How are y'all watching games this year? $20 bucks a week to watch maybe 4 or 5 games is pretty crazy. I might have to go watch games at work.
Freeking $80/month to watch football on HULU.
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PillsburyDoughboy
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I have Direct TV and pay alot more than that. But it's a streaming service. I have mynmain residence and 3 other residence that I use it at so when I spread the math it's not terrible. Much cheaper than I'd be if I had to pay for cable at them.
PillsburyDoughboy
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ESPN coverage of the Clemson Georgia game has been horrible. These announcers have no level of professionalism to them. I've been to HS games where they are better. Bring back CBS please
If you watch sports on TV you need to pay it. And you should also have to pay the Regional Sports Fee that's on my bill. I didn't take you to raise and I shouldn't have to pay your bills. But that's what we get from liberals that think everyone else paying their way is okay.
younggun308
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Tell me about it!
I just signed up for a free trial of Fubo. If I were to keep it, In addition to the $80 per month, there's a fee for local team rights. So it really ends up being $1,200 per year.
I just signed up for a free trial of Fubo. If I were to keep it, In addition to the $80 per month, there's a fee for local team rights. So it really ends up being $1,200 per year.
Cheaper to watch the games at a bar
Its too early to be that drunk Dave. It wasn't long ago that most games were available for free if you had a TV and an antenna.
encore06
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Iptv….
They aren't free now are they? You think I'm drunk because I think you should pay for the games you want to watch instead of part of that fee being charged to my bill? Typical liberal democrat.
megalomaniac
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It's all because of ESPN. They are outrageous.
We cut the cord a year ago. I'm watching GA vs Clemson on the 4k antenna now, volume off, and listening to the Vils stomp UTC free over the internet on my phone.
I'm good with high speed internet, hbo/max, and Amazon prime as only paid services.
We cut the cord a year ago. I'm watching GA vs Clemson on the 4k antenna now, volume off, and listening to the Vils stomp UTC free over the internet on my phone.
I'm good with high speed internet, hbo/max, and Amazon prime as only paid services.
younggun308
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Where did you set your antenna up? In the living room or outside?
megalomaniac
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These new indoor antennas are incredible. About the size of a mouse pad, and way thinner. Cost $40. Look into them! I think mine is a mohu. I get the big 4 plus there are a ton of other channels that come over the air, I just don't watch those much.
Broadcast does become pixelated in bad weather.
I don't think you or I should pay for anything we don't choose to watch, purchase, or participate in. Your original response suggested that I should have to pay for the "regional sports fee on YOUR bill". I don't think the public supplementing fees for anything is a good policy.
Can we get back to sports and stop with the name calling? The political forum is here https://www.tndeer.com/forums/political-discussion.32/
Roll Tide.
megalomaniac
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Did the 275 include high speed internet?
How much are you paying for internet now in addition to the $80 per month Hulu? (Hulu is $90 per month in my market)
The$275 was the cable alone. Our Spectrum internet is $83 and the Hulu/ Disney+/ESPN is $80
Same here. We cut the cord several years ago too. Now just paying for high speed Internet and get several hundred streaming stations. Also bought the mohu antenna and get about 40 stations for free after buying the antenna. I don't watch a lot of tv but mainly need Internet for work.
When they disrespected my Country, and My Flag....I exited all of them(Football, Baseball, Hockey, etc) and saved a bunch of money. Politics doesn't belong in sports and religion.
Careful with Hulu. They debited my daughter's account for over $1200.00 one time. They were totally unresponsive about it as well. Took her several weeks get it back & had to go thru bank to do it.
Cut the cord 7-8 years ago. Pay for Prime, Paramount & Friendly.
At camp I have a outside antenna that pulls in ABC, CBS sometimes NBC, Grit & several others. Have a hotspot thru Consumer Cellular that cost $15/mo, so I get everything there that I do at home too.
Cut the cord 7-8 years ago. Pay for Prime, Paramount & Friendly.
At camp I have a outside antenna that pulls in ABC, CBS sometimes NBC, Grit & several others. Have a hotspot thru Consumer Cellular that cost $15/mo, so I get everything there that I do at home too.
Theft is Ok?
So did Napster.
Between dish network and Hughesnet it was costing me almost $300/month!
Satellite was our only option out here in the boonies. Then this new outfit came in to the area and had wifi internet. They bounce off numerous towers. Guys came out and climbed a tree on the highest point on my property, cut some branches and installed a small rectangular dish, and ran about 2-300' of cable to my house and installed everything necessary for the hookup to my router.
