quote:Originally posted by Scott44:
No you are all wrong.
I don't think this is the best way to try to win over a group of people.
I don't think this is the best way to try to win over a group of people.
I don't think this is the best way to try to win over a group of people.
If you actually get cable for cheaper than DirecTV and you are so very happy with it then by all means stay with it. Where I live, you have a choice of Comcast, Comcast or Comcast for cable service. In 1995 I chose DirecTV and will never go back to cable. I never have never had a service call and when I upgraded my service or had a problem with a price for something, they have always been accommodating. It is unfortunate that other systems don't have NFL Sunday ticket and even if someone else had it I wouldn't switch unless it was free with the other service.
quote:Originally posted by El-Ka-Bong:
DISH has half the expense of cable.
half.
Yup, DISH customer.....I get twice the channels. Waaaaaay more HD channels, better reception, better picture, better DVR capabilities all for about $40 less per month than cable.
Guess what I'm watching right now. Queens getting ready to lose to the Falcons in the NFC championship game on NFL network. You should check that out Scott.......oh wait.......never mind.
Almost forgot.....glad you can get cable repairmen out so quickly. Never needed one with DISH.
Just to add......watching the Metrodump crowd in stunned silence never gets old. 
quote:Originally posted by Scott44:
No you are all wrong. Time Warner Cable has never had a monopoly
You're freaking joking right? You better go back and read up on the history of Time Warner and other cable companies.. I will tell you right out, you either have to be 12 years old or just plain old naive to this situation.
quote:Originally posted by Scott44:
Can any satelite or telephone company say that? I think not.
100% completely WRONG,that's just another BS myth by the cable companies. Enjoy being brain washed. Some of us know better
Scott, Scott, Scott, who is your cable provider? How many service calls have you had in the last 12 years? Let's compare to the number of service calls I have had with DTV for the past 12 years
I've had 3 cable companies in three different areas over the last ten years and never had to call them once or had any problem.
I would only go the dish route if I lived in the boondocks. Cable has been fine for me, I prefer cable modem, and not having to mess with a dish is one less thing to worry about. And its an eyesore.
But this issue isn't about that. Your cable company could be the suckiest thing on earth. Its not a good thing for the fans to have millions of households unable to buy the package because they cut a greedy deal with dtv.
Its not a good thing that they only have their online service available for non-usa countries. Its not a good thing that non-usa countries have more access to the NFL because they can get the package on cable.
What do dtv users care if its on cable. Why are they so against millions of people being able to order the package. How does it affect their life.
I would only go the dish route if I lived in the boondocks. Cable has been fine for me, I prefer cable modem, and not having to mess with a dish is one less thing to worry about. And its an eyesore.
But this issue isn't about that. Your cable company could be the suckiest thing on earth. Its not a good thing for the fans to have millions of households unable to buy the package because they cut a greedy deal with dtv.
Its not a good thing that they only have their online service available for non-usa countries. Its not a good thing that non-usa countries have more access to the NFL because they can get the package on cable.
What do dtv users care if its on cable. Why are they so against millions of people being able to order the package. How does it affect their life.
Some folks don't have a choice. Those that do have made it. There is no right or wrong, only your opinion (although I realize that, on this board, opinion is sacrosanct), so how about turning down the testosterone? I know, Henry, I know, nobody cares what I think, but sometimes the 'banter' is just too much to handle.
quote:Originally posted by the-icon:
What do dtv users care if its on cable. Why are they so against millions of people being able to order the package. How does it affect their life.
I am a dtv user and I really don't give a **** if your cable company would have it or not. The fact is, they aren't, at least until after 2014.
So, why are you on the dtv users? Why do you like your cable better than dtv? Just because you think it's an eyesore??? My home with a dish on it looks 100 % nicer than many without a dish. Probably all cable subscribers that spend all there money on going to bars to watch football games instead of sticking money in the things to make their home look nice.
Really, seriously, where do you see that it's all the dtv users that are against millions of you cable people not being able to get the Ticket?
quote:Originally posted by Half Empty:
Some folks don't have a choice.
Sorry,but this is tired old comment that is slowy also becoming a myth and nothing more then another excuse for people. The people that "don't have a choice" are becoming very few and far between,and it's not the normal anymore for it. Especially as AT&T U-Verse and Verzion FiOS continues to grow and get bigger.
Two Great Links to start reading:
http://www.videoaccessalliance.org/
http://www.cfif.org
I wouldn't be suprised in another 10 years the way these cable companies continue do business if they go belly up or are just plain out bought up by companies with newer technology. The way things are going right now getting TV thru "Cable" is going to be obsolete. There is just only so much you can do with RGA cable.
Obviously anyone can get satellite, I meant some don't have the choice of cable. And, more to the point, and a serious question, why the almost insane loyalty to one or the other?
Thanks to a whiny b*tch Donk fan, I am now fully OK with buying NFL Sunday Ticket again.
Listening to him on the radio, piss and moan about Jay Cutler being traded and his retort was "well now I'm going to save a whole lotta money not going to Broncos games at Oakland and San Diego, and save $400 not buying NFL Sunday Ticket!"
Shades of TOG Ballwashin' at it's finest!!! And it reinvigorated me...I cheer for the uniform...$400 is a small price to pay to watch one of the few things on TV watching these days.
Listening to him on the radio, piss and moan about Jay Cutler being traded and his retort was "well now I'm going to save a whole lotta money not going to Broncos games at Oakland and San Diego, and save $400 not buying NFL Sunday Ticket!"
Shades of TOG Ballwashin' at it's finest!!! And it reinvigorated me...I cheer for the uniform...$400 is a small price to pay to watch one of the few things on TV watching these days.
I'm on the east side of Milwaukee, just south of UWM. My house has an apartment building in the line-of-sight to the southwest that I'd need for a dish to work.
Before I got cable many years ago, I had terrible over-the-air reception, with ghosts and fuzzy images.
So I'm stuck with Time Warner as far as I can tell. Just saying that sometimes things are more complicated than they would seem at first glance.
Before I got cable many years ago, I had terrible over-the-air reception, with ghosts and fuzzy images.
So I'm stuck with Time Warner as far as I can tell. Just saying that sometimes things are more complicated than they would seem at first glance.
quote:Originally posted by Half Empty:
Obviously anyone can get satellite, I meant some don't have the choice of cable. And, more to the point, and a serious question, why the almost insane loyalty to one or the other?
I wouldn't say i have the type of loyalty you describe. I am happy with having satellite, but more so that I don't have cable.
quote:Originally posted by Half Empty:
Obviously anyone can get satellite, I meant some don't have the choice of cable. And, more to the point, and a serious question, why the almost insane loyalty to one or the other?
I think you will find most people that have gone away from cable companies has nothing to do with loyalty rather then getting a better product for alot less in price.
I do find it rather goofy sometimes that people still actually believe they do not have other choices,when they are cleary out there.
quote:Originally posted by JimL in MKE:
So I'm stuck with Time Warner as far as I can tell. .
No you can get At&t Uverse who just so happens to carry the NFL network in the standard package,just like Dish and Direct TV.