Cord Cutters Thread

[B00M 6420]

4 hours ago, Skipper said:

Sling doesn't have Fox Sports Southwest though right?   That's far more important to my viewing than LHN.    

That must mean no FS1? Fuck. Well at least Sling gets me Texas baseball when Vue dies. I'll worry about football in the spring. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

So I’m going to end up juggling streaming services? I just want something that will give me what I want.

[B00M 6420]

Is Hulu the cheapest way to DVR the fox sports networks? I'm ok with juggling services. Anything to avoid having a TWC or ATT installer come over to install ancient hardware then butt rape me every month

[Js1 85423]

12 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

So I’m going to end up juggling streaming services? I just want something that will give me what I want.

If you want FSSW, FS1/2 and LHN, you can just get AT&T TV Now for $80/mo. package.

Ain't cheap, but has it all. 

[MoJames 8244]

I see a sling tv free trial in my distant future.

[B00M 6420]

20 minutes ago, Js1 said:

If you want FSSW, FS1/2 and LHN, you can just get AT&T TV Now for $80/mo. package.

Ain't cheap, but has it all. 

Does ATT TV Now have DVR? If not, I'm not interested

Edited December 13, 2019 by B00M

[LTtxfan 49266]

On 12/12/2019 at 9:57 AM, Lobwedgephil said:

Sling has added the Longhorn Network to its Orange Plan apparently. 

 

[Js1 85423]

1 hour ago, B00M said:

Does ATT TV Now have DVR? If not, I'm not interested

It does. 20 hours free. 

[TexasEd 8067]

I think I am going to get a Roku to get rid of ATT Uverse.

Looking at Roku LT vs Ultra any reasons to do something else? Recommendations?

I am probably going to get Hulu/Disney+/ESPN+ package.  Might want to go with Hulu Live TV unless there is a better option for live channel DVR.

Thanks

[Buzzrock 14925]

Fucking AT&T raised my gigabit fiber service from $40 to $70 a month for no apparent reason. I’ve only been in this house since April. I expected a fight after a year but not now. They suck. And of course they’ve been “experiencing high call volumes” for two days straight so I can’t talk to anyone. Assholes.

[tbone_ 14129]

It’s just a matter of time before all the ISPs jack prices through the roof.

[Dahobbs 17625]

38 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Fucking AT&T raised my gigabit fiber service from $40 to $70 a month for no apparent reason. I’ve only been in this house since April. I expected a fight after a year but not now. They suck. And of course they’ve been “experiencing high call volumes” for two days straight so I can’t talk to anyone. Assholes.

Uh, you had gigabit service at 40 dollars a month? That had to have been an error. 70 is the lowest I've seen it. I am at 90 a month in houston. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

9 hours ago, tbone_ said:

It’s just a matter of time before all the ISPs jack prices through the roof.

then I guess we just use 5G 

[Dbeasy 15068]

You are also about to learn what Oligopoly or Duopoly means. It’s going to be bad for all of us.

[kevwun 15798]

On 12/15/2019 at 9:12 AM, Buzzrock said:

Fucking AT&T raised my gigabit fiber service from $40 to $70 a month for no apparent reason. I’ve only been in this house since April. I expected a fight after a year but not now. They suck. And of course they’ve been “experiencing high call volumes” for two days straight so I can’t talk to anyone. Assholes.

You should drop your speed.  You don't need anywhere near that much bandwidth.  You could go down to 100mb and you won't notice a difference other than when you download huge files and 100 is still plenty fast for that.

[Lurch 5931]

Said earlier, but I dropped us to 100mbps while at the same time switching off of cable and on to streaming... and no one has noticed! Family of four, both of us working from home, 3-4 devices streaming at once in the evening. No discernible impact.

[kevwun 15798]

You could probably drop it down to 50 and still no one would notice.  People usually greatly overestimate their bandwidth needs.

[elfenix 34322]

On 12/12/2019 at 3:53 PM, B00M said:

That must mean no FS1? Fuck. Well at least Sling gets me Texas baseball when Vue dies. I'll worry about football in the spring. 

as a result of the disney merger, FS1 and the fox regionals are separate entities.  FS1 (along with Fox News, Fox Business, and the broadcast network) are owned by "New" Fox, while the regionals are owned by sinclair (et al) after being spun out of disney. 

[Okie State 3821]

You could probably drop it down to 50 and still no one would notice.  People usually greatly overestimate their bandwidth needs.

I dropped ours from 150 to 60 about a year ago and can tell no difference at all. We usually only stream one or maybe two devices at a time though.

[Js1 85423]

First ATT TV NOW issue. All my ESPN channels disappeared. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

The probably just decided you weren’t SEC worthy

[MoJames 8244]

I dropped ours from 150 to 60 about a year ago and can tell no difference at all. We usually only stream one or maybe two devices at a time though.

I'm at 10 down and stream 2 screens fine. Granted no 4k shit.

[blacklab 11941]

At my old house I had gigabit from Grande. 

I started a couple of dozen torrents, bunch of youtube pages, and uploads to my servers at the same time. Never got it above 50Mb.

For most normal people 50Mb should be plenty. 

Lowered my Grande to 50Mb and never came close to topping it out with normal use. 

