Cable TV

[Inferno]

Who doesnt have cable TV? I am considering getting rid of the service. A few months ago, my bill was @ $110, for BASIC cable(no DVR or premium channels) and medium speed internet. Pissed me off, so I called and threatend to cancel.
My bill now is $79 a month, but I still want to cancel, I really dont watch TV except for a few shows that I can get off netflix/hulu/youtube.
$30 a month At&t DSL and $13 a month netflix and maybe blockbuster is better that $80 bucks a month for cable internet.
Anyone do this?

[Trip]

dsl and dish network

thought about going to directv, they got a better HD lineup for me, but they are more expensive and they don't seem to list any dual tuner boxes on their site like dish. I get off much cheaper by only having two dual tuner boxes instead of paying for four singles.

[shmike]

Who doesnt have cable TV? I am considering getting rid of the service. A few months ago, my bill was @ $110, for BASIC cable(no DVR or premium channels) and medium speed internet. Pissed me off, so I called and threatend to cancel.
My bill now is $79 a month, but I still want to cancel, I really dont watch TV except for a few shows that I can get off netflix/hulu/youtube.
$30 a month At&t DSL and $13 a month netflix and maybe blockbuster is better that $80 bucks a month for cable internet.
Anyone do this?

I have considered it but haven't done it yet. The wife watches more TV than I do.

I'm paying less than $90 (with taxes) for cable (HD/DVR) and internet.

[Mudpuppy]

i had satellite for many years and it was great.. fuck all that shit about rain fade its bullshit.. but i live in a competitive market and cable offers best deal right now.. if it wasn't for the wife and kids i would have no tv just a ps3 for games and movies.. i feel its a complete waste of money..

[LeeNetworX]

i had satellite for many years and it was great.. fuck all that shit about rain fade its bullshit..

Really? Because my signal disappears every time we get even a light rain. The receiver is reporting ~93 for signal strength for all sats.

[Trip]

Really? Because my signal disappears every time we get even a light rain. The receiver is reporting ~93 for signal strength for all sats.

Sounds like you might have an issue somewhere, it takes a fuckin tornado to take out my signal

[shmike]

Really? Because my signal disappears every time we get even a light rain. The receiver is reporting ~93 for signal strength for all sats.

gorilla glass has been known to reduce reception.

You've been using it for years without even knowing it.

[LeeNetworX]

gorilla glass has been known to reduce reception.

You've been using it for years without even knowing it.

:lol

[njchopper87]

The only reason we still have cable through Time Warner is the internet. Otherwise we'd have jumped ship long ago. DSL sucks. Dc every 10 mins no thanks..

[Trip]

DSL sucks. Dc every 10 mins no thanks..

Really, mine never disconnects hardly unless maintenance or damage to the system. Plus it's got a great stable speed. My cable internet was always shitty at night when everyone was on it. I know the speed I got now and never drift much from that speed.

[OneSickPsycho]

Who doesnt have cable TV? I am considering getting rid of the service. A few months ago, my bill was @ $110, for BASIC cable(no DVR or premium channels) and medium speed internet. Pissed me off, so I called and threatend to cancel.
My bill now is $79 a month, but I still want to cancel, I really dont watch TV except for a few shows that I can get off netflix/hulu/youtube.
$30 a month At&t DSL and $13 a month netflix and maybe blockbuster is better that $80 bucks a month for cable internet.
Anyone do this?

I don't have cable and am not in a rush to get it... though, I would like the internet... probably be more productive at work and I'd like to download TV shows and movies.

Best deal around for me is cable/internet bundle.

Satellite is too expensive for what you get (EVERY TV needs a box) and I haven't investigated DSL in my neighborhood... if I'm going to get cable anyway, I'm not fucking around with DSL.

I had DSL one time back in the day. Other than the nightmare we went through when the provided went bankrupt and our service was sold and resold a dozen times in a couple of months, it was retarded awesome. The thing with DSL is... location, location, location.