We now have internet that wa 10 times faster than Hughesnet and no bandwidth limit for $75/mo. I then cancelled dish network and got Paramount+, FRNDLY, NETFLIX, & Peacock for less than $40/mo. So I now pay About $115 per mo vs $300/mo. and faster internet and no bandwidth limits, and my cell phones have great signals here on wifi calling. Hughesnet & dishnetwork have been offering me all these limited discounts to get me back, it's hilarious, that they think folks are that dumb to go back to their raping prices. Even Starlink is a better bargain than them.
Oh yeah, you are correct, FIRESTICK is amazing.
thats great. We ran our house off an obsolete mobile hotspot for 20.00 a month for 8 years before getting high speed cable internet (amazing on our little back rd) i still keep the 20.00 amongh hotspot as a backup. Hillbilly hunter was able to do something similar.
As far as stealing, direct tv, dish and the rest have stolen from all of us for yrs. They have held sports hostage in order to milk money out of us for limited access to sports. They divided sports up and sent them to different packages and channels to ensure they get every last drop of money from us. And firesticks are not illegal for the record. I never said my firestick was jailbroken- but there are ways and loopholes, free trials and other things you can do to get content for free. Without stealing…im not losing any sleep over espn potentially losing a few bucks after bending us over fOr decades along with the rest of the media powerhouses…
UCStandSitter
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Frustrating to me that ESPN+ subscription doesn't include ESPN… Found that out the hard way last year. Thankfully my folks have regular TV and I can combine their login with my ESPN+ sub for all the games there SEC and ABC. I keep Paramount+ for golf and previously SEC. Probably cancel it tomorrow now that PGA wrapping. The + sub is like 10ish bucks I think. If not for piggybacking on a svc my folks don't use it would be impossible to get what I want for a decent price.
Just to let you know, I never said your firestick was illegal or jail broken, I said Firestick is amazing. I have it also and it has an amazing amount of features.
You are very correct: the cable and satellite have been screwing us for years. When the competition now shows up the are crying the boo hoo's now.
I wish we would have had one of those hotspots. We
re so far back in the wilderness it was either dialup or finally satellite. Do you remember dialup....I think about it now and then, how slow it was
You are very correct: the cable and satellite have been screwing us for years. When the competition now shows up the are crying the boo hoo's now.
I wish we would have had one of those hotspots. We
re so far back in the wilderness it was either dialup or finally satellite. Do you remember dialup....I think about it now and then, how slow it was
I was responding to pals pal comment….Just to let you know, I never said your firestick was illegal or jail broken, I said Firestick is amazing. I have it also and it has an amazing amount of features.
You are very correct: the cable and satellite have been screwing us for years. When the competition now shows up the are crying the boo hoo's now.
I wish we would have had one of those hotspots. We
re so far back in the wilderness it was either dialup or finally satellite. Do you remember dialup....I think about it now and then, how slow it was
The att hotspot actually works amazingly well but fiber is much much faster…im amazed they brought it down our deadend country rd….but they did!
I'm at the mercy of Xfinity where I live. They own this area and it's all from greasing the palms of the local politicians. I had to cut some options to get my monthly bill from $300 down to around $230. That's ridiculous. So paying for someone else to be able to watch anti-American sports teams doesn't sit well with me at all.
I'd screw them out of money any way I could and be fine with it. They are the enemy. They are a monopoly, and the local government allows it.
Here's the other thing they do…
Broadcast TV Fee $29.20
Regional Sports Fee $10.00
Other charges $8.04
Franchise Fee $7.79
Public, Educ & Govt Fee $0.10
Regulatory Cost Recovery $0.15
Sales Tax $12.95
That's 68.23 in fees they don't advertise as part of the fee for your plan.
Other parts of Murfreesboro has options, but I don't. I'll be rid of Xfinity as soon as I can. Of course the other options have seen we will pay it.
I'd screw them out of money any way I could and be fine with it. They are the enemy. They are a monopoly, and the local government allows it.
Here's the other thing they do…
Broadcast TV Fee $29.20
Regional Sports Fee $10.00
Other charges $8.04
Franchise Fee $7.79
Public, Educ & Govt Fee $0.10
Regulatory Cost Recovery $0.15
Sales Tax $12.95
That's 68.23 in fees they don't advertise as part of the fee for your plan.
Other parts of Murfreesboro has options, but I don't. I'll be rid of Xfinity as soon as I can. Of course the other options have seen we will pay it.
Thanks for the info, I couldn't figure out where I said those things
This area in the Rockies where I live didn't have phones until the early 1980's.
megalomaniac
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I'm in the same general area when I come up to the farm. My TV/ cable/ internet fees are zero per month there.
I have a smart TV hooked up to antenna for local channels and other over the air broadcast.
I hook my TV up to my cell phone mobile hotspot (which is unlimited and free with First Net) which allows me to watch free youtube, and sign in under my paid Max, Amazon accounts.
Pretty empowering to have access to pretty much anything you want save for the ESPN bundles for only the cost of electricity powering the TV.
