Satelite TV Problem Solved

[bigdeano]

We are srewed. We pay 150/month for Dish TV. Have few channel free of adds. Then we pay another 150 for Hughes network SAT internet. And we still can't stream movies due to 50 GB data limit. All the other options cost about the same. The telephone company that was going to install fast internet is on verge of bankruptcy so it is not going to happen I suppose.

Exede Satellite internet has unlimited data plans now. They're putting up new satellites with a lot more capacity.

 

[Redneck in training]

Exede Satellite internet has unlimited data plans now. They're putting up new satellites with a lot more capacity.

I might be wrong but they use the same satellites as Hughes.

 

[BoylermanCT]

We are srewed. We pay 150/month for Dish TV. Have few channel free of adds. Then we pay another 150 for Hughes network SAT internet. And we still can't stream movies due to 50 GB data limit. All the other options cost about the same. The telephone company that was going to install fast internet is on verge of bankruptcy so it is not going to happen I suppose.

Help may be on the way. FCC is getting ready to spend $2B on rural internet projects.

FCC gets ready to kick off $2 billion rural broadband fund

Remember Reagan saying the scariest words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!

 

[k0ua]

You got it James. The 7300 is on the want list.

A little something to look at while you think about it!

 

[kf4uda]

I was in a meeting earlier this week with AT&T discussing some issues and upgrades for our company. During the conversation one of the guys brought up a project that AT&T was working on that would provide high speed internet anywhere there were power lines. If this works out it will hopefully help everybody to have high speed internet if you are close to power lines. Here are a couple of articles about it:

AT&T Launches Project AirGig Trials to Bring Ultra-Fast Internet Over Power Lines Closer to Reality

Faster, Cheaper Internet Service Coming Over Power Lines, AT&T says | Fortune

 

[Bird]

We've had DirecTV, Dish, and now Spectrum (formerly called Charter). They all work pretty well, and all keep trying to go up on the price once they think they have you hooked. Each year, the past 3 years, I've emailed, or gone to see, the local Spectrum manager and he's gotten the bill lowered a bit. Our bill now is ridiculously high, but shows that we're getting a $30 a month discount.

 

[IXLR8]

I was in a meeting earlier this week with AT&T discussing some issues and upgrades for our company. During the conversation one of the guys brought up a project that AT&T was working on that would provide high speed internet anywhere there were power lines. If this works out it will hopefully help everybody to have high speed internet if you are close to power lines. Here are a couple of articles about it:

AT&T Launches Project AirGig Trials to Bring Ultra-Fast Internet Over Power Lines Closer to Reality

Faster, Cheaper Internet Service Coming Over Power Lines, AT&T says | Fortune

This was discussed here a year ago, it will be interesting to see if it ever works out and what it will cost.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/rural-living/374702-internet-over-power-poles.html

I would love to drop cable TV, we only watch about 8 of the 150 channels we get, but then the cost of internet access doubles and eliminates most of the cost savings so I don't bother.

 

[TractorGuy]

Help may be on the way. FCC is getting ready to spend $2B on rural internet projects.

FCC gets ready to kick off $2 billion rural broadband fund

Remember Reagan saying the scariest words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!

This whole plan is a BS way to spend the tax payers money. If I remember correctly they only intend to provide the service to the poorest parts of the country if and when they complete it. On top of that they will build it with our money and turn the profits over to existing internet service providers. I'm not holding my breath this will ever see the light of day. I got all excited when I first heard about it then discovered they would pass through my county and I would not be able to tap into it.

 

[EddieWalker]

I went from Direct to Dish when I wanted HD and Direct wanted $10 a month extra and $100 to make the change. Dish offered more channels and HD for less then I was paying Direct, but like you said, the longer I am with them, the more they punish me for being a customer. We've recently tried HULU and we're finding stuff on there through our Amazon Prime that we're watching more and more often. With all the channels we get on Dish, most nights there isn't anything on that we can tolerate to watch. Usually we sit on the porch on bad TV nights and have a fire, but when it's too cold, we're stuck in the house.

Our internet is barely fast enough to stream, we still get some buffering. At&T ran a fiber optic line down the road and they said that their new tower will be capable of handling everyone at the fastest speeds available with unlimited data if the City of Tyler will approve their permit. So far it's been a year and the city is still reviewing it. My guess is that something crooked is going on there, but like all technology, eventually we will get the benefit of it.

The writing is on the wall, Satellite is history. For us, it's just a matter of time until we switch to something else.

 

[kf4uda]

A little something to look at while you think about it!

Its just going to have to wait even if they do have a $200 rebate right now. Testing the waters raising sheep and LSG dogs right now (new thread coming soon) so the hobbys are taking a set back for now.