Cable/Internet/Phone

htownbdr · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 4:41 am Post subject: Cable/Internet/Phone

Who do you guys use for service?

I have always had direct tv. But, I am kind of out of the loop on what service providers can offer. I would like the phone bill, cable bill and internet bill to all be the same. I would also like the cable to have that deal to where you can watch stuff whenever you want (i think it is on demand) and would also like to be able to record shows and watch them on whatever TV I wanted. Lastly, if there is a way, I would prefer to not have to pay out the ass for every cable box. Think the new house is going have 9 tv's but only 2 or 3 will be used frequently. So, I don't want to waste a bunch of money paying for TV's I won't be using.

Any thoughts?

htownbdr · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 4:45 am Post subject:

just checked out comcast. Looks like they can do most of what I want. Anybody have experience with them?

Broccoli B · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 4:50 am Post subject:

They charge per box after the first 3 i think. Also, you can only watch recorded programs on the box in which it was recorded. They do have on demand though, and there service is reliable.

htownbdr · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 4:51 am Post subject:

Who does that deal to where i can record anywhere i want and watch it anywhere I want?

Broccoli B · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 4:53 am Post subject:

joedirt00 · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 4:54 am Post subject:

I have comcast. They should be able to do everything you want. Although I get charged for my extra cable box, so that might be an issue.

The DVR service they have allows you to record and watch on any tv with the box in your house.

goofyboy · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 5:24 am Post subject:

i just got rid of comcast. trying dish for a year. Do you get AT&T uverse? i know a bunch of people in the Houston area that have it and love it. I am not eligible for it where i live in Katy.

Broccoli B · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 5:37 am Post subject:

htownbdr · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 5:58 am Post subject:

haven't checked out uverse. Will go visit their site now. thanks

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Anyone still use a basic cable line sans box??? My TV hasn't been on for 2 months so I don't really need all the fancy stuff, but I would like to get one of those HDTV Antennas soon. Anyone have one?

timmy · Addict Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 882 City: Jupiter, FL

ONT rider....
TV- basic cable no box, inlcluded in HOA fees.
Cable - Comcast
Phone - VZW

My GF got rid of her cable and now has a HDTV box. She gets the major local networks, about 20 religious channels, about 6 spanish channels, a hgtv type channel called 'create" and then a couple of ion channels.

NKCrider · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 7:01 am Post subject:

htownbdr, not sure if they have service where you live. but we use Cox, you can bundle all 3 through them for a discount i think.

http://ww2.cox.com/

goofyboy · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 7:07 am Post subject:

i am picking up an HDTV antena to compliment my DISH. DISH does go out during a very hard storm. just using the HDTV antena as back up.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

timmy, what is the box for? I've got my phone/internet/cable all with the same provider here but all I have is basic cable. So I'm looking at getting the antennas that you can hook right into your TV. Most people here can pick up about 30 channels with them, and the HD is better quality than what you get with the boxes. Best part about it is no cable bill.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

ontrider, the box is probably a digital converter.

If your set already receives digi tv, you just need an antenner.

The quality is excellent - esp HD!

It's an on/off proposition though, unlike analog where you could watch snowy tv if you had to.

joedirt00 · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 8:12 am Post subject:

Broccoli B,

I stand corrected. You can do it with the On Demand service and PPV, not the DVR service.

Thanks for correcting me. Embarassed

tball · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 3953

TV - DirecTV
Phones - home phones are for suckers
Cell phones and internet - ATT / ATT aircard

I will never go back to landline cables for anything as long as I can avoid them.

SilverMustang35 · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 8:37 am Post subject:

We have Basic Comcast cable, the 10mb internet line and Skype as our Home phone. We have a box that goes from USB of the computer and turns it into phone line and we have our home phones plugged through that. We have an outside number to call in and can make calls out. Local number. Service is $2.95 a month, caller id is about 6 bucks every 3 months, voicemail is about 12 every 6 months and then the number is 12 for 3 months or 30 for a year. I think when we figured it out, we pay approx 5 bucks or so a month for home phone service with unlimited minutes lol.
We arent home enough to justify getting digital cable and upgrades, and we just dl shows we miss so we just have basic channels 2-90...pay 8 bucks for that, internet is 58 and then skype for bout 5 a month...
Been doing that for years... Laughing

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

htownbdr · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 9:58 am Post subject:

J-Ro · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 10:08 am Post subject:

U-Verse FTMFW

Big Al · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 10:12 am Post subject:

Had Comcast for a pretty long time, and Time Warner before that (I think they're the same thing...?).

Never had any problems, always been happy. Their cable internet is great, too. I'm not sure about the phone service though, havn't had home phones in long time.

arof · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 10:14 am Post subject:

Ontrider - can you get HD signals from the states? Do canadian broadcaster send out the HD?

My parents get the major US channels - NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS in HD, but' we're close to detroit. No canadian HD channels though.

htownbdr · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 10:15 am Post subject:

do they have a lot of channels? Just went to their website and it said 100 channels and growing??? Also just checked and doesn't look like its available.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

htownbdr, uverse? They have 100+ hd channels, and probably hundreds of others.

I still am very happy with Dish. Waiting for the VIP922 with integrated Slingbox... soon...

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

vette74 · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 11:43 am Post subject:

Had Comcast but every time it rained my cable went out Confused

I switched to Uverse and have been much happier.

htownbdr · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 11:52 am Post subject:

vete - aren't you in pearland? If so, that is where this house it. So, that may be an issue.

arof · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject:

arof · Posted: Aug 27, 2009 12:57 pm Post subject:

I stand corrected - http://www.milliondollarjourney.com/how-to-get-free-hdtv-in-canada.htm

Need to see how this would apply for my dad! They'd love to get HNIC in HD.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Verizon FIOS. It is friggin awesome. 25 mbps down 15 mbps up. Ridiculous fast. Good channel line up - high quality TV, DVR, unlimited nationwide calling on the phone service. $120 a month after tax.

tball · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 3953

Wakebrad, two guys in my office just got FIOS. They love it.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

arof, yeah I wasn't 100% sure.. but I thought they had CBC. I just flipped through the channels and figured, meh.. that's enough to warrant the $100 bucks for an antenna. Laughing

My TV hasn't been on in 2 months, so I'm not really the type to go and find a huge list of how many channels I can get an be adjusting my antenna 2.65 degrees to pickup that extra station from Rochester.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

tball, hell I have fiber at 3/3 and even at that speed it is still great. No bottlenecks like cable, synchronous speed FTMFW.

Too bad their TV setup sucks. I am literally 50 feet from AT&T's service area. No Uverse for me.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

chavez, TV setup? What do you mean? I have over 100 HD channels and their DVR keeps improving. They upgrade that thing almost every week adding features. Now traffic, weather, facebook, twitter on your cable-box... Not that I use any of them. Just cool that they have it. And the channels aren't compressed POS like cable does. Uverse doesn't run fiber all the way to the house.