We were about three blocks away from a main switching station so we were plugged in to about the fattest pipeline possible... I'm talking 5-6Mbps all day every day, no matter what... and it was cheap as balls too. Granted, that was about 10 years ago, so the location thing may not be as important now...

[marko138]

I dont have cable, dish, or any other service and I haven't for over 4 years now. I get 12 stations off-air with a HDTV antenna.

[CrazyKell]

I had a free VIP cable package for a year. It ran out in May so now I'm back to paying for it.

I don't even have my TV plugged in at the moment and I can't tell you the last time I watched anything. I'm going to cancel the whole works. I don't need to be watching TV.

[KSGregman]

I have a basic cable / high speed internet package through Cox Communications here in Wichita.

Service is great....my only bitch is the bundling. I have no use for cable TV...but...I have to have it to get high speed internet service. Seems like a load of shit but I still pay my $117/month to have it. It's like 60 for the cable....40 for the internet and the rest in fees and taxes. :idk:

[Mudpuppy]

i had dish network and direct tv.. had one very hard rain storm that took out dish network for 15 minutes but other than that never lost a signal..

DSL worked ok for me using speed patch made it better..

[OneSickPsycho]

i had dish network and direct tv.. had one very hard rain storm that took out dish network for 15 minutes but other than that never lost a signal..

DSL worked ok for me using speed patch made it better..

Big Florida rains will take it out momentarily... but it's not the end of the world... a few minutes of downtime and you're back up again. My dad's said it's happened probably 30 times in two years...

[Bluestreak]

Century Link DSL here with DirecTV.

It take a pretty big storm to knock out our TV signal. We have 2 DVR's, local stations, 200+ channels and showtime for around $75 a month. I've been a customer for 10 years + now so I know my current plan is grandfathered in.

BIL has Dish Network and he loose's signal if it even hints at rain. No thanks...

DSL is my only choice. No cable out here in BFE Central PA. DSL cost is $30 a month for 3MB and 1 static IP.

[HurricaneHeather]

No cable or dish here. We watch so little tv that it doesn't matter much. Only thing that sucks is the reception on that digital convertor box thing. Clouds will cause a couple of channels to go on the fritz.

[TYEster]

Time Warner HD/DVR.

My complaints
1. the HD channels get shitty on us sometime like fuzz but digital
2. I'm tired of them complaining about "how :corporatestationhere: demands they pay them to broadcast so we can charge you more" commercials or they cut the programming.
3. The menu lists the wrong shows and descriptions ALOT. So much it misses DVR'd programs, granted I watch and record when I can for the racing I care about. But other shows sometimes get missed.

I'm contemplating a switch to satellite, but I don't know if it would save me money or hassle.

[Rangerscott]

cable internet is like crack. Once you have it, you don't want to give it up. I don't think you can get just cable internet and not have to pay for TV. I talked with one guy that setup up my Droid at verizon and he said you could with the company that is in our area. I've never called to see.

My bro told me that NTS does fiber, but they also do phone/tv. I've never called them either to see if they just do internet. Of course if you just get one service I'm sure they will over charge you.

[Avatard]

Really? Because my signal disappears every time we get even a light rain. The receiver is reporting ~93 for signal strength for all sats.

I too had serious weather related outages some years back with both dish based TV providers (even with 90+ signal in dry). If I wasn't, er, testing, I'd have been pissed.

[Flexin]

Who doesnt have cable TV? I am considering getting rid of the service. A few months ago, my bill was @ $110, for BASIC cable(no DVR or premium channels) and medium speed internet. Pissed me off, so I called and threatend to cancel.
My bill now is $79 a month, but I still want to cancel, I really dont watch TV except for a few shows that I can get off netflix/hulu/youtube.
$30 a month At&t DSL and $13 a month netflix and maybe blockbuster is better that $80 bucks a month for cable internet.
Anyone do this?

You post reminded me of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ESeEZD_OY

I haven't had cable for 7 months now. I couldn't go to fire school and pay for cable as well. I hate it. I should have cable set up again in a few weeks. If I had hair I would pull it out.

James