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On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote:
What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? That is too broad of a question. If I said $179/month, what would that tell you? If someone else said $59/month, what would that tell you? Am I getting ripped off? Are they getting a great deal? Don't you really need to know what we are paying and what services we are getting for that money? |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:35:06 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote: On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? That is too broad of a question. If I said $179/month, what would that tell you? If someone else said $59/month, what would that tell you? Am I getting ripped off? Are they getting a great deal? Don't you really need to know what we are paying and what services we are getting for that money? ....we just pay the "balance due" on the bill on the due date :) |
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On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote:
What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? P.S. That's a pretty crappy subject line. |
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Eagle no@not now.ever wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? $ZERO! Put that in your pipe and smoke it. |
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On 12/10/2015 2:35 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? That is too broad of a question. If I said $179/month, what would that tell you? If someone else said $59/month, what would that tell you? Am I getting ripped off? Are they getting a great deal? Don't you really need to know what we are paying and what services we are getting for that money? Practically impossible to price as every one has something different and you pay extra for premium channels and rent on equipment for several TV sets. I've never seen another company tell someone what they have to pay for the first couple of years of service with the initial offer but not tell you the price thereafter. Would anyone buy a car if they were told that their payment would be $200 a month for 2 years but it will go up and dealer won't tell you what that will be? I have Comcast triple play but have to constantly renegotiate cost. I also have a FIOS line to the house on a land line. FIOS constantly begs me to switch and I tell them I will if I get the initial offer for life. My neighbor across the street just switches service and when initial offer expires and he cannot get an acceptable price, switches to the other. |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:15:45 -0800, Eagle no@not now.ever wrote:
What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? $230-240 depending on how many movies my wife buys. (Dish, 2 boxes, one is DVR, land line and 10g DSL internet) |
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On 12/10/2015 11:15 AM, Eagle wrote:
What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? The more interesting question, IMO, is how many hours of your life do you spend at your 9-to-5 (before taxes!) to pay those (after taxes) rates? Then, asking oneself if it's really *worth* that much of your time (so you can diddle away even MORE time watching the boob tube, surfing the web or chatting with others). |
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After serious thinking DerbyDad03 wrote :
On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? That is too broad of a question. If I said $179/month, what would that tell you? If someone else said $59/month, what would that tell you? Am I getting ripped off? Are they getting a great deal? Don't you really need to know what we are paying and what services we are getting for that money? No, If you don't get all three on one bill, then break it down to per service please. I pay $200.00 for HD TV and 200 channels [I think, it might be more], fiber optic access internet, and one landline #. The cell bill is sepparate...two #'s. My upload speed is 84.3 MBps, download spee is 86.13 MBps. Do you think #200.00 is about right, or too expensive for HD TV,fiber optic internet, and one landline? |
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On 12/10/15 1:15 PM, Eagle wrote:
What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? Way too freakin' much! Local governments granted near-monopolies to providers than didn't regulate the rate-gouging sumbitches... -- Want to close wage gap? Step one: Change your major from gender studies or feminist dance therapy to electrical engineering. - @CHSommers |
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Eagle explained on 12/10/2015 :
