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Never heard of Frontier
AT&T and DirectTV may not renegotiate with SEC Network, ESPN and ABC
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They bought out a lot of Verizon Fios' customers several years back, so it's basically Verizon.
- Jul 30, 2014
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Just got it when we moved to VA. It's been pretty reliable so far and spending way less than with fios or dtv.
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Ok full disclosure, I’m an At&t sales employee and I’ve seen this stuff like 2 dozen times at least. It’s a bargaining tool by Disney to get a giant national provider to cave to higher rates which will be passed on to you the consumer. Unfortunately all of the streaming services have and will experience this, that’s why a lot of them started at like $10-$15 a month and most of them aren’t close to that now. I wouldn’t think At&t/directv would want to deal with the avalanche that would ensue so my money is on it getting resolved in short order, but everyone’s TV price is going up at some point
- Aug 11, 2015
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We have Dish. Safe...for now.
TNGatorBrad
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Unless you live in a brand new neighborhood and the developer made some be deal with ATT and they are legitimately 100%, no lie, the ONLY DAMN OPTION!
It really sucks... we're about to cut the cord. Any suggestions?
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- Jun 12, 2014
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Numbers are working?
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If you have ATT mobile, you can get significant bundling discounts on Directv. We get about $100 a month in various DTV discounts.
- Jun 11, 2014
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I mean, if you like garbage because you think it saves you money...have at it ;)
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Apart from sports I could do without it, but wife still watches it. But I do get hbo/showtime/cinemax/Starz through it with significant discounts. The HBO is free I think. I watch all of those channels on Roku.
Can you dvr streaming channels? We dvr football games and watch 2 at the same time. We watched Gator game and switched back and forth between OU game.
- Jun 11, 2014
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Every streaming service is different...but most have DVR service built in.
PS Vue and YouTube TV are probably two of the best right now.
Just need decent internet, and you're all set.
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But what is the value in switching? Other than college FB season I just don't watch cable TV anymore. I upgrade the DTV package during CFB season but outside of that I pay very little for directv- including those premium channels. That all assumes I stay with ATT mobile. If I switched that then it would be a different ballgame.
- Jun 11, 2014
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You'd likely still save money.
I think YouTube TV has only one tier right now, and it is about $45 a month.
PS vue has 4 tiers and then extras you can add.
Sling TV also has tiers, and has some of the cheapest base options.
You'd have to check into it and see what has the channels you would like to have.
I am saving about $75+ a month when I went to just internet and streaming PS Vue (Elite package with 90+ channels) vs using spectrum for both internet and cable.
Also the perk of streaming TV is that there are no contracts...it's month to month. So maybe one outlet makes sense during the football season and maybe another makes sense the rest of the year...either way, you aren't tied down.
You have to do your research though and determine what makes sense for you and your families "wants".
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Do you all the premium channels for $45 a month? I pay about $50 a month, maybe less, including premium channels, for direct TV. Of course that is all predicated on having ATT mobile which isn't cheap.
- Aug 25, 2014
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I have AT&T Uverse and love it. The service is great...there are never any issues with programming going down and they give me plenty of channels, including premium ones like Showtime, Stars, etc. I was with Comcast prior and find the AT&T service to be a much better value.
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We chose not to cut the cord when we moved this past summer. I was in temporary housing and used Amazon Fire Stick for 6 months. It was ok, I had good speed (100mps+), but...
1. We kept Dish for live sports. There’s a longer delay and drag dynamic streaming that sux. We have a beautiful 65” 4K TV that would be much less effective streaming.
2. A lot of the channels I like, I only had access because I had Dish. Otherwise I’d be paying for each and it adds up quickly.
3. Streaming is MUCH better for series and movies, but changing channels is slow, which makes channel surfing during commercials or going back and forth between games a pain.
4. We’ve been very happy with Dish and they were ready to renegotiate our renewal. I didn’t have to threaten, just told them we were rethinking our options.
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I use SlingTV and love it
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Therein lies the rub. I live in a new subdivision and cable has yet to been run so we had to go with Hughesnet and a 2 year contract. It’s literally slower than dial up.
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I got rid of Uverse a couple years ago because their internet speed just sucked at my house.
Now I have Cox and the speed is blazing fast, but my bill for internet and 5 TVs is almost 200 bucks with 2 Contour boxes and 3 mini boxes (the minis don't get all the channels like SEC, ESPNU, etc).
I'm about to start the free trial of YouTube TV, which has all those channels plus the HGTV stuff my wife is addicted to. If it works out it should not only save use quite a few bucks every month but also simplify our equipment setup and allow us to watch recorded shows while traveling, which is a big deal for a guy who spends half his life on the road.
Now I have Cox and the speed is blazing fast, but my bill for internet and 5 TVs is almost 200 bucks with 2 Contour boxes and 3 mini boxes (the minis don't get all the channels like SEC, ESPNU, etc).
I'm about to start the free trial of YouTube TV, which has all those channels plus the HGTV stuff my wife is addicted to. If it works out it should not only save use quite a few bucks every month but also simplify our equipment setup and allow us to watch recorded shows while traveling, which is a big deal for a guy who spends half his life on the road.
