On 7/21/2011 5:10 PM, RonB wrote:
We live in a rural area in SE Kansas and our local, independent cable
provider just announced he will close shop at the end of July. I
would be irritated but he guy is 72 years old and has provided
excellent service for years. He can't find a buyer and is worn out.

We are comparing Dish vs Direct. Quite frankly Dish seems to be
looking better, but:

What do you guys think?

DirecTV seems to have better sports programming if you need that. Dish
is quite a bit less expensive. I had Dish then DirecTV then Dish again.

On 2011-07-22, SMS wrote:

DirecTV seems to have better sports programming if you need that. Dish
is quite a bit less expensive. I had Dish then DirecTV then Dish again.

IMO, they're both rip-offs. It's nothing to be running a $90-100 mo
bill from either of these providers. To get animal/nature chans,
science/history/learning chans, home/food/DIY chans, Turner, the news
feeds, the whole spectrum of cable, we were paying DTV over $90 mo.
That's with NO premium movie chans or even local access and PBS! We
did get TCM. For PBS and local affiliate access, we'd have been
paying almost $100 mo. Still, no premium chans. I checked with Dish
and to get similar programing, we'd pay a similar price. Screw
that.

I now get Netflix for $30 mo. Four DVDs a week and 24/7 streaming
videos. Most of the crappy TV stuff (is there any other kind?) is
available, if that's your bag. I get news off the web.

nb

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On Jul 22, 3:17*pm, notbob wrote:
On 2011-07-22, SMS wrote:

DirecTV seems to have better sports programming if you need that. Dish
is quite a bit less expensive. I had Dish then DirecTV then Dish again.

IMO, they're both rip-offs. *It's nothing to be running a $90-100 mo
bill from either of these providers. *To get animal/nature chans,
science/history/learning chans, home/food/DIY chans, Turner, the news
feeds, the whole spectrum of cable, we were paying DTV over $90 mo.
That's with NO premium movie chans or even local access and PBS! *We
did get TCM. *For PBS and local affiliate access, we'd have been
paying almost $100 mo. *Still, no premium chans. *I checked with Dish
and to get similar programing, we'd pay a similar price. *Screw
that.

I now get Netflix for $30 mo. *Four DVDs a week and 24/7 streaming
videos. *Most of the crappy TV stuff (is there any other kind?) is
available, if that's your bag. *I get news off the web.

nb

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vi ...the root of evil


How does that netflix thing work? I've got a 3GB data limit on my
internet access but I wonder if netflix runs on it's own thing and
wouldn't effect my regular internet stuff.

-C-

On 2011-07-23, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:44:45 -0700 (PDT), Country
wrote:

How does that netflix thing work? I've got a 3GB data limit on my
internet access but I wonder if netflix runs on it's own thing and
wouldn't effect my regular internet stuff.

Bytes are bytes. The movies you stream will go against your 3gb. If my
DVR is any indication, TV eats about a gig an hour for standard NTSC
quality.

I can't say, as I've not been subjected to bandwidth caps ....YET!

nb