After serious thinking DerbyDad03 wrote : On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? That is too broad of a question. If I said $179/month, what would that tell you? If someone else said $59/month, what would that tell you? Am I getting ripped off? Are they getting a great deal? Don't you really need to know what we are paying and what services we are getting for that money? No, If you don't get all three on one bill, then break it down to per service please. I pay $200.00 for HD TV and 200 channels [I think, it might be more], fiber optic access internet, and one landline #. The cell bill is sepparate...two #'s. My upload speed is 84.3 MBps, download spee is 86.13 MBps. Do you think #200.00 is about right, or too expensive for HD TV,fiber optic internet, and one landline? BTW...that includes the server, the DVR, and three boxes. |
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On 12/10/15 2:43 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? P.S. That's a pretty crappy subject line. No, not really-- it's concise, descriptive, and says exactly what he wants to know. -- NY City reports it's struggling to keep booming population of stray cats under control. Tough one. Have they tried “Cat-Free Zone” signs? - @fredthompson RIP |
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Don Y expressed precisely :
On 12/10/2015 11:15 AM, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? The more interesting question, IMO, is how many hours of your life do you spend at your 9-to-5 (before taxes!) to pay those (after taxes) rates? Then, asking oneself if it's really *worth* that much of your time (so you can diddle away even MORE time watching the boob tube, surfing the web or chatting with others). I'm retired, and so is My Wife, so We watch lots of TV when We are not busy doing other things. I race My 1968 Chevy C10 short box, and do estimating on building projects for private builders. |
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Wade Garrett formulated on Thursday :
On 12/10/15 1:15 PM, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? Way too freakin' much! Local governments granted near-monopolies to providers than didn't regulate the rate-gouging sumbitches... lol I hear you! It seems like home entertainment is getting more and more expensive. The fiber optic service is much more reliable than the satellite service we had before, so that eases the pain somewhat. |
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on 12/10/2015, Wade Garrett supposed :
On 12/10/15 2:43 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? P.S. That's a pretty crappy subject line. No, not really-- it's concise, descriptive, and says exactly what he wants to know. I was hoping to not get too personal about ones living costs because everyone has different budgets they follow for monthly living. ^^ |
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On 12/10/2015 4:12 PM, Eagle wrote:
Eagle explained on 12/10/2015 : After serious thinking DerbyDad03 wrote : On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? That is too broad of a question. If I said $179/month, what would that tell you? If someone else said $59/month, what would that tell you? Am I getting ripped off? Are they getting a great deal? Don't you really need to know what we are paying and what services we are getting for that money? No, If you don't get all three on one bill, then break it down to per service please. I pay $200.00 for HD TV and 200 channels [I think, it might be more], fiber optic access internet, and one landline #. The cell bill is sepparate...two #'s. My upload speed is 84.3 MBps, download spee is 86.13 MBps. Do you think #200.00 is about right, or too expensive for HD TV,fiber optic internet, and one landline? BTW...that includes the server, the DVR, and three boxes. That's better. If I add my land line, I'm putting out the same. But I have a DVR, an HD box, and three boxes non-HD and get HBO, Starz and Encore. Also retired, use services a lot. |
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On 12/10/2015 2:17 PM, Eagle wrote:
Don Y expressed precisely : On 12/10/2015 11:15 AM, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? The more interesting question, IMO, is how many hours of your life do you spend at your 9-to-5 (before taxes!) to pay those (after taxes) rates? Then, asking oneself if it's really *worth* that much of your time (so you can diddle away even MORE time watching the boob tube, surfing the web or chatting with others). I'm retired, and so is My Wife, so We watch lots of TV when We are not busy doing other things. I race My 1968 Chevy C10 short box, and do estimating on building projects for private builders. My comment, that follows, is obviously purely a matter of my own, personal, point of view -- your mileage obviously may (*does*!) vary: I'd be "disappointed" if I worked my whole life just to spend retirement "watching TV". I can understand not being physically/mentally able to undertake other activities. But, *choosing* to sit in front of the idiot box seems like such a colossal waste of opportunity; you're finally at a point where you don't have to answer to someone else's marching orders... can choose *what* you want to do with YOUR time... "watching TV" wouldn't be high on my list. (How many folks do you think express dismay, on their deathbeds, for NOT having watched MORE TV?) I am constantly cheating my body out of needed sleep/etc. simply because there are so many things that I *want* to do with my waking hours! I regularly lecture SWMBO to take advantage of "opportunities" as there's no guarantee she'll be able to take advantage of them in the future (nor that they will present themselves, then). No interest in learning another killset? Mentoring youth? Volunteering at a hospice? etc. [Again, YMMV... I'm just pointing out *my* attitude towards the "MY TIME" we each are, hopefully, granted] |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:11:57 -0800, Eagle no@not now.ever wrote:
