bored_in_nh
join:2003-01-04
Stamping Ground, KY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to LexXioN
Re: [ NOT Confused ]
Oh joy. I get to say it again like I did in the other bundling thread. I'll see if I can put it a little differently this time for entertainment value.
You want phone service? Go to the phone company.
You want TV? I happen to like DTV better than Comcast, but in either case, TV is their business, so go with them.
You want internet? Get an ISP!
If you want donuts, you don't go to a hardware store. Verizon sucks as an ISP. So does Comcast. I had DirectTVDSL, and they were pretty good, but not as good as a real ISP.
I pay a good 35% more doing it this way than I would if I had bundled services, but I get what I pay for. In New Hampshire, we have a thing called Common Sense. We know that if you buy a pair of Wal Mart boots, they will only last 6 months. They will cost 25% what a good pair of Redwings do, but that pair of Redwings will last 7 - 8x longer. So ... do I pay $40.00 every six months to tromp around in cow doodoo, mud and snow, and at the end of 3 years have it cost me $240.00 or do I pay $120.00 one time, and tromp through the same amount of cow doodoo, mud and snow? Same amount of doodoo, half the money. Hmmmm.
Too bad our neighbors in Vermont can't have Common Sense. Gee ... I want to run for president ... I think I'll seal all my records, so right from the start I'll look like I have something to hide. Then, I'll act like a pro wrestler when I get my butt kicked. pffffft.
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amazing stuff, this internet |
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
 ·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to djrobx
Re: [ Confused ]
said by djrobx  :
IThe UI that Comcast puts on these Motorola boxes is pure sh*t.
Hey, the morons that *used* to have jobs designing unnecessarily-complicated UIs for VCRs needed to find work *somewhere* ! |
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big monkey
join:2002-02-19
Charlotte, NC
|  reply to djrobx
said by djrobx :
I also want a choice of set top box. The UI that Comcast puts on these Motorola boxes is pure sh*t. With DirecTV I get the beautiful dual-recording TiVo interface. Or a choice of several others, depending on who I buy a box from.
I'm feeling ya here -- and comcast seems to be the worst of the major providers in creaky UI -- but we are own worst enemies. Too many people take whatever junk their CATV foists on them and never push for good stuff. I know it takes a lotta time and energy to keep up with this stuff and even more to fight your official locally-licensed provider, but I gotta believe if more people screamed SOMETHING might happen.
Example: Pioneer makes great little hi-def box with DVI out that Time Warner doles out like gold and absolutely will not give you a manual for (something about "voiding the warranty," seriously). So most folks get the horrid old SA box and think, "Gee, my hi-def is kinda weak, maybe I'll get DTV." So they still make work for themselves.
I say wherever you are, whomever or whatever you have, push like a crazy person for the best THEN switch if you hafta. You get the service you settle for. |
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scooby
Premium
join:2001-05-01
Schaumburg, IL | reply to djrobx
Amen to that. The Comcast/Time Warner/etc dvr is just trash compared to directivo. I cant wait for the day when DirecTV uses directivo as the standard receiver. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | reply to LexXioN
I want a-la-carte pricing. I want HDTV, but don't want to subsidize everyone's ESPN and FOX SPORTS. I don't want to have to order 300 channels of crap to get HBO.
I also want a choice of set top box. The UI that Comcast puts on these Motorola boxes is pure sh*t. With DirecTV I get the beautiful dual-recording TiVo interface. Or a choice of several others, depending on who I buy a box from.
I like Comcast's HSI offering. It's relatively competitive. Their TV is still crap and it's WAY too expensive. The only reason I will touch them for TV is because of HDTV locals.
-- Rob
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LexXioN
@manhattan.ed
| Ok...so does people want:
1.) Cheaper but old structured internet/tv/wireless
2.) Little more expensive but new
internet(fiber)/HDtv/Wireless(hiher speeds)
3.) Other
I don't mind spending a little bit extra $$$ on some new hot technology but stuck with the same stuff for a LONG time won't help us either.
As usual things are rollin' slowly if not backwards...
JUST THE OPINION |
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