Cutting the Cable

So when I cut the cable Thursday they told me it'd be $72 a month for internet. I tried to call in today for a better deal as both Spectrum and the local competitor Frontier charge $45 a month for my same speed. Chick was pretty rude and said well thats the base price and the $45 is for NEW customers. We've only been here for 2 months.

Well called Frontier and got double the speed I was getting for $50/m...

Both companies are pretty meh, but the internet is serviceable, why do I want to pay an extra $20 for it...

 

I was cutting the cable but when I called directv they said how much you going to pay if you switch? They said ok you get the same price to stay, free hbo, and up you too 100 mbps Internet no contract. So $107 I’ve got two boxes, dvr, all my channels, hbo, and 100 mbps. Worth it for now since I can stream every where else with my subscription.

 

For sure, can't blame ya. I'm not saving a crazy amount going with internet only and youtube tv but these companies need to know how fucked they are.

It's not me, but my mom pays like $245 a month for her package. That's ridiculous.

 

In terms of speed and uptime, frontier has been great for me. Just pray you dont need to call them and have anything done in a timely manner or have any kind of out of the ordinary billing.

 

I agree. I was fully ready to make the cut. But when this nice old lady from the Arizona call center gave me the same offer I took it for now.

 

I was in a similar boat, bill was over $250 a month. Had NFL package but fuck that.

 

No they I only want the receivers back.

 

Switching to google fiber in Atlanta. $70 for 1 gig speed. Good deal or should I shop around?

 

When I cancelled DTV at my parents, they didn't even want the main receiver back. Guess it was too old.

 

That’s a great deal

 

Never had a problem on yttv nor Netflix.

Amazon prime and all other streaming cable yes

 

Had some buffering issues with Netflix last night. Not much though. First time I can recall it doing that.

 

For those of you with a Fire TV device, check out IMDB FreeDive. Should have automatically been added to your apps. Free but ad-supported movies and TV shows. Just finished watching St. Elmo's Fire on there.

 

I pay more for less than half the speed

 

How bad are the ads? Saw it but didn’t watch anything yet.

 

Not many. I only watched the one movie. The timing of the ads wasn't the most well thought out like it is in Hulu, for example, but it wasn't like they just put them directly in the middle of a scene either though.

 

I never Hulu'd before but that is where I was going with the question. Thanks.

 

Have this in my office and will check out.

 

Figured that was widely known for fellow Roku users but appears not. This IMDB thing just popped up like last week. The selection is somewhat sparse but I assume will get bigger the longer it's around

 

Office TV is pretty much dedicated to sports and don’t mess with much on it. Also amazon has owned IMDB for over 20 years. I think it’s a better way to clean up their shit menu. Ultimately if it can do what Netflix does and show the “value” of Prime while not trying to get you to buy 9/10 movies you look at, It’s a win.

Not sure if that is their end game but I hope it is. Also would love if just watch had a universal app for all streaming services as well.

 

I just use a reddit stream or acestream, then airplay from my mac to appletv.

 

I dont watch a ton of PPV events. although im gonna watch this boxing right now.

Theyve been pretty reliable the past few that Ive watched.

 

Yes it is very much still a thing, I rarely use it nowadays though

 

I have smooth streams (on kodi), sub and do not recommend. It works, don’t get me wrong, but I literally have no clue how I got it to work. Happens at least once a year as well that it breaks and then needs to be rigged.

 

I dropped Direct TV about two months ago, and will never use that shit again. In the same mail delivery yesterday I received both a bill and a refund check for $8.04 from them.

 

with dish fighting with HBO (Cant use parents login), where is the cheapest place to get Hbo?

 

Probably as an add-on to prime.

 

Wish my internet was that cheap

 

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/...s-are-going-poorly-and-youre-footing-the-bill

Good article about how AT&T are trying to pay down their debt by layoffs and raising rates, therefore increasing the rate of cord cutters.

"But longtime Wall Street analyst Craig Moffett of MoffettNathanson Research told Motherboard he doesn’t believe AT&T’s current trajectory is financially sustainable, given the price hikes are likely to just drive further customer defections, creating a perfect circle of dysfunction."

 

Moffett is really entertaining to listen to. He absolutely hates AT&T management.

 

I'm no cord cutter, but you my problem is related. I stream Netflix and Amazon just through my Samsung Smart TV aps. The TV in my basement doesn't get good wifi reception, it's always buffering or bad resolution.

Should I get a wifi extender or stream through another device other than the TV? Or both? Anything else?

 

It's possible a different device has stronger wifi reception. And extender should solve the problem though.

 

I'll probably start there and see. It's at least cheap and no downside

 

If you have an ethernet connection in the basement, could just connect another router to it. Don't know if that will be cheaper than a wifi extender as I've never looked at one of those.

 

So my fire stick died. I have a Sony smart tv. I am debating buying the new 4K firestick to load Kodi and Tea tv. Any other suggestions?

Thought about taking the plunge to the Nvidea shield.

Thoughts?

 

All DirecTV Now packages are going up $10/month starting next month

 

Been looking for a reason to cut it loose and go with just Area 51. Looks like next month....

 

Going with profit over subscriber growth seems counter-intuitive.

 

Idk if it’s cause my 100mb inet isn’t good enough, but kodi runs like shit on my cube. Runs fine on Xbox, tho. All other apps are fine on the cube, as well.

I do have it plugged in via Ethernet as well.

 

Just merged with Time Warner. Take at look at what Time Warner owns.

 

They are going high yield if they can’t get their debt figured out.