Lee GWB
Yaco
Premium
join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ | Figures
Hi,
I started to do that a month ago. I had most packages, then slowly dropped all the Movies.
Simply not worth it.
Lee |
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bamabrad
join:2006-01-27
Port Orange, FL | Time to act
They better start worrying NOW before it becomes a problem to them-be proactive and stay ahead of the curve instead of re-acting to a threat. |
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needforspeed59
Cruise Ship Just Passing Through
join:2001-05-02
Glendale, AZ
| Too Clugdy
Video over the Net is still too much of a hassle for the everyday Joe. I don't beleive it will be ready for primetime (pun intended) until it is extremely easy to move the content around the home and elsewhere. Also, Joe Sixpack is going to expect the instant channel changing and quality he is used to. Again, maybe someday; but not now.
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fuziwuzi
Not born yesterday
Premium
join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA
| works for me
After less-than-ideal service with the Comcast DVR and digital packages, I decided I would be better served dropping down to the barebones analog package, digging out my old TiVO Series2, and downloading the TV shows that I normally watched from the cable channels. Sure, it is a little work in the mornings to select the shows to download, but it is far more reliable and of better quality than what I was getting with Comcast and their horrible DVR. And even with paying $10/month for high-speed Usenet access, it comes out SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than what I would pay even for the "digital starter" package on Comcast. Also, with services like Miro on the PC, Netflix and Jaman on my TiVO, who needs these overpriced and feature-lacking things from cable?
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keysgate
join:2003-03-15
Trenton, MI
 ·T-Mobile VoIP
 ·T-Mobile US
| cutting
believe me-most folks think you have to have a cable to watch TV.When talking about free OTA I just get a blank stare. I am glad folks are keeping the cable. I watch OTA and broadband TV. When everyone starts doing this and the CC
sees a big increase in broadband usage, they will just implement caps and fees on the broadband side. They will get their money one way or another.
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otty
join:2008-10-24
Toronto, ON | I dropped the tv years ago. Used to torrent instead. Now I used an unnamed provider of online high quality divx streaming. The internet is my phone, tv and of course internet. I love it! |
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maartena
Stacked.
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA | "unnamed provider" sounds like it isn't completely legal. |
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ITALIAN926
join:2003-08-16
Stratford, CT
1 edit | New day, same subject
quote:
but cable operators have quite some time before they need to really worry about broadband video.
Cable operators (the ones supplying the internet connections for broadband video) Will NEVER have to worry. Why? because theres this thing called CAPS... and yes, they will be applying caps when broadband video takes away enough of their revenue. IF they dont apply caps, you will see internet connections costing twice as much for people who dont subscribe to pay TV.
Most of you people live in la-la land thinking the incumbents are on their way to extinction. One way or another , they will be getting their needed revenue to pay employees and to maintain and improve networks. |
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bender
Bite my shiny metal ass
Premium
join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL
clubs: | reply to maartena
Re: cutting
:-D |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
| reply to ITALIAN926
Re: New day, same subject
said by ITALIAN926  :Most of you people live in la-la land thinking the incumbents are on their way to extinction. One way or another , they will be getting their needed revenue to pay employees and to maintain and improve networks. And 2 examples from San Francisco(the weird capital of the US) is hardly a trend.
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maartena
Stacked.
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join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| More online video..... and more data caps.
I think it is great that more and more video is available online. The biggest advantage is that you can watch when you want it, without having to set your DVR.
I use HULU for TV sometimes, and the quality is good enough, especially when viewing HD.
But not everyone is equal, there are more and more ISP's that are implementing data caps. HULU's HD streams are 2 Mbit/s, and watching one or two shows a day that way, as a TV replacement, will add to your data cap very quickly.
