 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | Great The fact the big cable outfits hate this means it's good. Satellite TV is killing hard wired cable. When I went to
DishNetwork (Echostar) it was so much fun calling the local cable outfit to cancel my account. The person I talked to on the phone acted like I had stabbed her in the heart.
DishNetwork's new campaign featuring a Vietnamese Pot bellied hog is a scream. While the hard cable ad's are a flat lie. I remember several years ago EchoStar wanted to
put up another satellite. There was no room to position it in orbit. Turns out TCI cable had purchased the rights to those orbital positions, and had been sitting on them for years. The FCC ruled they where sitting on them to keep someone else, like Echostar, from using them and forced
TCI to give them up to Echostar. I think it's real ironic the Cable industry sited Satellite TV as viable competition when they were arguing for deregulation.
Now that Satellite delivery is skinning them alive they are
squealing like the pot bellied hog they are depicted as in the commercial.
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 oliphant5Got Identity?Premium
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Corona, CA | Given nationwide coverage of DBS...look at their subscriber numbers...they are hardly killing cable.
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 skyjock41Shag DieselPremium
join:2001-12-11
Patrick Afb, FL | reply to Transmaster
DTV is god. They succeed due to the fact you can get it started for dirt cheap. 38.99 for all digital 110 channels....
cheapest digital rate charter offers is for 55.00 a month. On top of that 1-99 isnt digital.
Now i wish i could do without the cable modem but i cant.
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 Uneek8
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Houston, TX | DTV is way cheaper then cable for sure. I pay 28$ a month for Total choice plus, thats about 150 channel's, they had even given me 3 months of showtime for free and 3 months of local channels for free.  |
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oliphant5Got Identity?Premium
join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA | It depends on what you're getting whether it's cheaper or not. For what I get, cable is WAY cheaper...this week anyway. Knowing Comcast they'll read my post and give me a 50% increase.
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I have been a happy DirecTV customer for almost 4 years now. I recommend them to anyone who asks. You're right, the prices are very reasonable, especially when you consider how much clearer the picture is when compared to "basic" cable. I just hope the new owner continues to offer the great DirecTV service I (we) have been spoiled by. |
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Lincoln, NE
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said by Transmaster:
The person I talked to on the phone acted like I had stabbed her in the heart.
LOL. Oh now was it really that bad?
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
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said by skyjock41:
DTV is god. They succeed due to the fact you can get it started for dirt cheap. 38.99 for all digital 110 channels....
cheapest digital rate charter offers is for 55.00 a month. On top of that 1-99 isnt digital.
Now i wish i could do without the cable modem but i cant.
i still cant see why people think digital is better. satellite TV right now is SHIT compared to a clean analog signal. they have the compression through the friggin roof.(i have DirecTV btw, unfortunately locked into a contract.)
edit: oh and the reason its so high? cuz they are making a killing off their endless supply of ppv chans. |
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oliphant5Got Identity?Premium
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Corona, CA | The key is "clean" analog signal. In so many markets you can't get a clean signal. But I concur, I get excellent analog service and it's superior to DTV...but how many other CATV customers can say that...you, me...that's 'bout it. For zillions analog cable is ghost filled garbage.
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plat2on1
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Hopewell Junction, NY | said by oliphant5:
The key is "clean" analog signal. In so many markets you can't get a clean signal. But I concur, I get excellent analog service and it's superior to DTV...but how many other CATV customers can say that...you, me...that's 'bout it. For zillions analog cable is ghost filled garbage.
if high speed internet is available the signal should be pretty clean, however older houses with old cabling could cause a problem. |
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skyjock41Shag DieselPremium
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Patrick Afb, FL | You enjoy your good analog cable. your about 1 in a million that do get it. Ill do DTV and NFL Sunday Ticket.
It was a good day when i called up charter and cancelled my cable tv. Now if DSL would become avail id dump the cable modem as well. Dont get me wrong i enjoyed my time with ATT/Comcast. But ived moved and am now in a charter area and they are just not on par with the other cable companies. Less channels, worse quality and more expensive then comcast.
I still have a hard time swallowing the fact that i have to be serviced by charter. Every other service i get i have options. But with the current setup of how cable co's are.....it only promotes one thing. Lack of service.
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plat2on1
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Hopewell Junction, NY | unfortunately i dont have cable, as i said i'm locked into this 1 year deal with directv. i will however be switching back to cable. |
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oliphant5Got Identity?Premium
join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA | And I would switch to DTV if it were cheaper and offered HD locals. I already get 4-6 NFL games a week for free...at least half of those are in HD...that's about all I can take a week. Paying over $150 extra for a few more games hardly seems a DTV deal maker.
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TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
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Cheyenne, WY | reply to ArchAngel21x
Yes it was, there was a round of lay offs coming down the line at the time AT&T was loosing money big time. |
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