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Old 08-05-2010, 11:00 AM   #1
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Who doesnt have cable TV? I am considering getting rid of the service. A few months ago, my bill was @ $110, for BASIC cable(no DVR or premium channels) and medium speed internet. Pissed me off, so I called and threatend to cancel.
My bill now is $79 a month, but I still want to cancel, I really dont watch TV except for a few shows that I can get off netflix/hulu/youtube.
$30 a month At&t DSL and $13 a month netflix and maybe blockbuster is better that $80 bucks a month for cable internet.
Anyone do this?
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Old 08-05-2010, 11:04 AM   #2
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dsl and dish network

thought about going to directv, they got a better HD lineup for me, but they are more expensive and they don't seem to list any dual tuner boxes on their site like dish. I get off much cheaper by only having two dual tuner boxes instead of paying for four singles.
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Old 08-05-2010, 11:15 AM   #3
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Who doesnt have cable TV? I am considering getting rid of the service. A few months ago, my bill was @ $110, for BASIC cable(no DVR or premium channels) and medium speed internet. Pissed me off, so I called and threatend to cancel.
My bill now is $79 a month, but I still want to cancel, I really dont watch TV except for a few shows that I can get off netflix/hulu/youtube.
$30 a month At&t DSL and $13 a month netflix and maybe blockbuster is better that $80 bucks a month for cable internet.
Anyone do this?
I have considered it but haven't done it yet. The wife watches more TV than I do.

I'm paying less than $90 (with taxes) for cable (HD/DVR) and internet.
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Old 08-05-2010, 11:56 AM   #4
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i had satellite for many years and it was great.. fuck all that shit about rain fade its bullshit.. but i live in a competitive market and cable offers best deal right now.. if it wasn't for the wife and kids i would have no tv just a ps3 for games and movies.. i feel its a complete waste of money..
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i had satellite for many years and it was great.. fuck all that shit about rain fade its bullshit..
Really? Because my signal disappears every time we get even a light rain. The receiver is reporting ~93 for signal strength for all sats.
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Old 08-05-2010, 12:07 PM   #6
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Really? Because my signal disappears every time we get even a light rain. The receiver is reporting ~93 for signal strength for all sats.
Sounds like you might have an issue somewhere, it takes a fuckin tornado to take out my signal
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Really? Because my signal disappears every time we get even a light rain. The receiver is reporting ~93 for signal strength for all sats.
douchebag has been known to reduce reception.

You've been using it for years without even knowing it.

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douchebag has been known to reduce reception.

You've been using it for years without even knowing it.

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Old 08-05-2010, 10:08 PM   #9
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Really? Because my signal disappears every time we get even a light rain. The receiver is reporting ~93 for signal strength for all sats.
I too had serious weather related outages some years back with both dish based TV providers (even with 90+ signal in dry). If I wasn't, er, testing, I'd have been pissed.
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Old 08-05-2010, 02:49 PM   #10
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The only reason we still have cable through Time Warner is the internet. Otherwise we'd have jumped ship long ago. DSL sucks. Dc every 10 mins no thanks..
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