What Programming do you have & How much do you spend ?

Okay...since I have cable. Here's what I get:

(2) WIPB-49 (PBS)
(3)Local Advertising
(4)WTTV-4 (WB)
(5)PAX
(6)WRTV-6 (ABC)
(8) WISH-8 (CBS)
(9)WHMB-40 (LeSea)
(10) WNDY-23 (UPN)
(11) WXIN-59 (FOX)
(12) WTHR-13 (NBC)
(13) RADAR (WISH)
(14) C-SPAN
(15)C-SPAN 2
(16) QVC
(17) Trinity Broadcasting
(18) WTHR Sky Trak Radar
(19) Home Shopping Network
(20) WFYI-20 (PBS)
(22) WGN-9
(23) TV Guide Channel
(24) USA
(25) The Weather Channel
(26) ESPN
(27) ESPN2
(28) Discovery
(29) Lifetime
(30) Animal Planet
(31) MTV
(32) BET
(33) VH-1
(34) CNN
(35) CNNHLN
(36) CNBC
(37) Nick
(38) The Disney Channel
(39) A&E
(40) History
(41) WTBS
(42) TNT
(43) AMC
(44) ABC Family Channel
(45) Cartoon Network
(46) Food Network
(47) Learning Channel
(48) Home and Garden
(49) E!
(50) Comedy Central
(51) MSNBC
(52) Fox News Channel
(53) Fox Sports Midwest
(54) FX
(55) Bravo
(56) Speed
(57) TNN
(58) TV Land
(59) CMT
(60) EWTN
(61) Travel Channel
(62) Sci-Fi
(100-103) Insight INDEMAND
(207) IFC
(208) Lifetime Movie Network
(209) WE
(210) TCM
(211) Sundance Channel
(225) CNNFN
(226) CNBC World
(227) Bloomberg
(228) ESPN Classics
(229) ESPN News
(230) Fox Sports World
(231) Golf Channel
(232) Outdoor Life
(233) Inspirational Life
(234) TechTV
(235) Game Show Network
(236) Nick Games and Sports
(237) Discovery Civilization
(238) E! Style
(240) MTV 2
(250) Discovery Kids
(251) Discovery Home and Leisure
(252) Discovery Science
(253) Discovery Wings
(254) Nick West
(255) Noggin
(256) Toon Disney
(257) Discovery Health
(258) Ovation
(259) DIY
(260) History International
(261) Biography
(262) BBC Americas
(263) Court TV
(300) HBO
(301) HBO Plus
(302) HBO Signature
(303) HBO Family
(304) HBO Comedy
(305) HBO Zone
(306) HBO Latino
(400-408 INDEMAND PPV)
(500-537--DMX)

What will be my cost per month for all this? $88.06. This price is almost the same I paid for DirecTV (excluding the sports subscriptions I paid for in the past: NFLST, NBALP, MLBEI, and NHLCI). Three of the packages will be available to me next year (the lone unavailable one will be NFLST).

Forgot to add these channels that come in the Insight Movie Pack:

(200) Encore
(201) Encore Action
(202) Encore Love Stories
(203) Encore Mysteries
(204) Encore True Stories
(205) Encore Westerns
(206) WAM!

(Insight does not group the Encore channels as Premium channels, so they are put in a separate Movie pack)

I do not get the SkinMax, Showtime, and the Starz packages. Here's what Insight offers of those packages:

SkinMax (aka CineMax):

(315) CineMax
(316) MoreMax
(317) Action Max
(318) Thriller Max

Showtime/TMC:

(325) Showtime
(326) Showtime 2
(327) Showtime 3
(328) Showtime Extreme
(329) Showtime Beyond
(330) The Movie Channel
(331) The Movie Channel 2
(332) Flix

Starz!

(345) Starz!
(346) Black Starz!
(347) Starz! Cinema
(348) Starz! Family
(349) Starz! Theater

This was how much I spent with Pegasus ("I hate those guys. I really hate those guys"--Eric Cartman ). This is just for comparison purposes only since I am with cable now:

Total Choice Plus--with HBO and locals---------$56.99

Sports Pack------------------------------------$10.00

Monthly Receiver Charge------------------------$ 9.98

DirecTV The Guide------------------------------$ 9.99

(Guide Subscription Payments End 5/02)

Taxes------------------------------------------$ 7.00

(Average) _____________

$ 89.96

Note: I was a Pegasus subscriber until two days ago. If you are a regular DirecTV sub, be happy and pat yourself on the back. Why? You paid three bucks less per month than a Pegasus subscriber because you are not living in a NRTC area. Doncha feel better already?

Lets see here....

Dish Network

Americas Everything Pack - $72.95
4 receivers $14.97
Superstations $ 4.96
EXTENDED WARRANTY $ 1.99
Total to Dish per Month $94.94

DirecTV

DirecTV Limited & Music Choice $11.60 a month.

ExpressVu

I dont have the details in front of me, but I beleive I pay somewhere arounf $17 a month (which equals about $25 a month Canadian)

Scott