their palms greased heavily. The cable industry gave the most money to Bush followed by Kerry. They like to cover their bases.
Lots of info here:
http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/report.aspx?aid=395
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We had satellite, but rainstorms (or even heavy clouds) made the picture break up.
We found a deal where we switched from sat to cable, and as an incentive, they gave us a really good rate - $40 / month for 18 months for HBO plus all the semi-premium channels (A&E, HGTV, IFC, etc). I think the regular rate is around $80 for that level.
Having digital cable is very nice - one tivo like box to record stuff, pause live TV, and deliver on-demand. The on-demand doesn't work too well on weekends - too much traffic on the network. But otherwise good.
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #6 on: Jul 23rd, 2005, 11:42am » |
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When we first moved into my apartment, Comcast had a deal where we could get 3 digital boxes and HBO and Cinemax for just $50 per month. Cost about $75 installation fee for them to bring out the boxes and sort of hook them up. My dad then had to fix several of the boxes, and they even had to come out a couple more times for dysfunctional boxes!
So when the deal was ending, I called Comcast to find out what I'd have to pay to keep even just one box without the premium channels. They told me about $95/month! So then....here was the part that got me the most.
I asked them how much it would cost just for basic cable alone, with no premium channels - $60/month! Even more than having 3 digital boxes and 2 premium channels with the deal! I actually considered having the cable cut off altogether and just watching lots of movies! They also charged me another $75 just for coming out and taking away the boxes.
Dave's best friend works for Comcast. We refer to it as 'Comcrap.' LOL
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #7 on: Jul 23rd, 2005, 11:56am » |
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Our satillite was less than $45 a month.
we even had HBO package.
so 100 music channels, 100 variety including TLC
and the Comedey Channel, and sports liek ESPN2
it was a great deal.
we started out with Primesstar, so we didn't even have t o buy the sat outright. Of course that was taken over and I don't know about the new deals.
But any cable over $50 a month is OUTRAGEOUS.
It's like paying $150 for a cell phone.
You can, by why would you?
I mean some people prefer AOL,
but that $10 Net zero deal gets you to the same internet...
Pick and choose
and refuse to pay too much.
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #8 on: Jul 23rd, 2005, 5:44pm » |
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I always like it when my cable system rants in its ads about how unreliable satellite is. I wonder what all those big dishes outside Time-Warner here are?
I read that cable and 911 are sometimes problems.
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #9 on: Jul 23rd, 2005, 6:14pm » |
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try telling them you're thinking of switching.... that brought my bill down from $123 to $88 for 6 months. that's for cable internet, digital cable, dvr and dvr service, and 4 premiums. when that expires, the dvr and premiums are gone.
just an idea.....
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #10 on: Jul 24th, 2005, 12:41am » |
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Thanks for all the replies, I'm still confused however.
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #11 on: Jul 24th, 2005, 1:09am » |
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on Jul 24th, 2005, 12:41am, forgetfulnot wrote:I'm still confused however.
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on Jul 23rd, 2005, 5:44pm, Charlie wrote:
I read that cable and 911 are sometimes problems.
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I heard the same thing on the TV the other night. Something about people with phone service through their cable company not being able to reach 911 emergency services.
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #13 on: Jul 24th, 2005, 1:39am » |
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If you don't live to far out in the woods,
Put up an antenna, and get a HDTV set or a HDTV tuner, the picture blows cable away,
Get DSL and download all the TV shows you are missing without cable with BitTorrent. I use a laptop with S video out hooked to a 35" TV to view the downloads. Rent the DVD's you want to see. There will be Movie download services like ipod out soon.
Take all the money you save and buy meds for more PF time.
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Thank you jonny, you are always trying to help. ALL Your information was very helpfull.
Lee
on Jul 24th, 2005, 1:09am, Jonny wrote:
That dont surprise me
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #15 on: Jul 25th, 2005, 12:06am » |
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I LOVE our satillite (direct tv) even if it does go out when it rains.....alot of lightening in the air even if it doesn't storm......heavy snows and winds. But without it we get "NOTHING" at all down in this valley !! Takeing less and getting something out of it Pam
We pay bout 80.00 a month cuz we have onea the extra sports stations to get the bike races and all that jazz Brad likes....and local networks since that won't even come in down here at all.
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Re: Cabel vs. Satalight
« Reply #16 on: Jul 25th, 2005, 4:50pm » |
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on Jul 24th, 2005, 7:25pm, forgetfulnot wrote:| Thank you jonny, you are always trying to help. ALL Your information was very helpfull. |
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Ok, ok.....I went from regular cable and internet connection to digital and it only cost about ten bucks more, now paying about $106.00 a month.
Although my bill can go as high as $150.00 cause of those damn on demand movies....its just so easy to hit a button and spend $4 every time you do.....LMAO
Lee, sounds like they are taking you for a ride if thats how much the want for that service, Bro
BTW....I dont have the phone thing
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