OT: Who has Comcast/Xfinity

[Rico444]

I pay $85 a month for internet and PS Vue. Gets me all the channels I need for UConn (all the ESPNs, CBS Sports Network, SNY) along with NFL network and FS1 and 2 if I ever want to watch the Big East. Not regretting having cut the cord for a second.

 

[joober jones]

I pay $85 a month for internet and PS Vue. Gets me all the channels I need for UConn (all the ESPNs, CBS Sports Network, SNY) along with NFL network and FS1 and 2 if I ever want to watch the Big East. Not regretting having cut the cord for a second.

I need to learn more about this. Please PM me when you get a chance.

 

[methodology]

I pay $85 a month for internet and PS Vue. Gets me all the channels I need for UConn (all the ESPNs, CBS Sports Network, SNY) along with NFL network and FS1 and 2 if I ever want to watch the Big East. Not regretting having cut the cord for a second.

I have wanted to switch to psvue for a while now as i would save about $70/ month but the wife won't allow. She doesn't want to learn to use a new system and loves the X1 system too much

 

[Rico444]

I have wanted to switch to psvue for a while now as i would save about $70/ month but the wife won't allow. She doesn't want to learn to use a new system and loves the X1 system too much

That's fine. My wife didn't want to switch either, then our boiler died and we had to re-assess the budget. I told her that I could save us over $100 a month on cable, and she finally caved.

 

[8893]

I have wanted to switch to psvue for a while now as i would save about $70/ month but the wife won't allow. She doesn't want to learn to use a new system and loves the X1 system too much

That's fine. My wife didn't want to switch either, then our boiler died and we had to re-assess the budget. I told her that I could save us over $100 a month on cable, and she finally caved.

There you go, @methodology , kill your boiler.

 

[Rico444]

There you go, @methodology , kill your boiler.

Sounds like a smart financial decision to me!

 

[KembaStepback]

Joober - I did the same thing. I have Comcast for internet (boost) for 80/month. I also recommend buying a good modem and router for a combined 150-200$. That way you don't have to rent their modem for 10-15$/month for eternity.

I have the top PSVue package at 80/month. So for me 160 is way cheaper than the 210ish a month I was with the triple play. you don't get like history channel or Comedy central or MTV. but you get most everything else.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

Was that on a Select Triple Play? , that sounds right. That will give you 220 channels including the important sports networks that carry the necessary channels for UConn games.

Yes i think so. I have preferred package now. Was told i would keep same channels i have now.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

I pay $85 a month for internet and PS Vue. Gets me all the channels I need for UConn (all the ESPNs, CBS Sports Network, SNY) along with NFL network and FS1 and 2 if I ever want to watch the Big East. Not regretting having cut the cord for a second.

This is what i would like too. But need MSG for hockey. SNY/NESN/YES for baseball.

 

[intlzncster]

Aren't you a millennial? Why do you have a landline?

Dove is a heavier set Quagmire.

 

[Dove]

Dove is a heavier set Quagmire.

I'm proportioned much better.

#giggetygiggetygoo

 

[uconnbill]

I pay $80 a month for Xfinity blast and another $100 for Directv

Still may ditch Directv for Directv online which would save me another $40 a month.

 

[3rdbass]

I pay $136 including tax for Blast Internet and Preferred package with Starz. I would like to do PSVUE and AT&T Fiber but I would need the PSVUE $45 package with AT&T 300 GB Fiber package for $70. So after taxes I'm guessing I'm around $125. Not really ideal. I guess I could do the 100GB Fiber for AT&T but that only save me another $20 and I have to pay for installation. Sling is a no after finding out you can't do multiple TV's with their orange package channels. Only one TV can be on Orange channels at a time.

 

[Madmannsucks]

I have every channel...and I mean every channel(Russian, Saigon, every sports premium, etc) Blast internet, land line....4 X1 boxes 1 standard box...pay just under 50 bucks a month. This is one of my employee benefits.

