 IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA
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| I'll never cut the cord I spent most of my childhood dealing with OTA and its notorious reception problems. When I got to my junior year in high school, we got cable. Much better picture, better programming, and I got more enjoyment out of TV.
When I was real young (up until 1992), we had a little black and white tabletop TV that was given to my mother from my father before I was born. We got our first Color TV in 1992.
Around where I live, TV reception is horrible and you need a roof antenna if you want reception. I've experimented with an old antenna and a newer TV with a digital tuner. Cable TV is pretty much a necessity if you want TV around here as there is just too much interference as it is an urban environment. The stations here broadcast mostly on the UHF side (3,18,22,40,57,61).
I have a DVR and that is nice as you can watch TV on your schedule instead of the programming provider's schedule.
I am surprised the cable providers are not waging a war on streaming services as they create an environment of unfair competition. I personally think if streaming services are going to compete with traditional TV providers, they should have to play by the same rules as traditional cable providers.
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I've experienced ImOn (when they were McLeod USA), Mediacom, Comcast, and Time Warner. They are much better than broadcast TV.
I have not and will not cut the cord. |
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join:2005-12-17
Greenville, TX
·Time Warner Cable
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by IowaCowboy:I am surprised the cable providers are not waging a war on streaming services as they create an environment of unfair competition. I personally think if streaming services are going to compete with traditional TV providers, they should have to play by the same rules as traditional cable providers.
They do try. I hope they never have to; completely different  |
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Well of course you wont and we wouldnt expect anyone such as yourself that has a direct financial interest in NOT doing so.
said by IowaCowboy:I personally think if streaming services are going to compete with traditional TV providers, they should have to play by the same rules as traditional cable providers. Please provide me at least one example of "rules" that a company that streams needs to follow that a traditional TV provider has to follow that actually is in any way related to streaming. |
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Did you ever try satellite delivered television, like DirecTV or DishNetwork? |
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IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA Reviews:
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| said by davidhoffman:Did you ever try satellite delivered television, like DirecTV or DishNetwork?
I've had both, and while I was not thrilled with Dish Network, I had a good experience with DirecTV. It just that DirecTV got too expensive and it was cheaper to bundle with Comcast as I have to deal with them anyways for Internet and home phone. |
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