wrote : On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:15:45 -0800, Eagle no@not now.ever wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? $230-240 depending on how many movies my wife buys. (Dish, 2 boxes, one is DVR, land line and 10g DSL internet) Thanks! Your Wife must rent lots of movies, no? She really doesn't really watch "TV". She just likes movies so I have all of the movie channels and she also buys Netflix and Amazon Prime although she buys enough stuff online to justify prime. At this point I am trying to keep a Neilson type log to see if I could just cut the cord on Dish and get everything I watch from streaming and my antenna. If I had the $170 or so to work with, I imagine I could stream it all, adding a couple extra services and still have over $150 left over. Once you start looking at what is on Netflix and Amazon, it appears a lot of the shows I watch, show up there fairly soon without commercials. I would need to find a good stand alone DVR for the network stuff I grab from the air. I haven't looked at PC solutions although there are now 2 of them in my entertainment center and one has the TV card in it. I just have not had the time to screw with it or even plug it in. I know that will burn a day or two ... at least. We are in the holiday countdown and I don't have a day. |
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On 12/10/15 3:16 PM, Frank wrote:
On 12/10/2015 2:35 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? That is too broad of a question. If I said $179/month, what would that tell you? If someone else said $59/month, what would that tell you? I have Comcast triple play but have to constantly renegotiate cost. I also have a FIOS line to the house on a land line. FIOS constantly begs me to switch and I tell them I will if I get the initial offer for life. My neighbor across the street just switches service and when initial offer expires and he cannot get an acceptable price, switches to the other. Cable companies score at the bottom of the list in most all customer service satisfaction surveys. Around my way, Comcast offers a very good technology products- but their customer service and rates suck. You negotiate a rate with them for 6, 9, 12 months or whatever, but then you only get if for a month or two and they jack your bill back up. When you call to complain, you wait on hold a long time, then an offshore CSR that barely speaks English says she has no authority to adjust rates so they dump you back on hold until you're escalated to their "Customer Care" person. She says yes, I see you called on X date but there's no notes from your conversation and we have no documentation of the rate for the period you say. However, since you're such a good and loyal customer as well as a nice person, as a one-time special accommodation, we'll lower your monthly bill a buck and a half-- or some insignificant amount. I can understand this happening once, maybe even twice but it happens to me every damned time-- at least 7-8 repeats in the last few years. They just jacked up my promotional rate 68 percent. When I called, they said take it or leave it...so I've been talking to ATT about their U-Verse service. Service/features are comparable-- though internet speed is slower but still fast enough-- and the promo price on a 1 year contract if pretty decent. I'll probably be switching soon. Hopefully ATT customer service is better... -- When you give a schoolyard bully your lunch money, he’s still going to beat you up—- and he’s got your money. - @RealJamesWoods |
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On 12/10/2015 4:35 PM, Don Y wrote:
On 12/10/2015 2:17 PM, Eagle wrote: Don Y expressed precisely : On 12/10/2015 11:15 AM, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? The more interesting question, IMO, is how many hours of your life do you spend at your 9-to-5 (before taxes!) to pay those (after taxes) rates? Then, asking oneself if it's really *worth* that much of your time (so you can diddle away even MORE time watching the boob tube, surfing the web or chatting with others). I'm retired, and so is My Wife, so We watch lots of TV when We are not busy doing other things. I race My 1968 Chevy C10 short box, and do estimating on building projects for private builders. My comment, that follows, is obviously purely a matter of my own, personal, point of view -- your mileage obviously may (*does*!) vary: I'd be "disappointed" if I worked my whole life just to spend retirement "watching TV". I can understand not being physically/mentally able to undertake other activities. But, *choosing* to