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bender
Bite my shiny metal ass
Premium
join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL
clubs:
·T-Mobile US
·Vonage
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
·Mediacom
| reply to ITALIAN926
Re: New day, same subject
said by ITALIAN926 :Most of you people live in la-la land thinking the incumbents are on their way to extinction. One way or another , they will be getting their needed revenue to pay employees and to maintain and improve networks. you think they do everything they can to improve their networks? are you kidding me? they could easily have over 100Mbit cable internet by now if they would just try. all they are doing is just enough to beat the competition. and they dont always do that. |
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badtrip
East Bay
Premium
join:2004-03-20
Albany, CA
·Unwired Ltd
·Comcast
| reply to otty
Re: cutting
said by otty :I dropped the tv years ago. Used to torrent instead. Now I used an unnamed provider of online high quality divx streaming. The internet is my phone, tv and of course internet. I love it! As soon as my Dish contract is up in a few months that will be that, I'll be getting all my video entertainment online and OTA. I live in an area where I can pick up many HD signals OTA and my ISP is a local provider with no caps and no intention of implementing caps. |
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bender
Bite my shiny metal ass
Premium
join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL
clubs:
·T-Mobile US
·Vonage
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Midwest
·Mediacom
| reply to keysgate
i used to live in iowa. you'd be lucky to pick up 3 OTA channels. now i live in the Evanston, IL (about 5 miles from the northside of Chicago) and I pick up at least 30 channels with just a set of rabbit ears. I wish there was more of a push for people to get OTA TV. especially in areas like this. of course some people will want their Discovery channel, HBO and whatnot, and they can pay the $100+/month to do that to the Cable Companies. I'm not going to be one of those people. I have a life and I don't exactly want to spend it in front of the TV.  |
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badtrip
East Bay
Premium
join:2004-03-20
Albany, CA
·Unwired Ltd
·Comcast
| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: New day, same subject
said by TKJunkMail :]And 2 examples from San Francisco(the weird capital of the US) is hardly a trend. Us left-coasters are the innovators. Don't be scared of change. |
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PastTense5
join:2007-05-15 | it will explode when Settop Boxes Become Generally Available
I think you will see an explosion of interest when set-top boxes become generally available. And this seems to be the year when you will see a lot of new products announced in this area.
I just switched this year and it is working out fine. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO
·VOIPo
1 edit | reply to maartena
Re: More online video..... and more data caps.
If we had 1tb caps like Japan we would not have to worry much about that. But some American cablecos are sacred to loose even $0.0001 of their income. Some DSLs don't have caps, and if the keep it that way they could over take cable, and I heard FiOS has co cap ether, and if I could get them I would have both internet and TV from them, but sadly I cannot get them.
But as long as there is a market for no, or very high(500gb-1tb), caps we will have them, even if the cost x% more than one with a small-ish cap. |
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jadebangle
Premium
join:2007-05-22
Olathe, KS
·SureWest Internet
·AT&T Yahoo
·Comcast
| reply to bender
Re: New day, same subject
said by bender :said by ITALIAN926 :Most of you people live in la-la land thinking the incumbents are on their way to extinction. One way or another , they will be getting their needed revenue to pay employees and to maintain and improve networks. you think they do everything they can to improve their networks? are you kidding me? they could easily have over 100Mbit cable internet by now if they would just try. all they are doing is just enough to beat the competition. and they dont always do that. They want us to spend more time on tv and less on the internet. That is why their is not much improvement on internet connection over the years
We see increase every few year but its very minimal or little by little. a small incremental just to keep us all paying for slow internet connection used for patches and demo games |
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jsz0
join:2008-01-23
Jewett City, CT
·Comcast
| Slow transition
It's definitely not going to happen overnight.
Lots of people still have big living room TVs and the quality of online "HD" content just doesn't compete with cable/satellite HD. (even that could be a lot better)
Live sports are a huge factor also. None of the online streaming sources for NBA/NFL/NHL/NASCAR are good enough yet.
There are also tons of people using analog cable on older TVs. I don't think they'll be rushing out to buy set tops for all of them. If a cable provider was to force someone into leasing a DTA though it would probably be more appealing to get an IP video set top instead.
The biggest factor is IP video is just still too "do it yourself" for most people. Too many different sites, too many different set tops. Until there's some convergence of services/hardware I don't see it really catching on as a replacement for traditional linear cable/satellite TV for most people. It will exist as a supplement though. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO
·VOIPo
| reply to PastTense5
Re: it will explode when Settop Boxes Become Generally Available
And when that happens the calbecos will cap like there is no tomorrow. But there WILL be some ISP that cash in on it and make ether very high(750gb-1tb) caps OR no cap at all, it WILL cost a bit more than the cableco's internet, but you do NOT have to pay for their(calbeco's) tv.
Say a cableco's internet is $50 and tv is $75 50+75= $125. And say the other ISP's price is $70 for 84% of the speed and if they have a bundle with netflix or something similar the netflix is then $25 and with hulu and the other free IPTV sites that will pop up for the ad cash(or something like that) it comes to $95 a month, a savings of $30 a month and $360 a year.
IF there IS a market for it they will have an ISP with a very high or no cap and the IPTV stuff, as they will see a way to make money while saving consumers money.
And I cannot wait till I can go all IPTV I just need them to get 5+m internet out here. |
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