razzorr
join:2002-01-31
Fort Smith, AR | Glad I do not have it anymore
I got rid of cable a long time ago and am glad. |
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Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | I wish we had more politicians like McCain
Go get em McCain. |
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kennydillon
Premium
join:2002-06-09
Goddard, KS | One Answer!
DISH NETWORK!
Still cheaper than cable!
KENNY |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
| Reliable Service
Cable Rates ARE high, I routinely feel ripped off on the Cable TV side of things, but I feel somewhat justified paying my $170/month bill.
Simply because I get RELIABLE high speed online, no node overcrowding here, phone service $30 a month LESS than Bellsouth WITH Unlimited Long Distance and excellent customer service.
Are there bundling discounts? Of course, my Road Runner went down to $39.99 because I have TV and Phone service, likewise, my phone service went down to $39.99 (plus taxes and fees, grrr...) because I have TV and Cable Modem service.
All that and I only have ONE bill to pay for three different services.
I, for one, am glad for cable deregulation. |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: | Gotta love
The love of money, they get a cheaper ESPN subscription rate, and get the rate hike... Cable had a good year last year..
sorry... sarcasm cannon is fully armed.
So who gets the congratulations? I guess I should be glad I have Directv. |
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wdoa
join:2001-10-16
Spencer, MA
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to kennydillon
Re: One Answer!
I just left DISH. Horrible Horrible service. They couldn't get the service to work right after 4 months, and they had no clue why it was. I'm not a big Charter fan and had hoped Dish would be a cheaper alternative, but 4 months of service outages, voice sync issues, general incompetence, and long waits on the phone sent me back to cable. At least for the next year Charter's giving me a $25 a month credit to "buy back my Dish", so my bill for a year anyway. I really wanted Dish to work, but their subcontracts are not properly training and their are MAJOR communication issues within that company between the folks on the phone and the installers. |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | reply to kennydillon
Only for some people.
And now with the Dish and DirecTV yearly rate hikes, they'll be up to cable rates in no time too.  |
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friech
join:2004-10-10
Wasilla, AK | reply to razzorr
Re: Glad I do not have it anymore
In the 7 years I've had Directv, I have never had a rate increase that I did not voluntarily initiate myself (i.e. my base rate hasn't increased). |
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BodyBumper
join:2004-06-21
Beverly Hills, CA
1 edit | CBAND/4DTV
Have you tried CBAND/4DTV they are a la carte 
»skyvision.com/programming/alacarte.html |
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devrandom
I got a pot, full of random stuff here
Premium
join:2003-06-28
|  +1 Karl
If the cable companies come after you, call us and we'll come armed with shotguns, torches and various stolen munitions.
I'm sure you can handle yourself quite well, but we just want to steal your food while you're fighting.
I'm joking of course. We should move to Canada. |
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Morac
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
 ·Comcast
| More money for more service that no one wants.
Cable companies (or at least Comcast justify rate hikes by saying they are needed to provide new and better services.
If you don't use said service, guess what you are still going to pay for it.
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The Comcast Disney Avatar has been retired. |
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wwdubbia
join:2002-06-03
Clinton, NY | I just got a deal from Adelphia, extended digital cable w/HBO + Powerlink (3000/256) for $78.99/mo. for the rest of the year. I think that's pretty good. |
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kfsutops
Premium
join:2002-08-19
Brandon, FL
clubs: | McCain really hasn't done anything...
but act politically on this matter to keep his name in the national spotlight. I have actually been a McCain supporter, but he held hearings on this issue and all we get is bs.
Nothing happened and nothing is going to happen. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by kfsutops  :I have actually been a McCain supporter, but he held hearings on this issue and all we get is bs. Government will never lower cable prices without screwing up cable TV service. I personally hope the government continues to do nothing about cable TV prices. If people hate paying so much money for cable, they should cancel their service and not pay any more money for it. No one ever died without cable TV.
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Hey Fast Eddie... you're next! |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to wdoa
Re: One Answer!
said by wdoa :I just left DISH. Horrible Horrible service. They couldn't get the service to work right after 4 months, and they had no clue why it was. I'm not a big Charter fan and had hoped Dish would be a cheaper alternative, but 4 months of service outages, voice sync issues, general incompetence, and long waits on the phone sent me back to cable. At least for the next year Charter's giving me a $25 a month credit to "buy back my Dish", so my bill for a year anyway. I really wanted Dish to work, but their subcontracts are not properly training and their are MAJOR communication issues within that company between the folks on the phone and the installers. The reason is that they are contractors and not direct installers that work for dishnetwork themselves. That in itself is the reason why one doesn't know what the other is doing.
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!" |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to imrf
There haven't been yearly increases yet on either dishnetwork or directv. I think there has been 3 increases in 10 or 11 years total.
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!" |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to BodyBumper
Re: CBAND/4DTV
Just is a shame not all of us have the room for the dish needed.
Can't wait till I move out to the stick in a couple months I am buying me one of those dishes and only using cable for the net access, of course if fios is in the area I wont have cable at all.
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!" |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to pnh102
Re: McCain really hasn't done anything...
But so many people use it to baby sit their kids that that just won't happen , not to mention the HSI portion is a big money maker that is sapped on also. with comcast you save $2 a month by getting broadcast basic cable.
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!" |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to BosstonesOwn
Re: One Answer!
This year and last both raised the prices, it was covered on many sites. »[DIRECTV] March 1st Price Increase - clearly states that last year and this year DirecTV increased its rates. And this site, »ekb.dbstalk.com/17, clearly shows the the same thing. You only fooling yourself if you think that they haven't raised the rates twice in the last two years. |
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AbBaZaBbA
Premium
join:2002-07-10
Wildomar, CA | why not
just pay $15/month to an unlimited newsgroup provider and get all the tv shows and or movies and or music you need from there with your high speed internet.
Looking at that al-a-carte provider they charge like $13 a month JUST for HBO. |
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