rtt2
02-20-03, 01:04 PM
Just got my Dish installed on the 7th and I don't know why I didn't switch years ago! The picture is so clean and sharp I can hardly believe my eyes. In fact, my kitchen television works so well I no longer am shopping for a new one. It turned out that the set was not bad but the wiring was the the culprit.
Cablevision last rate increase was the last straw and I finally went out and did all the research to get a dish. I read about people complaining about rate increases on this board but consider this; I was paying Cablevision:
$12.30-Broadcast Basic
$47.30-Optimum Service (Cablevision's name of expanded basic)
$ 9.95-1 channel of HBO
$ 3.20-Cost of each Analog box, I had 4
$ .30-Cost of each remote control, I had 4
$ 1.50-Premium Programming on Additional Outlet
I got all this and my High Speed Internet Modem was an additional $45.00. The normal price is $50.00 but since I am family cable subscriber I got a whole $5.00 discount.
I kept the cable modem but am finally free from Cablevision's terrible service. I live in one on the towns that has the highest broadband penetration in the nation and this cable company has yet to make digital cable available to us. The service was terrible. You could be watching programs and the screen would go red and start beeping as part of a test at the most inconvenient times. There was no channel selection, the packages were full of cablevision channels that were worthless and I was tired subsidizing Cablevision's losing sports teams aka Rangers, Knicks.
Cablevision last rate increase was the last straw and I finally went out and did all the research to get a dish. I read about people complaining about rate increases on this board but consider this; I was paying Cablevision:
$12.30-Broadcast Basic
$47.30-Optimum Service (Cablevision's name of expanded basic)
$ 9.95-1 channel of HBO
$ 3.20-Cost of each Analog box, I had 4
$ .30-Cost of each remote control, I had 4
$ 1.50-Premium Programming on Additional Outlet
I got all this and my High Speed Internet Modem was an additional $45.00. The normal price is $50.00 but since I am family cable subscriber I got a whole $5.00 discount.
I kept the cable modem but am finally free from Cablevision's terrible service. I live in one on the towns that has the highest broadband penetration in the nation and this cable company has yet to make digital cable available to us. The service was terrible. You could be watching programs and the screen would go red and start beeping as part of a test at the most inconvenient times. There was no channel selection, the packages were full of cablevision channels that were worthless and I was tired subsidizing Cablevision's losing sports teams aka Rangers, Knicks.