EXACTLY F those bastards. Though I did hear Comcast might buy Disney who owns ESPN and if that happens Comcast will own ESPN and not allow Dish network to carry it unless they can work something out with an NFL season ticket for Comcast customers. There you go Dish customers no more ESPN for you.nycparrothead wrote:DirectTV are a bunch of NFL monopolizing bastards!!! Cancel them!!! Don't sign up for them!!! Make them go bankrupt so I can get the NFL package on Digital Cable!!!
F......... Comcast
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PARROT HEAD MIKE
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The Lost Manatee
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I dumped Comcast cable and high speed internet this past Labor Day after years of bad service, rate hikes and a constantly changing set of channels for the Platinum package.
When I first got Comcast High Speed it was good but as more of my neighbors got it the speeds dropped off until it was lagging so much that I had trouble running RM and any other program at the same time. I now have DSL and haven't had that problem. I switched to Direct TV and aside from their contractor doing a pretty poor "professional" installation I've been happy with their service.
When I first got Comcast High Speed it was good but as more of my neighbors got it the speeds dropped off until it was lagging so much that I had trouble running RM and any other program at the same time. I now have DSL and haven't had that problem. I switched to Direct TV and aside from their contractor doing a pretty poor "professional" installation I've been happy with their service.
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Sorry Tom, but you're wrong on this one. When Sunday ticket first came about 99% of the country didn't have digital cable. Without the added bandwith that digital provides you couldn't carry that much programming. Directv knew this would happen and was smart enough to lock up the package for a gazillion years so they could sell it as something that cable doesn't offer. I have no idea when the contract expires but I'm pretty sure when it does it will no longer be a DTV exclusive deal.tequilatom wrote:i never had that problem w/ directv.......directv was smart enough to present the NFL package to the NFL and protected themselves........cable has been out there a lot longer and had there chance!!nycparrothead wrote:AWESOME!!! And then when I want to switch back and forth between games I can look at a screen that says "Searching for signal" for 10 seconds before the picture comes up... Um... No thanks!mings wrote:Or just get DirecTV. You can sign up, get 4 receivers, free Sunday Ticket, and have it added in with your Verizon service. (Can you tell I work for the agency that advertises Verizon?)nycparrothead wrote:DirectTV are a bunch of NFL monopolizing bastards!!! Cancel them!!! Don't sign up for them!!! Make them go bankrupt so I can get the NFL package on Digital Cable!!!
PS - Verizon blows too.. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW BIT<H??!!
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might be Spike.land_shark3 wrote:Well of course you can keep the costs down if you don't carry the channels people want to watch.El mojito wrote:Dish says they want to keep the cost down for their customers, which i can understand and like, also I have had Dish networks for 5 yrs with no problems i think they are one of the best deals going.land_shark3 wrote:Then wouldn't that be an issue with Dish? Obviously Dish didn't want to pay whatever Comcast was going to charge them.
Last time I looked, ESPN was actually the most expensive channel for a provider to carry. I think they charge over $2 per subscriber.
PARROT HEAD MIKE wrote:EXACTLY F those bastards. Though I did hear Comcast might buy Disney who owns ESPN and if that happens Comcast will own ESPN and not allow Dish network to carry it unless they can work something out with an NFL season ticket for Comcast customers. There you go Dish customers no more ESPN for you.nycparrothead wrote:DirectTV are a bunch of NFL monopolizing bastards!!! Cancel them!!! Don't sign up for them!!! Make them go bankrupt so I can get the NFL package on Digital Cable!!!
which would also mean that DTV would also lose Disney?? and all the ESPNS??
Might want to stay off Sat Guys .com and all those other 'Experts"
FCC will not allow that much sillyness..
