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scared?
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 05:29 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


What's the story?...

Upgraded our cable last month...it's still shitty and they lied about price...told us our total bill was $225 but it's actually $290...that's gay...
Going with either sat company is obviously cheaper...but which is better?...

Any answers morons?...
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 05:35 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


You live in hurricane country don't ya? Obviously you'd be a moron to get a dish.
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shaft
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 05:37 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Those stupid dishes are an eyesore and scream "look at me I'm too poor to afford cable."
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 05:53 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


No I don't live in hurricane area...time warner sucks...I'll take the poor instead...
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 05:56 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


scared? wrote:
What's the story?...
...told us our total bill was $225 but it's actually $290...


That's per year, I hope?
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 05:59 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Per month...
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 06:02 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


If you can, get AT&T Uverse. I have DirecTV only because Uverse isn't available. But DirecTV is way better than Dish...
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 06:04 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


U sure it's better cuz I have seen numerous forum polls and dish wins all over them...
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 06:06 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Also if u go uverse then u gotta use their shitty internet...
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 06:06 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm sure...
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 06:08 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


AT&T Internet is good here...
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 06:10 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


It's slow and tv uses the bandwidth...

Anything under 50mb/s is unacceptable...
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 07:44 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


from what I remember direct is wayyyy better

dish has ssssoooooo much compression it was unwatchable, also it appears they did some channels in 320x240 to reduce bandwidth even more lol

cable has to much compression too

just get an antenna for over the air magor network watching , awesome quality and fast channel switching.

really tho just download everything tv



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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 07:44 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Oh hey, another bored housewife thread.

What's next? A thread asking "Which is the better detergent"?
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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 07:46 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


a wetting agent like bi-carb will make any soap work better ey!



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PostPosted: 09-27-2013 04:07 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I've had DirecTV for 20+ years now, along with the local cable provider for internet/TV. DirecTV (like any dish) doesn't perform well in heavy rain storms. But compared to cable TV, DirecTV is just as reliable. The cable also goes out in heavy storms, when nothing is going on and is useless in extended power outages. I live in a hurricane state and my dish didn't budge during the hurricane. The reason I was able to watch TV during the power outages was because my signal didn't rely on multiple substation powered by the local utility.

Dish is cheaper. DirecTV is better. You decide.
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PostPosted: 09-28-2013 10:54 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Dishes are obviously more appropriate for Geoff. :olo:



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