Cable Rates... Up?

[SVT5LITER]

Lol.. are they for real?? Everyone is jumpin' ship as it is and they go and raise the rates??

Does anyone outside of living in an appartment still carry cable? I'm leaving too... just don't know what system to get yet.

[SS1LE02]

After paying $79 a month for the premium package for 6 months I quit cable. Now I have satellite. $30 a month with HBO Those cable companies are going to overcharge themselves out of business.

[351capri]

I have cable through Charter, and this past year it went up to $40 a month, i was thinking about that too, but what options are there?

[SVT5LITER]

Originally posted by SS1LE02

Those cable companies are going to overcharge themselves out of business.

Exactly!

I guess, as I know it, options are:
Satellite
Direct TV
Dish network ?

[Whitesnake]

I should get satellite and hi-speed internet, i'm connected at a whopping 26.4k now. My roommate has Dish Network on his ice house for cryin' out loud, it's like the Flintstones over here.

[DNeinstadt]

Originally posted by Whitesnake
I should get satellite and hi-speed internet, i'm connected at a whopping 26.4k now. My roommate has Dish Network on his ice house for cryin' out loud, it's like the Flintstones over here.

I gotta wake up the hamster to get on the 'net...

[Drunko McMoppo]

Originally posted by DNeinstadt
I gotta wake up the hamster to get on the 'net...

Yea, last time I talked to him he didn't look too good. My elephant is getting tired of washing the dishes too.

[SVT5LITER]

Originally posted by Whitesnake
I should get satellite and hi-speed internet, i'm connected at a whopping 26.4k now. My roommate has Dish Network on his ice house for cryin' out loud, it's like the Flintstones over here.

Lmao... Do ya' eat Bronto burgers and sip on cactus juice in front of the tube too?
A dish on an ice shack... now that's.... interesting

[351capri]

Originally posted by SVT-5LITER
Lmao... Do ya' eat Bronto burgers and sip on cactus juice in front of the tube too?

LMFAO, arent the flinstones and all the cartoons of that era when we were young the greatest. Bugs Bunny and the whole clan. etc. etc. People can give me all the shit they want, but i will still sit down and watch them. hahahaha

[Drunko McMoppo]

Originally posted by 351capri
LMFAO, arent the flinstones and all the cartoons of that era when we were young the greatest. Bugs Bunny and the whole clan. etc. etc. People can give me all the shit they want, but i will still sit down and watch them. hahahaha

Which reminds me, "childrens" cartoons are sooo shitty nowadays. like Ren & Stimpy.... only complete shit. The quality is just... well they're different and I'll be damned if shildren are gonna grow up watching that shit!... Bahh fuck it, what do I care.

[Whitesnake]

I gotta wake up the hamster to get on the 'net...

Yeah that's pretty much it, I do have a touch tone phone though!

A dish on an ice shack... now that's.... interesting

Yeah my buddy's shack is like no other: gas fireplace, satellite, separate bathroom, mini-blinds, crank out windows, vacuum cleaner, ceiling fan, kitchen with sink and faucet and he built a deck for it this summer.

[SVT5LITER]

Originally posted by 351capri
LMFAO, arent the flinstones and all the cartoons of that era when we were young the greatest. Bugs Bunny and the whole clan. etc. etc. People can give me all the shit they want, but i will still sit down and watch them. hahahaha

Oh you damn right! It's good chit! The one where Barney builds his own race car and Fred drives it under the name "Goggles Pizano" I got one full tape of the Flintstones from when I had Cartoon Network and when they actually had good cartoons. Wish I would of taped a bunch of Buggs tho...

[SVT5LITER]

Originally posted by LTDpower
Which reminds me, "childrens" cartoons are sooo shitty nowadays. like Ren & Stimpy.... only complete shit. The quality is just... well they're different and I'll be damned if shildren are gonna grow up watching that shit!... Bahh fuck it, what do I care.

The cartoons today are way too different. However, I do like, and have a full tape of Ren & Stimpy. Space Ghost Coast to Coast was so stupid it was funny too, but that's not really a "childrens" cartoon. You have to be in 'the right frame of mind' when watching it to enjoy it.

Only others I like are the evening Fox duo of The Simpsons & Kink Of The Hill. SouthPark is good, but way ghey when they bust into frigg'n musicals...wtf?!

[SVT5LITER]

Originally posted by Whitesnake
Yeah that's pretty much it, I do have a touch tone phone though!

But do you have touch-tone service??

[FiveO]

The cable companies are choking themselves.

Its a double edged economic sword....same as the telephone company.


People start using dish networks....cable companies complain and raise their rates....more people jump ship....they complain some more and have to raise their rates even more....etc.


Same with phone companies. Except cell phones are the dish networks.