sit in front of the idiot box seems like such a colossal waste of opportunity; you're finally at a point where you don't have to answer to someone else's marching orders... can choose *what* you want to do with YOUR time... "watching TV" wouldn't be high on my list. (How many folks do you think express dismay, on their deathbeds, for NOT having watched MORE TV?) I am constantly cheating my body out of needed sleep/etc. simply because there are so many things that I *want* to do with my waking hours! I regularly lecture SWMBO to take advantage of "opportunities" as there's no guarantee she'll be able to take advantage of them in the future (nor that they will present themselves, then). No interest in learning another killset? Mentoring youth? Volunteering at a hospice? etc. [Again, YMMV... I'm just pointing out *my* attitude towards the "MY TIME" we each are, hopefully, granted] Different strokes for different folks. This time of year, I'd rather be out hunting but have to help my wife recover from knee replacement surgery. I also do work on line for extra cash. I see lots of young folks, that say they don't spend a lot of time on computers, never leave their smart phone. They don't realize that they are doing the same thing. |
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On 12/10/2015 2:41 PM, Frank wrote:
No interest in learning another killset? Mentoring youth? Volunteering at a hospice? etc. [Again, YMMV... I'm just pointing out *my* attitude towards the "MY TIME" we each are, hopefully, granted] Different strokes for different folks. Of course! Hence the point of the initial disclaimer in my reply! I just (personally) find it depressing to see folks spending THEIR time (as in their SPECIAL time of life) doing pretty boring things. If you can't *do* something, then, go *see* something, etc. We have one neighbor (couple) who spend their days going out to eat. But, not to "try new foods"; rather, to avoid cooking! (OK, fine. But, maybe look for foods that won't add to their "rotundity"?? Or, would they NOT like to see grandkid's *4th* birthday? 5th? etc.) Another neighbor is glued to his PC just surfing the web; his wife abandons him for weeks at a time as she's decided she'd prefer to spend time with her grandkids WHILE they are still interested in her AND she is still capable of interacting with them. Another spends his days riding his bicycle (leisurely) around town. shrug I *guess* that's better than NOT riding. But, doesn't seem to be much more than watching TV in the grand scheme of things... This time of year, I'd rather be out hunting but have to help my wife recover from knee replacement surgery. Obligations take precedence over personal preferences. I also do work on line for extra cash. I see lots of young folks, that say they don't spend a lot of time on computers, never leave their smart phone. They don't realize that they are doing the same thing. Exactly. And, SUFFER when they are denied access to it (class, church, driving, etc.) "Gee, I wonder if anyone has tried to say something, ANYTHING, to me in the past few minutes that I was unable to catch AT THAT VERY INSTANT because I was busy keeping this vehicle on the roadway..." I am "terrible" at social functions (obligations) because I will inevitably find someone interesting -- and, then, "pick their brain" trying to learn from their experiences. Some folks delight in this sort of attention fixated on themselves. Others cringe as if it was an *assault*. |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:35:41 -0700, Don Y
wrote: I'd be "disappointed" if I worked my whole life just to spend retirement "watching TV". I can understand not being physically/mentally able to undertake other activities. But, *choosing* to sit in front of the idiot box seems like such a colossal waste of opportunity; you're finally at a point where you don't have to answer to someone else's marching orders... can choose *what* you want to do with YOUR time... "watching TV" wouldn't be high on my list. I use the TV as a radio most of the day. I have an RF headset and I will crank up something like Charlie Rose and go on with my other activities. In that regard I really want something like Charlie or perhaps a history channel type of show that is really just a scripted slide show where the slides are secondary to the story. A lot of the time they are just "B roll" that may not actually be from what they are talking about but it looks right. I have seen that destroyer quartering in for an attack in everything from "Victory at Sea" to Mc hale's Navy. It is a rare WWII navy story that doesn't use it. |
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Wade Garrett wrote :
