bt06437
join:2001-12-03
Carrollton, TX Reviews:
 ·Verizon FiOS
| an order of ala carte please I have 47 channels I never watch, and 38 I might view. I'd like ala carte purchasing soon. This insane method of selling stations in "tiers" is of no benefit to me, and the way I see it, the method keeps programmers on the air that other wise would fold. Its bad enough the cable companies have filled the lower tiers with tons of shoping & religious programs...and I have to buy them first as a basic tier. Now, here in Dallas, comcast has added in a handful of all-Spannish speaking channels. ala carte please !! |
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| You got my vote for Ala Carte............There must be atleast 2 dozon channels I don't watch like or even understand (spanish)!!!! |
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join:2002-08-14
Methuen, MA | Directv looks better & better every single day. I'm so sick of cable hikes once I purchase my house there is no doubt in my mind I won't be going back to cable |
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I have the basic first 20 or so channel package which is my local channels plus Discovery and my local community college distance learning channel. At $13 per months it's not cheap, but I wouldn't touch the higher priced products because there is no value in them for me. I have the major networks and the picture quality is better than an antenna would provide. My cable provider has been 3 different companies in the last 7 years (all said they were going to offer high speed cable internet....still waiting) but all have offered the local channel package. If you want to have fewer crummy channels and don't want premium sports packages / movie packages which require top tier service consider going with basic. |
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rmdir
join:2003-03-13
Chicago, IL | reply to godsmack
I don't speak a word of spanish either, but man oh man, the women on there are to die for. |
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 ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC | reply to bt06437
I have argued this point with our local Time Warner for years.
But they always whine "we won't make any money that way".
My argument is that they will be able to tell which channels people like and which one they don't.
I don't care about Sports, MTV, Soap or CSpan.
But I know there are some that do, but don't force me to pay for something I don't want to watch.
For instance, about a year ago Time Warner moved Disney from Digital Premium Tier to Extended Tier. They said it was to improve the variety on the Extended Tier but then hiked the price up another $1.50. Give me a break. I called them and said I didn't ask for Disney but they said since they had more than 2% of the subscribers ask for this they felt in the interest of customer satisfaction they had to. What about the other 98% of us who don't give a rip?
Time for Ala Cart Service NOW!!!!! |
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Disculpme, yo quiero ver los caneles en espanol para saber que lo que esta pasando in my pais en los anuncios.
Excuse me, I like to look at the Spanish channels so that I can know what is going on in my country that is in the news.
RE: ala carte, the problem with that is certain channels will cease for lack of viewership, especially the specialty ones. |
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