[AT] OFF Topic: 4 month Verizon WAR

[David Bruce]

Charlie that is why I'm a "cord shaver" rather than a cord cutter. Maybe 
not those particular signals but there are things I can't get without a 
cable subscription - yet.

David
NW NC

On 9/2/2015 10:18 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Tell me how to get Fox News and News Max on a roof top antenna and
> I'll be a happy camper too.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 11:50 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OFF Topic: 4 month Verizon WAR
>
> As I said before Charlie, I recently cut the cord, and couldn't be
> happier. I have a roof top antennae, ($40) , and I have have Netflix and
> Hulu, each $8.00 per month. We have not run out of stuff to watch, and
> were quite frankly getting sick of the PC crap the networks were
> cramming down our throats. My wife gets up early for work, and by the
> time we get evening chores done, we have about 1 hour for TV. It will be
> years before we run out of content, if ever. It saved me about $1000 per
> year, that's  a nice tractor implement each year. :)
>
> Mike M
>
> On 9/1/2015 7:16 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Steve,  I threatened to leave Dish Network off and on for years
>> and they would never do anything to help me.  I called and
>> asked for some new equipment and they refused to supply that.
>> I was there customer for probably 20 years or close to it myself.
>> Finally they sent me a letter telling me they were changing their
>> satellites and my equipment wouldn't work any longer.  I called them
>> and told them the only way I would agree to their changes was if they
>> did something about the amount of money I was paying them. It had
>> gone up over the years from about 70 bucks to over 100.  They kept wanting
>> to come and put in new equipment.  I refused unless they would cut the
>> price down to something close to what they were offering to new customers.
>> They wouldn't budge.  Finally the day came when channels started not
>> working.
>> I called them up and cancelled my service.  They begged me to stay but
>> never
>> would offer to lower the price.  After I cut them off they started trying
>> to
>> induce me to come back.
>>
>> I was going to switch to Direct TV for a couple of years but now with AT&T
>> buying them
>> out I'm not sure I want to go there either.   I've got access to fiber
>> optic
>> cable but
>> for what I had with Dish Network on Cable would cost me over $150.00 a
>> month
>> and I still
>> wouldn't be watching more than about 20 channels.  They structure their
>> "packages" so that
>> you can't get all of what you want in a certain category without buying a
>> high end package.
>> It's ridiculous.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steve W.
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 6:18 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OFF Topic: 4 month Verizon WAR
>>
>> charlie hill wrote:
>>> I've recently dropped Dish Network for the same reason.
>>> My problem is, the few stations I do want to watch are only
>>> available on satellite or cable and some of them aren't even
>>> on our local cable.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>> Many shows are available online as well.
>>
>> I have Dish here but hardly watch it I was all set to cancel it but told
>> the wife it was up to her as she watches a few shows. She called to
>> cancel and shocked the company, "You've been with Dish for over 20
>> years"!!  We can't let you go, how about we drop the price by $30.00 a
>> month...
>>
>> I've switched to watching shows online. Fewer commercials and you can
>> pause it when you wish.
>>
>> I just started watching Downton Abbey. Great show IF you know some
>> history. It follows an English aristocratic family from just prior to
>> WWI as they deal with the changes around them.
>>
>> LOTS of other shows out there as well as entire networks
>>
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