Cable TV/Internet Options
Hey guys ... There is something wrong when your cable TV/ internet bill is more than your power bill . Especially when it gets cold or rains and you comcast cable does not work .
My only savior was I have a hot spot on my company phone to connecct to the outside world after a long day of work .
I'm going on vaction in a few days , being down in the 20's in the northeast , its a line problem and comcast has had a tech out ... not fix for the past year .
Have to do something when I get back from Vaca .
Besides switching to Verizon not sure how the Dish is , I'm going to need internet . Really sucks only need like 10 channels and pay for 1000 I don't use .
Eventualy I hope Google and other companies come out with a wireless internet access and just pay for what you what .
Does anyone have the Dish ? How do you like ?
Thanks
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Yeah, There is something wrong
Yeah, the TV thing is a scam, IMHO.
There's 3 providers in my neighborhood, and they all treat the consumer like they're stupid.
They all give you some bait to sign up, they'll lock in a price for 12 months, but they REFUSE to give you the price for the 13th month. You bet it's gonna double.
So, either you play musical providers every 12 months or pay the price. The two satellite providers do the same.
Don't forget, each one of them will charge you a "sign up" fee to get started.
And there is no "regular" pricing available from any provider, it's only a special introductory price for 12 months.
Being the cheap consumer that I am, I just bought a HD antenna and a tall mast. I may not get any "premium" channels, but I get 42 channels, just enough to watch the news and weather.
If I need a movie, I'll fire up the AppleTV or the Roku, or download something from Usenet.
A few years back I put a Toroidal dish up and was able to pick up tons of FTA channels, but a combination of new satellite locations and the neighbors tree growth took that away.
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...Now, you wanna talk internet? My cable provider has CONSISTENTLY raised my prices on a quarterly basis, and haven't had anything added, like speed, for those increases.
My equipment fee recently doubled from $5.00/month to $10.00/month.
Now go and read your bill, look at all of the fees!
FCC Reg Fee
FCC Administrative Fee
Franchise Fee
Modem Fee
Other Fees .... WTF is other fees??
Really can't get by without internet today, so I'm stuck with that.