Chuck Beland
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We have Verizon FIOS, phone, TV & Internet. The internet is WAY, WAY better than we had with Cox cable. As far as amount I would have to ask the minister of finance (LOML)
Frank, I used to have Dish network for my satellite and needed 2 dishes. One for local stations and one for all the other stations. Every time it clouded over I lost signal. I switched to Direct TV and only need one dish for everything. I only lose signal in a real severe storm now. Local TV stations is now included in the price. I pay $60.00/month for about 150 stations. Fox news is included
My BIL climbs a ladder and sprays Pam on his dish whenever snow is forecasted.
Frank, I used to have Dish network for my satellite and needed 2 dishes. One for local stations and one for all the other stations. Every time it clouded over I lost signal. I switched to Direct TV and only need one dish for everything. I only lose signal in a real severe storm now. Local TV stations is now included in the price. I pay $60.00/month for about 150 stations. Fox news is included
My BIL climbs a ladder and sprays Pam on his dish whenever snow is forecasted.
The price we pay for television be it cable or satelite and home phone and internet is extortion levels. Until recently my bill for satelite with very limited options, 2 analog phone lines with local calling only included and internet dsl with supposedly 5mb download and 600kb upload was over $200 per month. And we use skype to make our international calls so its not call costs doing it and thats with no cell phones. BTW we also have limits now on how much internet bandwidth we get to use per month for each tier of service so we get skinned at every turn. There are only three primary carriers and even then they have to lease lines to each other.
This is getting out of hand. My INTERNET provider is Comcast. I just opened my most recent bill to see a notice that as of Jan. 1 2012 my (broadband) internet service is going up from $44.95 per month to $62.95 per month. I also use them for my TV service. They are the only option for cable service here in my area. I do have the option of satellite but have not checked into it yet....but plan to. We as a nation have now become so reliant on internet service that it is almost impossible to go with out it. I use it everyday to run my business and to talk with you fine folks here. The cost of this service is getting higher than the level of service they provide in my opinion. We are always losing service and our TV signal....well it just sucks! I received about $20.00 credit last month for lost service. I guess that is what I will have to do for now on....keep track of every day of lost service and call it in for credit.
Is my cost in line with the rest of you?