 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Nooooooooooooooooow Q:When can i avoid cable box fees by allowing me to buy my own cable box?
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A: cable box rental fees are far too LUCRATIVE to EVER let you buy your own cable box!
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this isn't a comcast only issue. its EVERY cable company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 | dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: Nooooooooooooooooow NEVER HAPPEN!
and if they should let you buy your own box, you can bet the bullshit "unfees" they'll tack on will equal or exceed box rental fees.
"you can't beat the big boys at their own game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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| |  bionicRodFunkier than a mohair disco ball.Premium
join:2009-07-06
united state | Re: Nooooooooooooooooow NO WAY I'd ever shell out big bucks for my own set top box. Solely from personal experience the failure rate is way too high. I can't count the number of times that I or someone I know has had to have a box swapped out. | |
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| | | direct tv does have some of that tech in testing need make your download the beta software in the window and some of it is out now on the NR software and there new tivo box is coming next year. | |
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 imrfPremium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | said by dvd536:this isn't a comcast only issue. its EVERY cable company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not quite. It's every tv provider. Dish Network, DirecTV, AT&T Verizon FiOS and so on all require customers to rent boxes from them. | |
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| dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: Nooooooooooooooooow said by imrf:said by dvd536:this isn't a comcast only issue. its EVERY cable company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not quite. It's every tv provider. Dish Network, DirecTV, AT&T Verizon FiOS and so on all require customers to rent boxes from them. I should have said *all video providers*
box rentals provide the LARGEST % of ROI and are the most lucrative!!!!!!!!!
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|  shdesignsPowered By Infinite Improbabilty DrivePremium
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Stone Mountain, GA
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| said by imrf:said by dvd536:this isn't a comcast only issue. its EVERY cable company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not quite. It's every tv provider. Dish Network, DirecTV, AT&T Verizon FiOS and so on all require customers to rent boxes from them. Not true. I never rented a box from DirectTV.
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| | imrfPremium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | Re: Nooooooooooooooooow If you call and get new equipment from them today they rent only. | |
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| | | shdesignsPowered By Infinite Improbabilty DrivePremium
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Stone Mountain, GA Reviews:
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| Re: Nooooooooooooooooow said by imrf:If you call and get new equipment from them today they rent only. The prices are right on their web site.
I bought mine at Best buy, they still have them there.
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Utica, MI | Re: Nooooooooooooooooow Again, rent only boxes. My friend just signed up 3 days ago. Has to pay a monthly rental fee on all 3 boxes. | |
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| Re: Nooooooooooooooooow said by imrf:Again, rent only boxes. My friend just signed up 3 days ago. Has to pay a monthly rental fee on all 3 boxes. I think you are referring to the DVR boxes, they have a monthly fee above the purchase price.
I know someone who recently bought a box and signed up. No monthly fee.
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Utica, MI | Re: Nooooooooooooooooow I DVR with rental fee and 2 SD receivers, with rental fee as well. | |
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yabos
join:2003-02-16
London, ON | The cable co.s are moving to OCAP based set top boxes within the next few years which means you will be able to buy an OCAP compliant set top and plug in your cable card(provided by the cable company) to receive service. There are already OCAP trials in Denver and other places with the Panasonic TV that has a built in set top box. | |
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| patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | Re: Nooooooooooooooooow OCAP still requires a physical cablecard in the device, which will be rented in most cases. | |
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| | said by dvd536:this isn't a comcast only issue. its EVERY cable company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cable companies in the US maybe. My parents bought all 3 of their Motorola boxes from Shaw, and knowing how stingy my father is they couldn't have been too expensive. Two have been replaced under warranty (one of them replaced twice and they got a free upgrade to a new model when the tech didn't have an old [refurbed] one in his truck). | |
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