Time for a TV boycot?

[miboje]

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that's still with a $50.00 Discount

that is for cable and internet.



Then there is Things I never Use Like $%^&&** SPorts Package
I have to pay $5.00 for people who actually Watch that Crap.
Just so they get a Break.

Local Sports should be set up like HBO

& then there is 911 Fees ? on cable & internet ?

If I'm not Mistaken My internet is Half Price because of the Package
& if I drop he Cable TV my Internet will Cost me upwards of $100.00
with all the fees they add on.[/QUOTE]



Jeff, what for internet service providers do you have available to you? I have Verizon home phone and internet, which I use the internet to watch TV on my Roku. I pay $64 per month. I pay an additional $8 a month separately for Hulu, an internet TV channel. We do not watch sports, so this works out well for us. We only have time a couple evenings a week to watch TV anyhow, normally.

 

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[jeff of pa]

I remember the good old days of having a huge satellite dish that moved around with controls inside the house. I paid nothing for programming either.

Last I saw they had a Plan where you could actually Choose the channels you want & pay
a Few Cents to a Few Dollars for each separate one.
Of course I'm sure there was some type of Catch where you had to pay a Particular fee for the right to
do that & with Taxes etc, it may not have saved anyone money.
But I always wished I had the Bucks to go Satellite dish.

Do they still Exist ? or is that gone the way of 8 tracks

 

[jeff of pa]

Jeff, what for internet service providers do you have available to you? I have Verizon home phone and internet, which I use the internet to watch TV on my Roku. I pay $64 per month. I pay an additional $8 a month separately for Hulu, an internet TV channel. We do not watch sports, so this works out well for us. We only have time a couple evenings a week to watch TV anyhow, normally.

Other then Comcast, Only Dish Network & Direct TV that I'm aware of.
Allot around me switched to Dish, However most have several dishes lying around. Not sure what that's about.
my sister also has a Dish & Complains allot about Signal and service

AT&T Keeps offering me a Deal on Dish. in Fact I just got an Offer Today, But it's a one year Price hold. I don't trust them . & what about my Internet.

Even if I get tv for 50, comcast will charge me $100+ for Internet, & then if Dish doubles next year, i'm screwed & have to pay Comcast $150 to hook me back up
Plus Monthly Bills.

 

[miboje]

Last I saw they had a Plan where you could actually Choose the channels you want & pay
a Few Cents to a Few Dollars for each separate one.
Of course I'm sure there was some type of Catch where you had to pay a Particular fee for the right to
do that & with Taxes etc, it may not have saved anyone money.
But I always wished I had the Bucks to go Satellite dish.

Do they still Exist ? or is that gone the way of 8 tracks

To my knowledge the big, moveable satellite dishes that you had to move electronically have gone the way of 8 tracks. I haven't seen any in eons. I still have all the boxes though. No idea why I still have those.

 

[miboje]

Other then Comcast, Only Dish Network & Direct TV that I'm aware of.
Allot around me switched to Dish, However most have several dishes lying around. Not sure what that's about.
my sister also has a Dish & Complains allot about Signal and service

AT&T Keeps offering me a Deal on Dish. in Fact I just got an Offer Today, But it's a one year Price hold. I don't trust them . & what about my Internet.

Even if I get tv for 50, comcast will charge me $100+ for Internet, & then if Dish doubles next year, i'm screwed & have to pay Comcast $150 to hook me back up
Plus Monthly Bills.

I don't know if you would be interested or not, but here is a link to Verizon's home phone service page where you can plug in your zip code to find out if they offer landline and internet in your area: https://www.verizon.com/home/phone/

 

[jeff of pa]

I don't know if you would be interested or not, but here is a link to Verizon's home phone service page where you can plug in your zip code to find out if they offer landline and internet in your area: https://www.verizon.com/home/phone/

yea thanks ! but no. unless someone local who has had what I do.
and could explain the Risks of Price changes & quality.
Especially for Home Internet I will Never use a Hand phone for Internet with My eyes.
and I do like my internet speed . what ever it is

 

[ChampFerguson/TN]

Well Champ, that's my problem, I can scan the entire guide, and find nothing I want to watch. Up till just a year or so ago, my wife and I were basically raising our two granddaughters, and have had the medium bundle for the cartoons and the Disney stuff. The TWC/Spectrum basic is about 7 channels, plus the shopping channels. Two years ago, the medium package only cost $129. ( Ha, only ).

Seriously Kray, Everything is on the Internet or will be very shortly; some things take longer than others to find, but its there if you're persistent.

 

[Keppy]

Switch to a Roku.

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Yes i went to Roku also. And just about all i watch on cable i can get on Roku the next day..

 

[RustyGold]

I remember watching the Andy Griffith show in black and white on a curved screen TV for free and loved it.

 

[3cylbill]

Used to be able to stick up an antenna and get a dozen or so channels with a couple commercials,.NOW pay through the nose and have to suffer through insurance and drug commercials every seven or eight minutes ..pure human GREED....

 

[port ewen ace]

a class action lawsuit against ALL TV & internet providers mandating "pay as you get" pricing

the law firm of Doowie, Cheatum & Howe could be a savior for consumers

if they can block "premium" signals--- they can block the that MOST viewers WILL NEVER WATCH----EVER

who will be the 1st member of Congress to write THIS BILL

 

[Johnnybravo300]

Internet is free almost everywhere now. I live off grid and even get here 25 miles from Gunnison. I didn't know people still paid for it! Hehe
We gave up tv in 2000. Waste of money waste of time too many commercials. Only Netflix or online streaming these days.

 

[miboje]

Internet is free almost everywhere now. I live off grid and even get here 25 miles from Gunnison. I didn't know people still paid for it! Hehe

FREE? How do you get free internet? Who provides it?
No, it is certainly not free here. I didn't know it was free anywhere, unless you stopped somewhere that had free wi-fi.

 

[Johnnybravo300]

I don't know, it's just in the air. You can travel anywhere in Colorado and get internet for the most part. It's already included in most cell phone plans way cheaper than cable.
When I need a big screen or to do prospecting research I tether my phone to my laptop with bluetooth and there ya go. Less than $100 a month for Verizon with unlimited data.

 

[Johnnybravo300]

Well I pay for the phone plan so I guess it's really not free. Part of the cell plan. I didn't realize there was different internet for houses that went through cable. Haven't been there in years.

 

[lairmo]

Well now that straight talk has the Unlimited Unlimited $55 plan that's what I do if I want to watch Netflix/Hulu/Xbox etc. Just use my hotspot. Streams at 12 or so mbps...
And for local tv I just use my own Homemade antenna...she's ugly but I can get around 40 channels with a decibel booster.

 

[Johnnybravo300]

Nice!!

 

[pepperj]

When we moved we cut the cable 3.75 yrs ago, just figured it out $6750 of savings and I haven't been stressed in having to call about billing, reception, packages...nada! Greatest feeling, don't miss it and I read the late night host line-ups for guests in the morning paper, the reason of my read is not to recognize any of the names, it's a good day when I go through the whole list and I have no idea who these people are.

 

[Kray Gelder]

I remember the good old days of having a huge satellite dish that moved around with controls inside the house. I paid nothing for programming either.

HA! That's right! Never had one, but those things were enormous!

 

[Kray Gelder]

I don't know if you would be interested or not, but here is a link to Verizon's home phone service page where you can plug in your zip code to find out if they offer landline and internet in your area: https://www.verizon.com/home/phone/

Thanks. That's helpful. I will look into that. I've looked at the others, not Verizon.