On 12/10/15 3:16 PM, Frank wrote: On 12/10/2015 2:35 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? That is too broad of a question. If I said $179/month, what would that tell you? If someone else said $59/month, what would that tell you? I have Comcast triple play but have to constantly renegotiate cost. I also have a FIOS line to the house on a land line. FIOS constantly begs me to switch and I tell them I will if I get the initial offer for life. My neighbor across the street just switches service and when initial offer expires and he cannot get an acceptable price, switches to the other. Cable companies score at the bottom of the list in most all customer service satisfaction surveys. Around my way, Comcast offers a very good technology products- but their customer service and rates suck. You negotiate a rate with them for 6, 9, 12 months or whatever, but then you only get if for a month or two and they jack your bill back up. When you call to complain, you wait on hold a long time, then an offshore CSR that barely speaks English says she has no authority to adjust rates so they dump you back on hold until you're escalated to their "Customer Care" person. She says yes, I see you called on X date but there's no notes from your conversation and we have no documentation of the rate for the period you say. However, since you're such a good and loyal customer as well as a nice person, as a one-time special accommodation, we'll lower your monthly bill a buck and a half-- or some insignificant amount. I can understand this happening once, maybe even twice but it happens to me every damned time-- at least 7-8 repeats in the last few years. They just jacked up my promotional rate 68 percent. When I called, they said take it or leave it...so I've been talking to ATT about their U-Verse service. Service/features are comparable-- though internet speed is slower but still fast enough-- and the promo price on a 1 year contract if pretty decent. I'll probably be switching soon. Hopefully ATT customer service is better... It sounds like the internet/TV/phone service has your number/scam and are jacking you off/kissing your booty and scamming/take it or leave it right back...or am I misreading/understanding you? |
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Frank formulated on Thursday :
On 12/10/2015 4:12 PM, Eagle wrote: Eagle explained on 12/10/2015 : After serious thinking DerbyDad03 wrote : On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? That is too broad of a question. If I said $179/month, what would that tell you? If someone else said $59/month, what would that tell you? Am I getting ripped off? Are they getting a great deal? Don't you really need to know what we are paying and what services we are getting for that money? No, If you don't get all three on one bill, then break it down to per service please. I pay $200.00 for HD TV and 200 channels [I think, it might be more], fiber optic access internet, and one landline #. The cell bill is sepparate...two #'s. My upload speed is 84.3 MBps, download spee is 86.13 MBps. Do you think #200.00 is about right, or too expensive for HD TV,fiber optic internet, and one landline? BTW...that includes the server, the DVR, and three boxes. That's better. If I add my land line, I'm putting out the same. But I have a DVR, an HD box, and three boxes non-HD and get HBO, Starz and Encore. Also retired, use services a lot. I USED to get all those pay extra services [except HBO] but got tired of paying $225.00 a month, so I cut out the no omercial channels and dropped My bill to $200.00. After going without the no commercial channels for a month, the extra $25.00 for no commercials is more better. I'll prolly see about a new contract and get those channels back and pay less for one year then drop that service and go with "DISH". I just got a flyer in My snail mail from "DISH" for $49.00. I sure miss the days of analog TV and antennas to get channel 2,4,5,7, 9,11 and 13 and not pay a dime for TV. |
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Don Y explained :
No interest in learning another killset? Mentoring youth? Volunteering at a hospice? etc. [Again, YMMV... I'm just pointing out *my* attitude towards the "MY TIME" we each are, hopefully, granted] Being retired lets you do what you want, when you want and tv is a part of that doing what you want. We enjoy watching TV and playing with our Poms. Besides all the things I've mentioned, I have one passion I take great interest in. I sponsor needy teens on My home reservation, I'm a member of Sicangu Oyate The Rosebud Reservation. I make regular trips back home and bring several teens back to So. Cal. And give them a taste of the world outside and give them the opportunity to see what the rest of the world is like. |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:15:28 -0500, Wade Garrett
wrote: NY City reports it's struggling to keep booming population of stray cats under control. Tough one. Have they tried “Cat-Free Zone” signs? - @fredthompson RIP Makes me wonder how deer read Deer Crossing Zone signs. -- "People who worry about crocodiles are smart!" -Joe Machi |
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On 12/10/2015 4:22 PM, Eagle wrote:
