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    From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun May 4 11:57:13 2025
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    By: poindexter FORTRAN to phigan on Fri May 02 2025 15:03:07

    ...should I get rid of cable and go with AT&T Fiber.

    I'd first check and see if there were any alternative providers. Probably save some bucks. 'Sides, "T&T" is part of their name, so something's gonna blow up, like their rates.

    Also, have you ever thought about ditching cable TV altogether? Really, is there anything you watch on regular TV now that couldn't be watched online? Of course, you wanna keep the Net connection, which will save you a few bucks a month.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Mortar on Sun May 4 11:59:53 2025
    Re: Ditching Cable
    By: Mortar to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun May 04 2025 11:57 am

    Also, have you ever thought about ditching cable TV altogether? Really, is there anything you watch on regular TV now that couldn't be watched online? Of course, you wanna keep the Net connection, which will save you a few bucks a month.

    I don't think it's always just cable vs. online streaming. There are TV shows on over-the-air broadcast TV I watch sometimes, and I think some of it is hard to find on streaming services. One TV show I like to watch is Jeopardy, and I'm not sure if there's a streaming service that plays each new daily episode.

    There are a couple other game shows I like to watch sometimes, such as Beat Shazam (music game show) and Family Feud. Similarly, I'm not sure of a streaming service that has each new daily episode.

    There's also a local channel in my area that has Whose Line Is It Anyway? And there's a new season that started up in September 2024.

    And of course, broadcast TV is free. It seems like broadcast TV is generally ignored by a lot of people these days, and I'm not sure why. Maybe a lot of people don't like commercials - but there are commercials on cable TV as well, and even on some streaming services. I have a DVR, so I can record the over-the-air TV shows and skip commercials if I want to. IMO, you can't beat free content. However, sometimes the over-the-air signal reception sometimes isn't great (and it seems random), which can be an issue. Much of the time, the signal is good, but occasionally the signal is bad and the recording of the show ends up looking scrambled - sometimes it's bad enough for the recording to be unwatchable, unfortunately.

    Nightfox

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Mortar on Sun May 4 21:17:37 2025
    Re: Ditching Cable
    By: Mortar to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun May 04 2025 11:57 am

    ...should I get rid of cable and go with AT&T Fiber.

    I ditched cable last year and went fiber, Now I stream stuff.
    I save $90 a month roughly and the intenet is way better, 1g up and down.

    ... A man walked into a library and said: "I hope you don't have a book on reverse psychology."

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Sun May 4 21:11:15 2025
    Mortar wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Also, have you ever thought about ditching cable TV altogether?
    Really, is there anything you watch on regular TV now that couldn't be watched online? Of course, you wanna keep the Net connection, which
    will save you a few bucks a month.

    I can't find a good solution for local news, surprisingly. I only get
    one channel with an HDTV antenna, have been wanting to try IPTV but
    haven't had the time to play with it.



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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Denn on Mon May 5 08:11:19 2025
    Denn wrote to Mortar <=-

    Re: Ditching Cable
    By: Mortar to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun May 04 2025 11:57 am

    ...should I get rid of cable and go with AT&T Fiber.

    I ditched cable last year and went fiber, Now I stream stuff.
    I save $90 a month roughly and the intenet is way better, 1g up and
    down.

    Yeahbut.... what about the channels you can no longer watch. Discovery, History, *many* sporting events, local news.... etc.



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Mon May 5 09:55:18 2025
    Re: Ditching Cable
    By: Denn to Mortar on Sun May 04 2025 09:17 pm

    ... A man walked into a library and said: "I hope you don't have a book on reverse psychology."

    "I went into a book store and went to the help desk and said: I'm looking for a book called How To Handle Rejection Without Killing.... do you have it?" - Stewart Francis

    Nightfox

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