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I think as the economy worses and everyone looks around their homes and asks themselves " What can we cut/reduce here " ? They are going to get rid of cable TV and most likely keep their internet .
I think as the economy worses and everyone looks around their homes and asks themselves " What can we cut/reduce here " ? They are going to get rid of cable TV and most likely keep their internet .
That's me!!!!!
I am planning to buy a television in the near future and I'm going internet ready.
I think as the economy worses and everyone looks around their homes and asks themselves " What can we cut/reduce here " ? They are going to get rid of cable TV and most likely keep their internet .
Now that so much of what you pay even extra for on tv it available legally it is even more likely. I'll be they are already seeing many reduce their levels of service. I find that I watch the stuff the dvr is set record but otherwise unless I want a weather report I don't turn it on. Once people get used to watching what they want when they want they will not go back.
Internet prices will come down when it alone become a better market. The cable people will have to compete with the satalite services or cell companies and it will equalize.
I live in an actual dead zone for tv reception- you get roughly .5 tv channels if you try to use rabbit ears/ digital antenna alone, and a 30+ foot tv antenna isn't practical in the more densley populated south parts of the county. So if you want even 'local' network channels (ie. your Nielsen market stations whose transmitters are somewhere between 50 and 140 miles away) you do have to have a lifeline cable or satellite package.
Though if you go the lifeline cable route, it's something like $15/month, which is generally affordable, and you really do want the local news broadcasts down here come hurricane time.
Now that so much of what you pay even extra for on tv it available legally it is even more likely. I'll be they are already seeing many reduce their levels of service. I find that I watch the stuff the dvr is set record but otherwise unless I want a weather report I don't turn it on. Once people get used to watching what they want when they want they will not go back.
Internet prices will come down when it alone become a better market. The cable people will have to compete with the satalite services or cell companies and it will equalize.
You think cable companies would reduce their prices knowing customers are dropping like flies !
I live in an actual dead zone for tv reception- you get roughly .5 tv channels if you try to use rabbit ears/ digital antenna alone, and a 30+ foot tv antenna isn't practical in the more densley populated south parts of the county. So if you want even 'local' network channels (ie. your Nielsen market stations whose transmitters are somewhere between 50 and 140 miles away) you do have to have a lifeline cable or satellite package.
Though if you go the lifeline cable route, it's something like $15/month, which is generally affordable, and you really do want the local news broadcasts down here come hurricane time.
Friends live in an area that has no over the air reception... Comcast quoted $12,000 to run a cable to their home... family went through severe withdrawal the first 6 months and now don't even miss it.
There are super directional antennas that amplify signal strength... the downside is they often need to be turned for each station.
Western Europe has the same issues due to mountains and valleys... basic satellite is subscription free and the dish and receiver costs a one time $200
I play the cable and phone company against each other. Both offer cable, internet and phone for $99 a month for 1 year. When the year is up I switch to the other.
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and will continue to gouge customers because they currently can.
How did they calculate $12K?
