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    Do you ask your cable company for a better deal?

    I have Century Link Prism. Love the service, the HD and programming but the price had crept up. I called them and told them they ere getting too expensive. They have a "retention dept.", it is where they try to keep you from leaving them. It has made a 40 dollar difference and they came out and doubled my internet speed. If you are feeling the pinch, $#@!, they do listen.
    Last edited by AZ Jim; 02-11-2017 at 06:54 PM.
    Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I digress....

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    Wouldn't do any good here...

    ... cable company has monopoly...

    ... switching to Dish network...

    ... or AT&T costs more.

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    I have Directv. When my 2 year contract with them expires I blackmail them with Dish. They argue and offer some discounts but they don't want to lose you because they know you'll save a lot with Dish as a new customer, get all new equipment and then do the same thing to Dish in 2 years. I usually get upgraded equipment, free NFL Sunday ticket for a year and a $20 per month discount for 1 year. The next year I tell them I want to drop NFL Sunday ticket because its too expensive so they cut the price by 50% for that year. There are more and more choices coming down the pike and that should force all of them to cut prices.

    I use Mediacom for internet only because they are the only ones that offer 100 Mega Bytes service in my area. Mediacom is an excellent example of competition forcing change. Their service in this area was so bad that nearly everyone abandoned them. They upgraded the local infrastructure and fired a bunch of lazy worthless people and lowered their prices to get back in the game.


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    It is interesting to watch this industry play out. 5 years from now should be interesting.
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    Its ever changing. I started out with Dish years ago. They were better than Directv. I switched to Directv only because it was easier to use their service as a full time RV'er which I was for about 3 years after I retired. The merger attempt by Dish and Directv that failed hurt Dish IMO. But now ATT has bought out Directv and I heard that it was because of their exclusive contract with the NFL. I read that the NFL was thinking about extending NFL Sunday ticket to Dish but Directv paid a bunch to keep it exclusive as it would have been a deal breaker for the ATT buyout. Now ATT has it and they're stuck with the NFL contract at a time when less people are watching. I hope more outfits get in on supplying services so that we end up getting better service, more choices and for less money.


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    Any one ever checked out Sling TV ?
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    Yeah...

    ... Granny got one o' dem lil' TV's fer her bedroom...

    ... an' if sumpin' comes on dat she don't like...

    ... she slings it across the room.

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    I called my cable company and got a discount. I think $20 a month off.
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