We have been itching to get rid of Comcast digital cable for a long time. The problem is they suck you in with their bundles that include telepone, internet, and cable TV service. When you need to disconnect one, you lose the discounts of the package.
But the cable TV service just has to go, as the service and quality is well below average. There is so much discussion today about HD, there isn't much of that with Charter Cable. So I began researching who else was providing service in my neck of the woods.
I am fortunate to be one of the people who have been given a couple of choices. Unlike many people who can only select from either the cable company or Direct TV satellite TV, I have a third option in this region. The phone company in my area has been altering the telephone network. So there is another consideration with AT&T and their U-Verse service.
That doesn't of course mean I won't have similar problems. It would put someone in the same situation as with the cable TV company, because telephone company want customers to package their TV setup with high speed and voice service. If the service works out well, I'll be pleased. But if its not you are in the same circumstance that I'm in now with the cable operator.
Most reviews I found are fairly good on telecom TV service. Of course it is new, there is always a risk with a service like this, and some people share their bad reviews. Those reviews are the quite amusing, simply for the reason people decide to write a bad review on their bad experience and post it on the web. They rail on the company like it is some huge conspiracy to make the customer unhappy, as if the corporation does not want to make money!
Another way to go that I am seriously considering is of course satellite TV. Since we have four television viewers in our home, we usually buy a high end cable television bundle. The satellite TV choices are fairly even, as the DirecTV Premier and the Dish Network Everything package are each about $115 per month. Yes that's fairly pricey for cable television, but if you compare that to taking your family to supper and a trip to the movies, it really isn't all that much. Some in my family speak Spanish, so the DIRECTV Mas programming package looks like a winner. The good thing is that there are lots of Direct TV opinions to help me decide which direction to take.
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