[AT] OFF Topic: 4 month Verizon WAR

[Stephen Offiler]

Have you tried this Charlie?

http://www.antennaweb.org/Address.aspx


SO


On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 11:22 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

> No chance of that here Dennis.  On antenna I can get the big three and PBS.
> That's about it.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 10:41 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OFF Topic: 4 month Verizon WAR
>
> Charlie,
>
> My son lives SE of Houston, and as he was starting out did not have $$$ for
> cable/dish, etc. He had an antenna, and ended up getting some Chinese News
> station that was broadcasting in English.  It became his favorite NEWS
> channel, because it concentrated on NEWS, and not opinions, agendas,  or
> feelings.
>
> I understand this might not be available for everyone, but there may be
> similar stations around some other parts of the country also.
>
> Dennis
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Sep 2, 2015, at 9:32 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> > 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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