A lot of those cable channels get paid per subscriber even if nobody watches, they can air all the filth they want. It’s better if millions of us just stop paying them.
How much will you be charged just for the internet? We do the same thing with Comcast only with Roku and Netflix streaming.
Get a dish.
I get about 30 channels on mine in the Philippines.
I have DSL for internet.
Not that it really matters for your current situation, but they might just be looking forward to the new alliance they struck with Roku. From what I know of the deal, Roku users will be able to stream the entire channel offerings for a lower price than what cable costs. The savings are realized if they do not have to eventually maintain and operate the current infrastructure and pay the local taxes as well.
I do see a battle ahead if this gains traction just like the local channels thing with DirecTV. I loved having the ability to see network broadcasts at two different times until the local channels whining about worry of losing revenue brought that to an end and significantly raising the cost of DTV because of all the infrastructure the feds made them add, including satellites, just so every subscriber would get their local broadcasts.
I tried to have it removed from my bill since I use the local antenna now since they went digital, but noooooo.
They’ll withhold the cash from your paycheck, just like the Feds do
Subscription here:
http://www.playon.tv/
(one time fee $45)
and a Roku and you are set.
We cancelled our cable 4 years ago, haven’t looked back.
I don’t understand why cable and Hollywood havesn’t stopped internet pirating.
Everything’s available instantly- and with no ads. And no malware.
I guess the politicians have told them there’s no way they are going to fight the ‘99%ers’ (bums). But then why does Hollywood give politicians all that money?
Oh, the humanity!
I got rid of Time Warner and we get it for free!
Worst customer service EVER! TW makes the USPS look like the local friendly cupcake shop.
I can't understand why Cable does this. Anyone can get satellite, but you can only get cable if there is a cable somewhere near you, so the potential audience is smaller for Cable (we can't get cable out here in the sticks - too few people for them to break even, I guess). You'd think they would bend over backwards to get and keep whoever they can.
Paying for cable or satellite is mark of the addle-minded. It’s all “reality” tv (pssst...hate to break it to some of you, but that is more staged and fake than ‘real’), all-singing, all-dancing celebrity contests and entire channels devoted to golf. Do they still have the sci-fi channel...the one with the professional wrestling all Friday night?
And don’t get me started on cable “news”. Cable news is to news as Cheez Wiz is to cheese. It’s not news. It’s processed news product. Yes, that means fox news, too.
Seriously, if you have cable or satellite that you pay for, please, stop voting. You’re too stupid to handle the franchise responsibly.
We’re with Comcast. We don’t watch much TV. But we do enjoy watch old TV shows - Have Gun Will Travel, The Rifleman, Leave It To Beaver ... I bought a Roku so we could cancel Comcast but I haven’t found any place that offers the old shows. Netfix doesn’t. Any suggestions?
Anyone have any luck homebrewing an antenna using an old Dish Network satellite dish? There’s one installed on our house with a cable coming down inside. We don’t subscribe but I’m wondering if there’s a way to use it as an antenna for other stations/satellites without a subscription. No hacking here, just picking up publicly available channels.
Anybody have suggestions for a low profile or indoor HDTV antenna. We live 23 miles from the transmitter and in a tin sided house and cannot pick up anything.
The only transmitter is in Fairbanks. Nothing else near.
I cancelled Comcast a few weeks ago and I love it. I’ll be saving 80 bucks a month. I would have missed O’Reilly and Special Report but I can listen to those shows on the fox news radio app so I dont miss it that much. Plus I have to say the picture is sooooooo much clearer with the digital antenna over cable. I really enjoyed watching the Super Bowl.