Sorry Port.. I would not bet on thisNYCPORT wrote:Sorry Tom, but you're wrong on this one. When Sunday ticket first came about 99% of the country didn't have digital cable. Without the added bandwith that digital provides you couldn't carry that much programming. Directv knew this would happen and was smart enough to lock up the package for a gazillion years so they could sell it as something that cable doesn't offer. I have no idea when the contract expires but I'm pretty sure when it does it will no longer be a DTV exclusive deal.tequilatom wrote:i never had that problem w/ directv.......directv was smart enough to present the NFL package to the NFL and protected themselves........cable has been out there a lot longer and had there chance!!nycparrothead wrote:AWESOME!!! And then when I want to switch back and forth between games I can look at a screen that says "Searching for signal" for 10 seconds before the picture comes up... Um... No thanks!mings wrote:Or just get DirecTV. You can sign up, get 4 receivers, free Sunday Ticket, and have it added in with your Verizon service. (Can you tell I work for the agency that advertises Verizon?)nycparrothead wrote:DirectTV are a bunch of NFL monopolizing bastards!!! Cancel them!!! Don't sign up for them!!! Make them go bankrupt so I can get the NFL package on Digital Cable!!!
PS - Verizon blows too.. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW BIT<H??!!
too many rules,and too many Cable systems to Blanket
for following the Blackout rules too many people to watch to make sure the NFL policys are followed.
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Could have Cablevision. They held out on YES for an entire season, thus I missed an entire season of the Yankees on tv. Now they are doing the same to OLN and they will probably do the same to the Mets station next season.
Oh yeah, and they own the Knicks and Rangers, who are going nowhere soon.
Oh yeah, and they own the Knicks and Rangers, who are going nowhere soon.
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nycparrothead wrote: Well then... In that case I have no clue about DirectTV.. I thought Dish and DirectTV was the same thing...
DIRECTV (good guys
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DISH NETWORK (the enemy
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Yes, both Wayne and I work for DIRECTV.
A year ago I moved to an apartment that screwed up and gave me the wrong apartment, so I had to settle for Comcast basic cable for a year. Nearly $50 for the most boring channels, and it went out a lot.
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I could be wrong..........i was guessing........i know you can get some of the other packages...NBA , MLB on dish and some cable companies......i wonder if cable companies did get the NFL pacKage.....would it drive the cost down due to compitition??NYCPORT wrote:Sorry Tom, but you're wrong on this one. When Sunday ticket first came about 99% of the country didn't have digital cable. Without the added bandwith that digital provides you couldn't carry that much programming. Directv knew this would happen and was smart enough to lock up the package for a gazillion years so they could sell it as something that cable doesn't offer. I have no idea when the contract expires but I'm pretty sure when it does it will no longer be a DTV exclusive deal.tequilatom wrote:i never had that problem w/ directv.......directv was smart enough to present the NFL package to the NFL and protected themselves........cable has been out there a lot longer and had there chance!!nycparrothead wrote:AWESOME!!! And then when I want to switch back and forth between games I can look at a screen that says "Searching for signal" for 10 seconds before the picture comes up... Um... No thanks!mings wrote:Or just get DirecTV. You can sign up, get 4 receivers, free Sunday Ticket, and have it added in with your Verizon service. (Can you tell I work for the agency that advertises Verizon?)nycparrothead wrote:DirectTV are a bunch of NFL monopolizing bastards!!! Cancel them!!! Don't sign up for them!!! Make them go bankrupt so I can get the NFL package on Digital Cable!!!
PS - Verizon blows too.. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW BIT<H??!!
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If so, does he still work for the company? I work for Dish out here in CO and have been with them long enough to pretty much know anyone who's been around with us for any length of time. PM me his name if you don't mind.SMLCHNG wrote:That's cool for him.El mojito wrote:my nephew is one of the people that helped start Dish networksIs he still in Colorado?
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Pencil Thin (inactive)
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You and "Santa" aren't on the enemy list with us eitherSMLCHNG wrote:And you I don't consider the enemy.Pencil Thin wrote: I work for Dish out here in CO and have been with them long enough to pretty much know anyone who's been around with us for any length of time. PM me his name if you don't mind.
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This is the real bad guy for BOTH of us.Pencil Thin wrote:You and "Santa" aren't on the enemy list with us eitherSMLCHNG wrote:And you I don't consider the enemy.Pencil Thin wrote: I work for Dish out here in CO and have been with them long enough to pretty much know anyone who's been around with us for any length of time. PM me his name if you don't mind.
