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Do you have cable?

#43
the sports networks ARE getting hip to the streaming online thing you know guys, MLB already has an app / service through Hulu, if I'm not mistaken...others will soon follow. Netflix is also a pretty big force in this arena...they are dumping physical media model and will soon go all streaming too...Where there is a market to exploit, it will be exploited.
 
#44
We do not have cable, and have not had it since 2005. We also use Netflix through the Wii, a pretty good deal IMO. Either way, Verizon gets its cut, since we have to pay for internet service through them.

On a tangential note, I always get a kick out of discussions with folks who cannot make their ends meet yet have $100/month cable bills (and often 'smart phones' too).

While on the topic of discussing TV - has anyone read Neal Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death? A great read.
 
#47
Corporate Boy said:
I currently don't have cable, but if you do be sure to remember when your promo deal expires. This is the discuount you get for the next 6 months. If you call them up and say it is too expensive without the promo, they will usually extend it for another 6 months. If they don't, switch to a competing company, who offers a promo. Mention their deal, somewhere along the cancellation process they will offer you a competing. They always do, but you have to be persstant. If not switch to the competitor. This works with Comcast.

I usually can watch most commedy central stuff online somewhere. Southpark, Daily Show, etc. Hulu and Netflix has most movies. If you are patient, they will eventually make their rounds to where you can see them. I love the HBO series, which I can get via DVD through Netflix for $10 a month. What kills me is sports. I only really care about NFL. I can pick up the local stations without cable, but ESPN is not there. I guess I will be social and hang out at a bar on monday nights.
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I agree with this as I'm a Comcast subscriber with a bundled package.(no pun intended).
 
#48
anyonefortennis said:
My intro rate with TWC is up so my bill went up quite a bit. Considering canceling cable but I will miss comedy central, ESPN, etc.

Also considering satellite. Can anyone share experiences with dish and direct tv? Pricing changes, contracts, etc.
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On the other hand I have not had any cable, satellite or any other form of TV in my house (period) since my oldest son was born. My kids never grew up with TV in the house and for the last 12 years I have not had TV. I don't miss it. If I want to watch something now and then, the internet has lots of options for viewing.
 
#52
I just ordered internet for my new place...I have netflix already...made the decision to ditch cable. For now it is Netflix...maybe add Hulu...not sure.

And I can stream stuff to my TV through my laptop...live feeds and stuff...Do you know if the stuff I stream will look OK on a 46? It will be a HDMI connection.
 
#54
I have netflix ($9.99/month), charter Internet ($20.00), and Virgin Mobile cell phone (25.00)= $55/month more or less. That's loads cheaper then my parents $100.00+ charter Internet/phone/cable bill. Even better 2/3 have no contracts attached to them, so if I fall on hard times I don't have to worry about paying for them.
 
#55
ThisisCraigP said:
I have netflix ($9.99/month), charter Internet ($20.00), and Virgin Mobile cell phone (25.00)= $55/month more or less. That's loads cheaper then my parents $100.00+ charter Internet/phone/cable bill. Even better 2/3 have no contracts attached to them, so if I fall on hard times I don't have to worry about paying for them.
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The virgin phone service is good? I heard it was awful.
 
#56
anyonefortennis said:
My intro rate with TWC is up so my bill went up quite a bit. Considering canceling cable but I will miss comedy central, ESPN, etc.

Also considering satellite. Can anyone share experiences with dish and direct tv? Pricing changes, contracts, etc.
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direcTV is not good. If you want to downgrade your package they will tell you they're dong it and then not do. And you will call again and they will tell you they're doing it and then not do. And you will call again and they will tell you they're doing it and then not do it.

DishNetwork is alright. They're cheaper and I would say customer service is a lot better. Although once they tried to charge me for a piece of hardware I didn't have, and it did take about a year of me telling them "You guys sent me a box with nothing in it for no reason about two years ago, if that's what you're charging me for, you can shove it."
 
#59
jeff arddun said:
You heard right. Counting the weeks till my virgin contract is up.
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funny, I didn't know they had "contracts"...I thought that was their whole schpeil. In fact, it is...is it different in Canada? Do they have a restructure of their whole business model for Canada? I have a Virgin Mobile phone, as does my Daughter, and the service is just fine where I am. It's on Sprint's network here, and it's no more or no less spotty than AT&T has proven.
 

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