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Started by kimshapiro100
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:48
Cable vs other choices
Author: kimshapiro100
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:48
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:48
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Cable vs other choices We live in N. California We have had Comcast in our home for many years. But they constantly keep raising prices especially in this economy. With Comcast we have -cable TV ( approx. 75 channels) , -2 tel lines and -high spd internet. We do not need /have HBO, MTV etc A few good channels like Animal planet, Disney, are sufficient They have raised their price from $140 to $180 per month. When the economy is in shambles. Prices of oil, interest rates are coming down, Comcast has decided to raise prices. And now they want us to pay an additional $2 per month per TV for a DTA box raising the monthly charge even more! This is for transition to digital or HDTV. We are considering alternatives ? Can anyone suggest any ? Which products/ companies offer good value ? What are the pros and cons of other options like Direct TV or dish TV ? Please help. Thanks, Kim
Re: Cable vs other choices
Author: Ben Pfaff
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:19
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:19
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kimshapiro100@yahoo.com writes: > We live in N. California > We have had Comcast in our home for many years. But they constantly > keep raising prices especially in this economy. Have you tried Astound cable? Their prices are lower, I think. -- "Sanity is not statistical." --George Orwell
Re: Cable vs other choices
Author: sally
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:56
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:56
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kimshapiro100@yahoo.com wrote in news:a20efb98-06ee-43ab-ae0b-3e220ec16646 @u9g2000pre.googlegroups.com: > Cable vs other choices > > We live in N. California > We have had Comcast in our home for many years. But they constantly > keep raising prices especially in this economy. > > With Comcast we have > -cable TV ( approx. 75 channels) , > -2 tel lines and > -high spd internet. > > We do not need /have HBO, MTV etc > A few good channels like Animal planet, Disney, are sufficient Do you really need cable TV? I live in the south bay and receive 60 channels of free TV with my over-the-air antenna. That includes around a dozen channels of PBS which has lots of high quality educational/travel/food/cooking shows. The only thing missing from free antenna TV is local sports. The only the 49ers and Raiders are regularly on free TV. A few Giants/A's games are on TV, but most are not. The Warriors and Sharks and the local college sports teams are almost never on free TV. I can understand people wanting cable back when there were 10 analog broadcast TV channels. Digital TV gives you so much more TV for free that cable doesn't make sense to me.
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