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Post by 315logan on Dec 2, 2023 11:27:54 GMT -6
Where do you guys get your wifi from? I can only get Comcast wifi in my location. The options you all mentioned plus the cost of my wifi equal my Comcast bill. If I cut the cable the only benefit is not dealing with Comcast incompetence. They never give me problems with wifi.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2023 20:30:31 GMT -6
Spectrum. I called and cut my bill in half recently. These companies are hurting for money.
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Post by ntxgamecock on Dec 2, 2023 22:36:31 GMT -6
I hear you 315, but while you won’t save a mint, you will gain in other ways. You can look at it as adding up to the same bill for TV, but WiFi is quickly becoming more of a “necessity.” We would have to pay for that regardless of whether or not we ditched cable. Count that in your viewing budget or not.
Until you’ve tried streaming, you may have a hard time comprehending the benefits other than cost. Rarely, if ever, do we watch anything “live” anymore. Almost all of our viewing is consumed “on-demand” meaning we watch what we want, when we want, where we want. Just today my wife had an obligation during the majority of the SEC Championship game. We recorded it and and watched it “as-live” when she got home at 5:30. I was able to take care of our dogs and get them put to bed and clean the kitchen up without missing any of that game and I am now about to watch the B1G and ACC games while skipping through commercials, huddles, timeouts and halftime. I will probably watch both of those games in 2 hours without missing a play.
If I’m watching a series, many times I can binge watch the whole series without having to wait a week for the next episode. There is no more “appointment TV”, only TV that fits MY schedule rather than a network’s. If I’m watching something and have to go somewhere, I can stop the program and then resume where I left off when I get to wherever I’m going either on my phone, tablet, laptop, or many times we’ve cast our streaming device onto the TV at a hotel and picked right up where we left off. It’s so much more convenient and versatile than whatever is coming out of that wire hooked up to that one TV at your house and only playing what someone else is showing when they want to show it.
It’s just a different way of rethinking how you receive your video entertainment. Similar to the way you have to rethink diving in a Tesla. Yeah, it costs a little bit more up front, but there is virtually no service required and hardly anything to break down and resale value stays pretty much even with a new one, so the money comes back to you the longer you own it. Sure charging takes longer than pumping gas, but for a daily commute you’ll never notice because you’ll charge it while you’re asleep, and on a long trip with just a bit of prior planning, you can pretty much do the charging while stopping at the restroom or for meals. It’s no necessarily better or worse, just different.
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Post by JSUSoutherner on Dec 4, 2023 10:54:17 GMT -6
Where do you guys get your wifi from? I can only get Comcast wifi in my location. The options you all mentioned plus the cost of my wifi equal my Comcast bill. If I cut the cable the only benefit is not dealing with Comcast incompetence. They never give me problems with wifi. I'm stuck with AT&T because my apartment complex has a exclusivity deal with them. It's a scam. AT&T is the worst.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2023 11:41:40 GMT -6
We are looking at a consolidation of streaming services very soon. They are all going to have ads.
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Post by Whup Em All on Dec 4, 2023 11:52:09 GMT -6
Rarely, if ever, do we watch anything “live” anymore. Almost all of our viewing is consumed “on-demand” meaning we watch what we want, when we want, where we want. Just today my wife had an obligation during the majority of the SEC Championship game. We recorded it and and watched it “as-live” when she got home at 5:30. I was able to take care of our dogs and get them put to bed and clean the kitchen up without missing any of that game and I am now about to watch the B1G and ACC games while skipping through commercials, huddles, timeouts and halftime. I will probably watch both of those games in 2 hours without missing a play. This is exactly how I watched most of Jax State's midweek games this season, especially on Wednesday night. I just had to shut off notifications on my phone (not a problem on Wednesdays, as I do that anyway) and take care of all my obligations... then I grabbed a drink, sat down in front of the TV, and pulled up the game on demand from YouTubeTV. I skipped over commercials, timeouts, halftime, and even some slower moments during the game (e.g., when a team is burning the clock between plays) and usually finished the game within 15-30 minutes of the ACTUAL live broadcast, despite me missing kickoff by close to 2 hours. It spoiled me for the next time I actually watched a game live. I kept trying to fast forward and it didn't work. LOL.
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