Anthony
12-20-02, 01:34 PM
As I continue to recommend Dish to anyone who will listen, I recently needed to do an analysis for a friend of mine. Because Cablevision's Optimum Online service is very popular (and expensive), most people who have cable on Long Island never think to switch to satellite because they will be charged $10 more for the online service if they don't have the Family Cable service as a minimum. Based on this fact, I did the following analysis:
Dish (based on Digital Home Plan):
AT150 $45.99
Locals $ 5.99
HBO & Starz $22.99
Total $74.97
Cablevision Digital Silver:
Service (includes HBO, Starz, Locals) $64.95
Each box $ 3.02
Each T.V. $ 2.50
Total $70.47
If they switch from Cablevision to Dish and keep their Optimum Online, they would have to add $10 to their Dish total. That would make it $14.50 more per month to have similar satellite service vs. Cablevision. Without factoring in Optimum Online, Dish is still $4.50 more per month. This is why Dish is a hard sell here on Long Island, New York, at least from a cost/programming perspective.
Dish (based on Digital Home Plan):
AT150 $45.99
Locals $ 5.99
HBO & Starz $22.99
Total $74.97
Cablevision Digital Silver:
Service (includes HBO, Starz, Locals) $64.95
Each box $ 3.02
Each T.V. $ 2.50
Total $70.47
If they switch from Cablevision to Dish and keep their Optimum Online, they would have to add $10 to their Dish total. That would make it $14.50 more per month to have similar satellite service vs. Cablevision. Without factoring in Optimum Online, Dish is still $4.50 more per month. This is why Dish is a hard sell here on Long Island, New York, at least from a cost/programming perspective.