Cable

[tomgallagher]

When is Cable (TV, Internet, Phone) too much Cable.?

[D.A.L.U.I.]

Well, my view is seriously influenced by the behavior of our local company, Cox, after Katrina--and for that reason, any cable is too much cable for me.  After we got back into our home, one semblance of normalicy was that the cable worked, for a week!  I was still assigned to the cruise ship living situation but I could spend one night a week at home.  The second "home day" I was in the yard and I saw the Cox truck moving down the street DISCONNECTING all cable--mind you it worked, but they were disconnecting everyone!  I asked the guys what they were doing and they just said, "Call the office."  Well, calling did squat, and the service stayed off for more than two months!  If I had switched to cable TV, phone & internet  I would have been up the creek.  Our land line worked so I had dial up and a phone.  That was the moment that I knew I'd be dropping Cox and did so when we got our flat screen HDTV.  Cox meanwhile struggles to survive and I have no sympathy for them at all.  I suspect they didn't want to expend money to offer service to the vastly reduced market as the City repopulated--it's just my wild assed guess--but not one house that I know of in my neighborhood is without a satillite dish now, not one.  And I bet those numbskulls still haven't figured out that they did this, no one else.  

[CraftyGuy]

2000 channels, and still nothing good on!

[reb123161]

Same thing here, siantc----cable was gone post Katrina--and they did not care.  I am now on DISH and have DSL--and am very happy.  My cable bill kept going up every month for the last 4 months with NO explanation---I have an explanation---CANCEL!

[Sgt. Pate]

Can you believe this... we still use wabbit ears!  Yeah, we have a big screen, 20" baby!  

[schro]

Interesting, open ended question, TG.

In the House of Schro, we tend to be a few steps behind the times when it comes to technology (though we did get the kids an iTouch).
Neither myself or The Lovely Mrs. Schro are much into technology. Though I will admit, we absolutely love AT&T's U-Verse. IMHO, AT&T finally got it right. Bundled service with our cell phone (after they upgraded me with a free 3G PowerCell), home phone, TV, and internet coverage. We don't watch a lot of movies, don't download stuff, pretty simple family. Most of our entertainment is sports through our kids (couldn't be more proud of Nicole and Alex). 

That all being said, once TLMS and I are empty nesters, I could totally see us scaling back everything. Not into tech at all.

[tomgallagher]

I am getting pretty tired of this "bundled business", and then they send you a monthly bill that you need to be a lawyer to understand. Getting pretty tired of it inching up every 2 or 3 months.

[Smooth_Operator]

I haven't had cable in close to two years, and (other than Food Network) I don't miss it at all.  I can catch most shows that I want to watch on Hulu.com, and although there are some pros/cons, there is no ever-increasing cable bill.  Can't complain about that.