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My story's been heard many times before – for way too long now, I’ve been paying Charter for crappy reception and inept/[email protected]#k-that-you're-having-problems customer service. But anyway, since the divorce is almost final, and all this time I've had my cable, Internet, and phone with Charter, I've got a few questions.
#1:
Why/How did I wait this long to leave? I’ll actually take this one. I’m a [email protected]
#2:
I'm about 95% sure that I'll go with Dish - mostly because I want the HD DVR N-O-W, so I wasn’t keen with going on DirecTV’s waiting list. But is that a good enough reason to go with Dish? I really, really hate using that as my tie-breaker, but since I don’t know too much about Dish or DirecTV’s HD DVRs, that’s where I’m at. This forum definitely has a lot of information, but I feel a bit overwhelmed and not sure where to begin. So is there one place where I can see the pros and cons of each and compare them for myself? Also, do all new customers get the same equipment? Or do they give you an older, “low-end” box, and it’s up to you to know there’s something better out there and ask for it? Because from what I’ve seen so far, it looks like there’s a lot of different models out there, so I wasn’t sure how informed I needed to be when signing up.
#3:
What are some good options for an ISP and telephone service? Again, since I had everything with Charter, I’m trying to put together the best deal. I had the 3Mb tier from Charter, which worked for me, but I don’t want to give another dime to those a-holes. Any opinions? What about AT&T/SBC/Yahoo? I was starting to like their 3Mb DSL for $24.99, but I’d have to sign up with AT&T for my phone – and they quoted me around $33 for just local service. Thought that was a bit high.
#4:
Do either have free Video on Demand? With Charter, whatever movie channels I subscribed to, I had access to some movies with free VOD. I asked a Dish CSR about it the other night (along with some of my other questions), and he acted like I was trying to make up some new technology. Free VOD?! But then he finally realized what I was talking about and offered an excellent solution – – if you see a movie you like, just DVR it and you can watch it any time! Niccccce.
Well anyway, that’s about it. I guess I got in a relationship rut with Charter, and let myself get all fat by not paying attention to what other options were available. But, it definitely feels good to be “out there” again. So if someone could help a guy out by hookin’ me up with their hot sister-in-law, I mean…err…knowledge, I’d appreciate it.
#1:
Why/How did I wait this long to leave? I’ll actually take this one. I’m a [email protected]
#2:
I'm about 95% sure that I'll go with Dish - mostly because I want the HD DVR N-O-W, so I wasn’t keen with going on DirecTV’s waiting list. But is that a good enough reason to go with Dish? I really, really hate using that as my tie-breaker, but since I don’t know too much about Dish or DirecTV’s HD DVRs, that’s where I’m at. This forum definitely has a lot of information, but I feel a bit overwhelmed and not sure where to begin. So is there one place where I can see the pros and cons of each and compare them for myself? Also, do all new customers get the same equipment? Or do they give you an older, “low-end” box, and it’s up to you to know there’s something better out there and ask for it? Because from what I’ve seen so far, it looks like there’s a lot of different models out there, so I wasn’t sure how informed I needed to be when signing up.
#3:
What are some good options for an ISP and telephone service? Again, since I had everything with Charter, I’m trying to put together the best deal. I had the 3Mb tier from Charter, which worked for me, but I don’t want to give another dime to those a-holes. Any opinions? What about AT&T/SBC/Yahoo? I was starting to like their 3Mb DSL for $24.99, but I’d have to sign up with AT&T for my phone – and they quoted me around $33 for just local service. Thought that was a bit high.
#4:
Do either have free Video on Demand? With Charter, whatever movie channels I subscribed to, I had access to some movies with free VOD. I asked a Dish CSR about it the other night (along with some of my other questions), and he acted like I was trying to make up some new technology. Free VOD?! But then he finally realized what I was talking about and offered an excellent solution – – if you see a movie you like, just DVR it and you can watch it any time! Niccccce.
Well anyway, that’s about it. I guess I got in a relationship rut with Charter, and let myself get all fat by not paying attention to what other options were available. But, it definitely feels good to be “out there” again. So if someone could help a guy out by hookin’ me up with their hot sister-in-law, I mean…err…knowledge, I’d appreciate it.