New Anti-Satellite ad by Charter

[SParker]

Anyone see the ad with Dan Ackroyd. Where the guy is getting satellite installed and Ackroyd (who works for "cable retention" in the ad) says "thats not free" and the guy says "oh yeah its free" so Ackroyd says lets check into this. So he says locals cost extra, equipment fees blah blah. So the guy says "thats way not free!" and tells the installer to take that Dish off his roof! At the end Ackroyd says Dish is a disease and Charter is the cure. HAHA whatever!

[Mark Holtz]

So, why don't you call up Charter and ask them about the "free local channels." Then, ask them about DVRs. Then ask if locals are still free if you only want the local channels. Then ask about some of their basic channels, and if you will need a digital box to receive them. Then, let us know what they say.

Folks, if DBS wasn't such a threat to their monopoly, would they be running ads like this?

[Bogy]

Then call up Dish and ask them to list the 400 channels they offer. :D

[SParker]

Charter won't even bring the cable line through to my house. The only thing I am interested in though is internet.

[James Long]

Then call up Dish and ask them to list the 400 channels they offer. :D
You can check Tony's list, if you are really interested. :lol:

If you paid for AEP + the NBA/NHL/All RSNs + HDs, lived in the right place for locals and distants, and counted all the PPV channels one could break 300. Internationals should also be added to that count. Let's see Charter offer the gambit of internationals!

JL

[Geronimo]

I wouldn't pay Charlie too much for the NFL justalurker.

[SamC]

Charter is the cable op in my area.

All sat. delivered channels are mono. Because their dishes are so old they predate stereo (c. 1987)

Channel 8 and 11 are OTA occupied in this area. They carry a local access channel on 11 and TBS on 11. Neither are watchable due to interference with the OTA signal. They don't care.

Lots of channels are either not available, or require an expensive "digital package" to receive.

This area is claimed by 3 major league teams. They carry the one that is BY FAR the least popular, because that RSN charges them less.

The WB/UPN station is located about 50 miles away. They offer it as an "experemental station". That allows them to dump it at any time and to avoid FCC rules on signal quality. It looks like CRAP, full of ghosts and snow. And its only on the digital signal.

No HD.

And LOCAL CHANNELS ARE NOT FREE ON CABLE. With DBS you have the CHOICE of buying them or not. If you get local channels just fine via OTA antennas, or just don't care about network offerings, you can SAVE $5 by not getting local channel. With cable, you have no choice. You HAVE to PAY for local channels, whether you want them or not.

Cable is filfth. Charter is lowest cable company going.

[James Long]

I wouldn't pay Charlie too much for the NFL justalurker.
Fixed. Usually I mess up and type NFL instead of NHL, but that time I did NFL instead of NBA! :sure:

JL

[Strong]

Cable is filfth. Charter is lowest cable company going.
Come on now..don't hold back..tell us how you really feel!

BTW...your spelling reminded me of that Bill Cosby routine where he is mocking the use of profanity in comedy routines by using words like filhthing fulthing flith! :)

[Bogy]

You can check Tony's list, if you are really interested. :lol:

If you paid for AEP + the NBA/NHL/All RSNs + HDs, lived in the right place for locals and distants, and counted all the PPV channels one could break 300. Internationals should also be added to that count. Let's see Charter offer the gambit of internationals!

JL
So now advertising that over 400 channels are available, is the same as "breaking" 300. Have you ever heard the term "double standard"? :D