Don Y explained : No interest in learning another killset? Mentoring youth? Volunteering at a hospice? etc. [Again, YMMV... I'm just pointing out *my* attitude towards the "MY TIME" we each are, hopefully, granted] Being retired lets you do what you want, when you want and tv is a part of that doing what you want. We enjoy watching TV and playing with our Poms. Besides all the things I've mentioned, I have one passion I take great interest in. I sponsor needy teens on My home reservation, I'm a member of Sicangu Oyate The Rosebud Reservation. I make regular trips back home and bring several teens back to So. Cal. And give them a taste of the world outside and give them the opportunity to see what the rest of the world is like. Great! I have a friend who "raises" guide dogs to take some of the cost/space pressure off the organizations that do so. It's a different sort of "pet" interface as they need to be taught to be "responsible" and not just "playful" or "casually obedient" (if a guide dog screws up, a life can be at risk) Another friend reads stories to young hospitalized children. I don't think I'd have the stomach for that, given some of their maladies. Another tutors young kids (though without regard for "means" -- so, it's just as likely that he's saving their well-off parents monies that they can then spend on other frivolities). I'd have loved to learn to ride a unicycle -- but, suspect my body can no longer tolerate the abuse that would come from the "learning". |
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"Eagle" no@not now.ever wrote in message ... I USED to get all those pay extra services [except HBO] but got tired of paying $225.00 a month, so I cut out the no omercial channels and dropped My bill to $200.00. After going without the no commercial channels for a month, the extra $25.00 for no commercials is more better. I'll prolly see about a new contract and get those channels back and pay less for one year then drop that service and go with "DISH". I just got a flyer in My snail mail from "DISH" for $49.00. I sure miss the days of analog TV and antennas to get channel 2,4,5,7, 9,11 and 13 and not pay a dime for TV. I went with Direct TV about 8 months ago, switching from cable. Use the recorder a lot now and skip over the commercials on lots of shows. Watch an hour show in less than 45 miuets. The digital TV antenna will give me about 30 channels if I hook it up. Many of them are the same show. |
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On 12/10/15 4:35 PM, Don Y wrote:
On 12/10/2015 2:17 PM, Eagle wrote: Don Y expressed precisely : On 12/10/2015 11:15 AM, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? The more interesting question, IMO, is how many hours of your life do you spend at your 9-to-5 (before taxes!) to pay those (after taxes) rates? Then, asking oneself if it's really *worth* that much of your time (so you can diddle away even MORE time watching the boob tube, surfing the web or chatting with others). I'm retired, and so is My Wife, so We watch lots of TV when We are not busy doing other things. I race My 1968 Chevy C10 short box, and do estimating on building projects for private builders. My comment, that follows, is obviously purely a matter of my own, personal, point of view -- your mileage obviously may (*does*!) vary: I'd be "disappointed" if I worked my whole life just to spend retirement "watching TV". I can understand not being physically/mentally able to undertake other activities. But, *choosing* to sit in front of the idiot box seems like such a colossal waste of opportunity; you're finally at a point where you don't have to answer to someone else's marching orders... can choose *what* you want to do with YOUR time... "watching TV" wouldn't be high on my list. (How many folks do you think express dismay, on their deathbeds, for NOT having watched MORE TV?) I am constantly cheating my body out of needed sleep/etc. simply because there are so many things that I *want* to do with my waking hours! I regularly lecture SWMBO to take advantage of "opportunities" as there's no guarantee she'll be able to take advantage of them in the future (nor that they will present themselves, then). No interest in learning another killset? Mentoring youth? Volunteering at a hospice? etc. [Again, YMMV... I'm just pointing out *my* attitude towards the "MY TIME" we each are, hopefully, granted] I'm retired too. I was a hard-working SOB my entire life-- started working real part-time jobs around age 14, put myself through college and grad school, worked about 10 years for big companies then went out on my own and ran a lucrative consulting practice for 35 years. Traveled regionally and nationally, some international, with 10-12-14 hour days the norm- and too many consult all day/travel all night weeks- with maybe Sundays "off." So I gotta tell ya', I'm damn tired and my head still spins when I lay down at night. I love nothing better than a mindless veg-out in front of the TV-- or waste time posting on usenet ;-) -- The lion may be King of the Jungle, but airdrop him into Antarctica and hes just a penguins bitch. - Capt. James Pickett |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:16:44 -0500, Frank "frank wrote:
