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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]underthematrix
(5,811 posts)153. If you have cable,
you watch Maddow at 6pm/PT. However, you can watch at 9pm/PT same day. That's what I do.
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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