Sanity check from you cord cutters

[goeduck]

Well I cancelled the Xfinity (Comcast) channel lineup today and they dropped from a 150 MB to 60 MB connection plus phone which took me from $231.55 a month to $100.21. So I have $131 to work with. They would not give me the $49/month new customer rate and stuck me with the $79/screw-your-customer-rate. Then of course they charge $11/month for the cable modem. And phone plus taxes takes me to $100.21. I went by Best Buy and they have cable modems with the phone connection, WiFi and 4 port Ethernet router all built in for $200 to $300 but I am not sure I want to go there and not be able to tell Comcast they are not giving me an internet connection if I have any problem whatsoever (hardware or service). Plus that is a lot of money to recover.

I got a call back from Xfinity customer service as a response to my rating them low on the customer survey that I did. Very nice lady this time. She offered me a better package and I am down to $89.66 a month with Xfinity from the $100.21. Same 60 MB service plus phone. I usually do not like customer surveys but I always do them if money is involved and they usually know at least something off the bill. Every dollar counts.

 

[thekkfan]

I have my phone with Callcentric now. $12.90/mo including taxes for unlimited incoming, 500min outgoing (.02/min after that). Haven't went over 500 yet in 16 months. Just need a cheap ATA hooked to your Internet. And yes, they ported my home #.

 

[IXLR8]

I had Xfinity when I lived in MA, I had my own cable modem. As long as you pick from the list of compatible modems on their web page, you should be good to go.

 

[IXLR8]

Fubo just raised their rate from $45/month to $55/month, they added a bunch of channels I had no interest in. I went looking for another provider that gave me few the channels I wanted, the few channels SWMBO wanted and the channels we both enjoyed. It is like 10 total channels we watch. I ended up back at Fubo as basically my only option unless I wanted to go multiple sources and then I wasn't really saving any money.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Fubo just raised their rate from $45/month to $55/month, they added a bunch of channels I had no interest in. I went looking for another provider that gave me few the channels I wanted, the few channels SWMBO wanted and the channels we both enjoyed. It is like 10 total channels we watch. I ended up back at Fubo as basically my only option unless I wanted to go multiple sources and then I wasn't really saving any money.

What content do they provide to warrant even $45 a month?

 

[CMV]

What content do they provide to warrant even $45 a month?

Probably a much larger group of sports channels than anyone else - even more than most cable packages without paying some extra. Around 90 channels in their lowest cost option, roughly 1/3 of those are sports. So I'd guess the people who were attracted to cable packages boasting "9 bazillion channels lineup" would be interested in that too. Also seems to have all the popular cable networks like TBS, TNT, USA, SyFy, HGTV, Food, AMC, FX, etc. A lot (like mine) are lacking some or need some type of upgrade to get some of those.

But if you were a huge sports fan - esp regional college stuff or soccer - it looks like it would be a better service than most standard cable packages.

Am seeing a similar gripe with different services though...."when I signed up it was $X, but then they added some channels and now it costs $10 more". So the "cable replacement" type streaming services are going down the same path that made folks leave cable for them in the first place....

And joy....just got an email from netflix this morning that they're raising rates yet again to $13. I like NF, but not $13 worth of like.....so I think that's getting cut. There are probably 7 or 8 of their series that I like, a handful of their original movies were good. But (my opinion) 90%+ of their "original content" is pure crap and no better than 2nd rate cable shows.... And the movie library just gets worse & worse which is why I originally had NF years ago. For someone like me, feels like I'm paying more to subsidize unfunny comedy specials and horrible shows like Grace & Frankie or BoJack and getting far fewer good movies for it. Lost in Space, The Ranch, House of Cards (before Spacey drama), & Stranger Things I really do like, but it's a very tiny % of all the crap they keep churning out. Anytime I go to the "recently added" section on NF I just say "WHY?????"

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Thanks, i think streaming will end up costing more, because you will need 3 or 4 streaming services.
I stream netfli using my son's student account, but not many shows i like. Watched 1 season of The Ranch, but too much language for me.
My dish package is $65 for the programming, then another $25 for the fees.......

I want to can it all, but wife wants it for 1channel....

 

[goeduck]

I have the ROKU Ultra in our TV room, a Premier+ in the kitchen which is nearest the WiFi source and then two Stick+ farther away. In hindsight I would have bought 3 of the Stick+ since they have better range and speed. I was thinking 802.11 was like oil and 802.11b/g/n on the Premier+ was better than 802.11ac in the Stick+ in that higher letters meant better. :duh:

So I moved the Premier+ to closer to the WiFi source and it works better there. The Stick+ will connect to either the 2.4 or 5 GHz WiFi*

*I only just learned this :duh:

 

[thekkfan]

5Ghz will move more data and less susceptible to interference like 2.4 band, but 2.4 will give you greater distance and penetration through walls.

 

[goeduck]

5Ghz will move more data and less susceptible to interference like 2.4 band, but 2.4 will give you greater distance and penetration through walls.

ROKU says the Stick+ has 4x the wireless range. However they do it, it does seem better range wise and speed wise than the Premier +.
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