Practically impossible to price as every one has something different and you pay extra for premium channels and rent on equipment for several TV sets. All I know, is that it would cost me about $100 a month more than my basic landline costs me now. And that includes my dialup internet. All I'd really gain from a satellite would be faster internet. That would be nice, but I really dont need it. Newsgrouops and email work fine on dialup, and there really is not that much that interests me on the web anymore. My phone would work the same as it does now. I'd gain some tv stuff, but I'm satisfied with what I get on my antenna, and am not a real tv watcher anyhow. The satellite company dont just provide internet, I'd have to take the whole package. For about $30 a month I get landline and dialup internet and that's as much as I'm willing to pay. |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:35:41 -0700, Don Y
wrote: (How many folks do you think express dismay, on their deathbeds, for NOT having watched MORE TV?) I want a TV in my coffin. Once I am in that box, I wont be able to do anything except watch TV. :) |
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On 12/10/2015 12:15 PM, Eagle wrote:
What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? 49 for cable/internet capped at 250 gig/month if I bought the new modem up to 50Mbs ... with the old one I have up to 20 Mbs Phone a 10 dollar old flip phone from net10 and wallyworld at 17 dollars a month for 200 maybe 250 minutes. Plenty for me no more than I use it. so.... looks like 66 dollars ... my water bill was 49 bucks phone costs have gone down over the years but water/sewage/trash has doubled. |
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On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 3:35:29 PM UTC-6, Don Y wrote:
No interest in learning another killset? Mentoring youth? Volunteering at a hospice? etc. I'd like to learn another "killset". Perhaps I could learn to be a ninja assassin. ( -_ï½¥) ︻デ•ä¸€ –¸ [8~{} Uncle Mimja Monster |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:12:57 -0800, Eagle no@not now.ever wrote:
Eagle explained on 12/10/2015 : After serious thinking DerbyDad03 wrote : On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? That is too broad of a question. If I said $179/month, what would that tell you? If someone else said $59/month, what would that tell you? Am I getting ripped off? Are they getting a great deal? Don't you really need to know what we are paying and what services we are getting for that money? No, If you don't get all three on one bill, then break it down to per service please. I pay $200.00 for HD TV and 200 channels [I think, it might be more], fiber optic access internet, and one landline #. The cell bill is sepparate...two #'s. My upload speed is 84.3 MBps, download spee is 86.13 MBps. Do you think #200.00 is about right, or too expensive for HD TV,fiber optic internet, and one landline? BTW...that includes the server, the DVR, and three boxes. I pay about that for high speed cable internet, 2 TVs, PVR, 2 cell phones - data on one, and phone here in Central Ontario. |
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On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 12:15:49 PM UTC-6, Eagle wrote:
What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? I don't pay anything here at the center 25 to 60mbs down depending on load and 4.5mbs up. At home, my housemate has a POTS line with 3 numbers business/fax/residence costing around $80 per month. A smartphone ? per month. Charter Cable basic TV and Internet I think $35 per month for 12mbs down & 1.5mbs up. I have two magicJacks costing $70 per year, two TracFones one is a SafeLink phone, Spok digital paging/VM service $28 per month. I've been with the paging company for 30 years and it's a number everyone has. I still get calls from people wanting things done and I hate to tell them I can't work right now. 8-( [8~{} Uncle Phone Monster |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:06:00 -0800, Eagle no@not now.ever wrote:
I sure miss the days of analog TV and antennas to get channel 2,4,5,7, 9,11 and 13 and not pay a dime for TV. Sounds like you are in the DC Bal'mer area. I was there for 38 years and never had anything but a Betamax and an antenna. If I rotated the antenna and held my mouth right I could get Ch 6 out of Richmond too (blacked out Redskin games). You can still get those I imagine and there are probably 3 or 4 sub channels under each with a lot of reruns of old TV shows. MCM.com has a pretty good fringe antennas for about $30-40 that will pull in signals from 70 miles away or so with decent line of sight.. |
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On 12/10/2015 4:15 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
On 12/10/15 2:43 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:15:49 PM UTC-5, Eagle wrote: What do you pay for TV, internet and phone? P.S. That's a pretty crappy subject line. No, not really-- it's concise, descriptive, and says exactly what he wants to know. But meaningless information without more detail. I pay $160 and $67. What does that tell you? How can you compare services unless I tell you more? |
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