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Old 01-14-2015, 03:47 PM
 
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I received my Terk Antenna today. I paid $28; it is not bad. I do not have all of the channels but it is okay. The DVDs from the library are pretty cool.
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Old 01-14-2015, 10:04 PM
 
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I received my Terk Antenna today. I paid $28; it is not bad. I do not have all of the channels but it is okay. The DVDs from the library are pretty cool.
I scanned it again and it works well.
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Old 01-14-2015, 11:52 PM
 
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I have OOMA. Haven't paid a dime for it for years. It works great.
How are you not paying a dime for ooma service they make you pay the taxes and fee's per state on there base plan. but it's still cheaper than a regular phone or any voip
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Old 01-16-2015, 11:54 PM
 
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How are you not paying a dime for ooma service they make you pay the taxes and fee's per state on there base plan. but it's still cheaper than a regular phone or any voip
If I remember correctly, only the Ooma Telo requires you to pay taxes and fees. The Ooma Core has no such fees. I haven't had to pay any taxes or fees since I got the device years ago.
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Old 01-18-2015, 07:17 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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I went a couple of weeks without using cable, to prove that I could do it, and then cancelled, saving $75 a month.

I've found ways to get nearly everything online. Mostly sports, which is very easy to find, as well as a few cable channels and BBC/ITV,. I use a paper clip for an antenna, lying in a windowsill at the end of a coax, and get all 13 local channels perfectly. It takes about 5 seconds on the remote to switch from TV to VGA and back.

I had to buy a VGA cable long enough to reach from my PC to my TV, and the audio comes from my PC speakers across the room, but you get used to that.

As far as I know, everything that my cable company internet provider allows me to see on line is legal, and if it's not, there is somebody else breaking the law, not me.

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Old 01-18-2015, 08:07 AM
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Location: Florida
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As far as I know, everything that my cable company internet provider allows me to see on line is legal, and if it's not, there is somebody else breaking the law, not me.
As long as the item is copyrighted and you don’t own it, then downloading it (for free) via torrent, for example, is illegal.
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Old 01-18-2015, 02:59 PM
 
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As far as I know, everything that my cable company internet provider allows me to see on line is legal, and if it's not, there is somebody else breaking the law, not me.
This couldn't be further from the truth...
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Old 01-19-2015, 01:56 AM
 
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
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Almost / sort of - equally important - find some company to deal with that is HONEST instead of talking you and/or tricking you into buying something you don't need or want - they all say they wanna give you the best deal but I get the feeling that ain't at all what their top priority is.
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Old 01-19-2015, 11:03 PM
 
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Do I need to keep my internet?
who's your provider if it's comcrap then you might as well forget about online streaming since they only have a 300 gig limit per month. wich in todays world is not forseeable. I am sure that there trying to protect there dying tv service
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Old 01-19-2015, 11:05 PM
 
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who's your provider if it's comcrap then you might as well forget about online streaming since they only have a 300 gig limit per month. wich in todays world is not forseeable. I am sure that there trying to protect there dying tv service
That's not true in most locations. Comcast (btw, you misspelled it) does not enforce a 300 gig limit per month on its users with the exception of a few cities.
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