 

[Rico444]

It looks like PSVue went up. The lowest tier is $40 instead of $35, and the one with all the sports channels we would need is now $50.

 

[Husky25]

X1 is great because they change the channel line up so much. We have a land line only because the bundle is cheaper than a la carte Internet and TV. We hardly ever give out that number and only my parents call our house. It is useful as a pager when we drop our cells between the couch cushions too. We went Internet-only for 3 months during the transition from old house to new.

As a sports junkie (of mostly local teams), cutting the cord is doable, but as @whaler11 implied in a different thread, why do that to yourself if you have the means (I think his comment was along the lines of he'd slit his own throat if he had to scouer the internet for crappy links to SD programming. Something like that...). 720p looks decent on a computer screen, tablet or phone. It looks awful on 65 inch 4K display.

 

[Rico444]

As a sports junkie (of mostly local teams), cutting the cord is doable, but as @whaler11 implied in a different thread, why do that to yourself if you have the means (I think his comment was along the lines of he'd slit his own throat if he had to scouer the internet for crappy links to SD programming. Something like that...). 720p looks decent on a computer screen, tablet or phone. It looks awful on 65 inch 4K display.

Cutting the cord has come a long way the last few years. I did it and I get all of the sports I want (Mets, UConn, NFL). In HD, no scouring the internet, and for over $100 less than what my old Comcast bundle cost.

 

[minidarren]

I have every channel...and I mean every channel(Russian, Saigon, every sports premium, etc) Blast internet, land line....4 X1 boxes 1 standard box...pay just under 50 bucks a month. This is one of my employee benefits.

I miss this. Lost it when I moved to Georgia.

 

[jibsey]

I pay $85 a month for internet and PS Vue. Gets me all the channels I need for UConn (all the ESPNs, CBS Sports Network, SNY) along with NFL network and FS1 and 2 if I ever want to watch the Big East. Not regretting having cut the cord for a second.

Do you get local channels without antenna?

 

[Rico444]

Do you get local channels without antenna?

The only local network I don't get is Fox 61. We get the national feed. I don't get My9 or whatever channel 11 is nowadays, either. But CBS, NBC, and ABC are all local.

 

[Madmannsucks]

I miss this. Lost it when I moved to Georgia.

Which location did you work at. You can PM me if that is too much private info.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

I have every channel...and I mean every channel(Russian, Saigon, every sports premium, etc) Blast internet, land line....4 X1 boxes 1 standard box...pay just under 50 bucks a month. This is one of my employee benefits.

How do i get a job at your company? LOL

 

[HuskyBandDad]

Cutting the cord has come a long way the last few years. I did it and I get all of the sports I want (Mets, UConn, NFL). In HD, no scouring the internet, and for over $100 less than what my old Comcast bundle cost.

On your TV or phone/computer?
My problem is what the wife watches.

 

[Rico444]

On your TV or phone/computer?
My problem is what the wife watches.

TV. I just plug my Amazon Fire Stick in and can watch all of my live TV through PS Vue, Netflix, Amazon Prime video, etc.

 

[Travelman6]

I've never understood why internet prices are so high in the states, especially with the resources and infrastructure (which might not be as good as most of western Europe or Canada or what not but still...all the way down at 114 for affordability).. .

The Most And Least Expensive Countries For Broadband [Infographic]
In terms of raw prices, the U.S. ranks among the highest in the world in the cost of phone data plans. According to research by the International Telecommunication Union(ITU) the average phone plan with 500MB of data costs $85 in the U.S., compared to $24.10 in China and $8.80 in the U.K., in terms of U.S. dollar Purchasing-power Parity (PPP).

The Economist has created a great interactive map showing off the price disparity across the globe, which illustrates how far behind the U.S. is in terms of the price of mobile data. Again in terms of the raw price of purchasing mobile phone plans with data, the U.S. is in the company of countries like Botswana, Angola and Morocco

Consumers should vote with their wallet more, especially if it is an issue of fewer and fewer companies controlling more and more, before it is too late.