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The Beer
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Qwest will sell you the modem for $60 too, Cox just fails to mention that.
Both tend to omit the bogus fees when it's in their best interest, however make note of their competitors.
Qwest with DirecTV will say their price on "Cable" is less, and that they will give you 4 DirecTV receivers FREE! However they forget to mention that those 4 receivers will set you back an additional $5/mo each. No longer costing less. Qwest also use to leave out the ISP fees.
One place there should be regulation is stating REAL cost, they should have to advertise that the end cost of XYZ is XYZ to allow the consumer a real level to choose from. | |
Jovi
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3 edits | said by The Beer  :Qwest will sell you the modem for $60 too, Cox just fails to mention that. Both tend to omit the bogus fees when it's in their best interest, however make note of their competitors. Qwest with DirecTV will say their price on "Cable" is less, and that they will give you 4 DirecTV receivers FREE! However they forget to mention that those 4 receivers will set you back an additional $5/mo each. No longer costing less. Qwest also use to leave out the ISP fees. One place there should be regulation is stating REAL cost, they should have to advertise that the end cost of XYZ is XYZ to allow the consumer a real level to choose from. So lets compare cable to satellite shall we? I recently, in the last several months, switched from Comcast cable to Directv. I pay $45.99 a month(includes 1 reciever) and get 161 channels with the total choice plus w/locals. I have 3 additional boxes which cost me 4.95 each a month. My total bill presently is $64.62.
Now I do not remember what the cost Comcast was for something similar, so i actually just called them and spent 10 minutes on hold to have actual numbers to share with you.
Comcast has their Digital Plus (which the salesman had to actually count the number of channels because he did not know)which offers 130 channels for $60.65. Now if you'd like to recieve all of those channels on additional tv's, you'll need to spend $8.95 for each reciever. If not, you only get 78 channels which are analog and not digital.
Thats $87.80 for Comcast(130 channels)on 4 tv's and $64.62 for Directv(161 channels)on 4 tv's. But wait. Thats doesn't include all of the taxes and fees associated with cable.
So if we are going to offer opinions, lets back them up with facts. 
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I like when Cox has a commercial that names all of the things that you can't get on satellite, like all of the HD channels they carry.
With DirecTV, I have more HD channels than I do with Cox... Yes there is a tiny little antenna to put behind your TV or in the attic or attached to the dish... Technically the signal doesn't come from the sky... It comes over the air which does not require DirecTV or Cox. But as I tune it in, it works the same as the Cox programming, all in the same program guide.
(Explained: When I lived on my own, I had DirecTV, current living situation requires that I use Cox.)
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The Beer
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Ok lets back them up with facts. And since I don't really care about either (I was a DirecTV sub until the trees grew into my line of sight) to me they are the same.
All I am saying is Cox and Qwest quote "Deals" proclaiming to have the best deal, and neither really is. It's not that they have to be cheaper, they make crap up to make it look cheaper from a long shot. Qwests latest deal is to offer prices for a year with the understanding of a 25% price increase after the year.
I don't really care about any channels above 70 so I can care less if d* offers me 161 channels, 70 on Cox run me $38.00 and I save $10 for having a bundle, so I get everything I want for $28 on 7 TV's.
I pay 1/2 what you do, DirecTV will not let me have a package for under $45/mo.
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fiberguy
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Add to your 130 channels another 45 of digital music to that for a total of 175 for your cable company. Dish counts their music channels in thier total number offered so you have to do the same math for cable.
Also, your $8.95 may be in your area, and that's just that.. YOUR area. This board reaches the WHOLE U.S. and beyond. Not all areas have the same fees assocaited with extra box rentals. Here's it's $4.95 per month and with that you get pure digital service, 2 - 999.
And, as for your comparison, there are other factors where cable is a better value since yes, even those non-box'd tv's do get full basic in analog, you don't have to pay a monthly fee on it. Once you go beyond that 4th TV, and trust me, MANY people do, and find out the cost assocaited with it, they find themselves with putting up with 4 tv's. Not to mention that you can't have more than 8 boxes per house with satellite period.
Now, while you are at it, why don't you break down exactly which channels you are getting with direcTv's 161 channels service vs. the comcast 175 channel service. There are MANY channels in the cable line up you speak of that are not in the intro package of satellite that causes people to go to higher levels of service which raises the bill even more. Do a side by of what's offered and when you boild it down, you are simply buying a "number" of channels. They market it by numbers. I like the OLN network. In satellite, I have to purchase it in a much higher tier of service since they considered it a sports channel where on comcast it's in the $45 basic service. On Satellite it would have cost me about $22.00 a month (mind you this was a few years ago on the prices but the channel remains classified the same today)
You want pure digital and have few channel needs and don't mind your house wired to the gill in many cases and a contract and save a buck? Go satellite. You want more of the normal channels with some flexibility and to use your own tuner and the option to go digital and pay a few bucks more? Go cable. Also, in many systems you are starting to see the ADS going into effect where people can get pure digital cable mixed in with analog cable in the bedrooms or garage/workshop... choices choices choices...
The bottom line is that for some people cable will work while for others it won't and satellite is better. Both services have their purpose and both need to survive.. Trying to justify what is a better choice based on your numbers doesn't cut it al all no matter how you line it up as people have different needs and budgets. I personal couldn't care less what they are charging as money isn't an issue for me, I shop by what works in my home for me. I think it's funny how people must think they are so hot because they posted a thread on how much they save with satellite while many others could care less. Isn't choice great?
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