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In reply to the discussion: Have you "cut the cord" on EXPENSIVE cable TV? Why or why not? A PBS guide [View all]ProgressiveEconomist
(5,818 posts)35. "You can't access ANY of HBO's content online unless you have a subscription to them via a regular
provider." Does the same go for Showtime, Starz, and Cinemax?
Those are vital concerns for many.
The PBS link in the OP says, "Most cable quitters find they can get about 95 percent of the TV content they used to watch on cable ..." But if you are a hard-core fan of Homeland, Dexter, Boardwalk Empire, The Newsroom, Boss, etc. the money tradeoff may not be worth it.
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Have you "cut the cord" on EXPENSIVE cable TV? Why or why not? A PBS guide [View all]
ProgressiveEconomist
Nov 2012
OP
Is there a delay in watching MSNBC shows such as Rachel Maddow? How long
ProgressiveEconomist
Nov 2012
#8
It's not the show in entirety. MSNBC offers only clips of its shows. You can only get whole shows
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#95
How fast is your internet? I pay $35/mo. but it's not really fast enuf for streaming.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#96
Thanks! I thought you had to subscribe to Time Warner to get the internet....
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#117
No, I know many that have Dish for cable and Time Warner for Internet. nt
Live and Learn
Nov 2012
#135
How do you get broadcast tv? Broadcast tv is now digital. Outside digital antenna? ???nt
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#98
So your phone is digital, right? It's voice over internet protocol, and not an
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#100
I have two seperate lines coming into the house. One for the phone and the other for internet.
Kaleva
Nov 2012
#102
Hmmm. Interesting. I can only get AT&T for landline. I checked into their bundle for phone
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#118
We need to vote out the FCC. They need to be on the chopping block as far as getting rid of those
loudsue
Nov 2012
#54
How fast is your high speed? I've read mine is not fast enuf for reliable streaming.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#101
Or, for $300 and up, get an Internet TV with a keyboard remote ans well as
ProgressiveEconomist
Nov 2012
#37
"You can't access ANY of HBO's content online unless you have a subscription to them via a regular
ProgressiveEconomist
Nov 2012
#35
LOL! That's what they want you to believe. Bill Maher is the only thing that I know of on HBO that I
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#163
Why use an Xbox rather than a Roku box? See the PBS link in the OP--
ProgressiveEconomist
Nov 2012
#40
Roku, blu-ray, and antenna gets me all I want except perhaps espn and nfl network.
Ed Suspicious
Nov 2012
#27
I have cable, internet and telephone through a local cable company who has been in the area for
underoath
Nov 2012
#28
"DSL internet ... is not quite fast enough for Netflix" Thanks for that CRUCIAL
ProgressiveEconomist
Nov 2012
#41
Given a choice between expensive Cable Tv and Inexpensive Internet Access....
AsahinaKimi
Nov 2012
#64
The only reason I have basic cable TV at all is because it came free with the internet.
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#74
Have been planning to since July, but the SO wanted to watch the Olympics. Then we were watching
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#87
There is a lot of programming content from movies to TV shows (foreign and domestic).
Snarkoleptic
Nov 2012
#92
No. Can't get political talk shows timely anywhere else, that I have found.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#94
HOLY-MOLY!!THANK YOU! I started watching "Columbo" on the UK ITV2, but switched to ABC just to see
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#115
No, because the only high speed internet I can get in my tiny town is through cable.
Zoeisright
Nov 2012
#124
I get my Internet through Comcast, and I used to have full cable TV service
Lydia Leftcoast
Nov 2012
#159
Thank you all, especially those who supplied links and bits of technical info.
ProgressiveEconomist
Nov 2012
#162