[Js1 85423]

7 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

The probably just decided you weren’t SEC worthy

Guess that changed. They’re baaaa-aaaack 

[Celery Man 20969]

Next door neighbor is an Iowa guy.  Based on the most recent pick six play I can tell you that the lag between my YTTV feed and cable is about 4 seconds.

[Landomatic 3813]

On 12/12/2019 at 1:33 PM, RedDirtTexan said:

FWIW.....I tweeted at @YouTubeTV and complained about them not carrying LHN. They wrote back and sent a link asking for suggestions on which channels to work on adding to their lineup. Here's the link. Just takes a second. Maybe it'll help get them going on carrying LHN. 

https://t.co/mIp92biaK1?amp=1

Bumping to this page.  Everyone needs to do this.

[Buzzrock 14925]

Uh, you had gigabit service at 40 dollars a month? That had to have been an error. 70 is the lowest I've seen it. I am at 90 a month in houston. 

Intro rate of $50 and my wife’s AT&T phone knocks off another $10. I was told it would go up to $60 in a year, but that’s not until April 2020.

[Buzzrock 14925]

You should drop your speed.  You don't need anywhere near that much bandwidth.  You could go down to 100mb and you won't notice a difference other than when you download huge files and 100 is still plenty fast for that.

There is a data cap at anything below 1Gb so I’d have to make sure I’m not blowing through the cap. But not a bad idea.

[Dahobbs 17625]

12 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

 

Intro rate of $50 and my wife’s AT&T phone knocks off another $10. I was told it would go up to $60 in a year, but that’s not until April 2020.

 

That's for fiber, but I don't think its for gigabit unless you're getting the best deal in the country. 

Edited December 30, 2019 by Dahobbs

[Lurch 5931]

Bah. Got a 4k TV and my utilization took off. Just hit 1001GB

[Lurch 5931]

Blew through our usage limit in Dec. Discovered today how to set a limiter on each device via our router. For example, left untouched, our youngest kids fire stick was often going 8-10 Mbps which is total overkill for the small TV they have. Dropped it down to 2 Mpbs max and can barely tell. My understanding is that the firestick/ruku detect that they have less bandwidth available and automatically drop to a lower resolution.

[SDG 3319]

Has anyone tried https://www.vidgo.com ?  It looks like $39.99 a month for a service that includes both LHN and P12.  Now that ATT is 60 I’m looking to switch.  The P12 is a huge plus as I had to buy sling during football for a few games.  
 

 

[shnsajax 3591]

I see a sling tv free trial in my distant future.

Have they had any free trials lately. Been looking to switch as Hulu live has become really slow where I live.


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[Junior Miller 1502]

50 gb internet from Frontier for $46.75 a month. Two internet protocol services with 3 different simultaneous IP connections one at $5 the other at $14 a month. VPN at $2.50 a month. Full Kodi build out with multiple apks for free. 

That's $68.25 out the door final price for access to every single thing you could ever watch. Every sporting event. Every PPV. Every movie channel on two continents plus on demand access to nearly every movie and TV series made. 

You don't know what you're missing

[Lurch 5931]

A lawsuit

[skeeter 454]

18 hours ago, SDG said:

Has anyone tried https://www.vidgo.com ?  It looks like $39.99 a month for a service that includes both LHN and P12.  Now that ATT is 60 I’m looking to switch.  The P12 is a huge plus as I had to buy sling during football for a few games.  
 

 

vidgo review on reddit, just fyi ...

 

[tokamak 6431]

I feel like I’m reasonably tuned in to cord cutting, but I have never heard of Vidgo in my entire life.

[SDG 3319]

6 minutes ago, tokamak said:

I feel like I’m reasonably tuned in to cord cutting, but I have never heard of Vidgo in my entire life.

looks like it's fairly new.  With Playstation and potentially ATT getting out of the business there's an opening for a start up.  The channel lineup is the best out there but if the service sucks right now I'm gonna hold out a bit longer.  

[shnsajax 3591]

looks like it's fairly new.  With Playstation and potentially ATT getting out of the business there's an opening for a start up.  The channel lineup is the best out there but if the service sucks right now I'm gonna hold out a bit longer.  

Think I’m going to start a trial of this in the next couple of days. Looks like the right mix of sports, kids, and what wife wants. Getting Bein would be a nice addition.

[DaysOff 7951]

But no local channels? I'm not in the mood for a fucking antenna.

[TwiceHorn 31498]

So all this monopolization from the media/cable/internet cartel is making cutting the cord an unattractive financial move.

I have cable with everything for 160/month with intergoogles.  No worries about LHN or other sports nets.  I don't have NFL/MLB shit, but give zero fucks.  Less than zero.  Same about local/network channels other than PBS but its all there.

I can't really beat that.  But I guess when they're done buttfucking you cord cutters, they're gonna start in on me.

[Lurch 5931]

Seems like you could easily get down to $110 vs your $160 if you cared to. I went from $215+ to $110 so much bigger deal for me.

[shnsajax 3591]

Think I’m going to start a trial of this in the next couple of days. Looks like the right mix of sports, kids, and what wife wants. Getting Bein would be a nice addition.

Nevermind. No cloud DVR.

[The University 851]

On 12/12/2019 at 1:33 PM, RedDirtTexan said:

https://t.co/mIp92biaK1?amp=1

well i did my part...a few times. 🤘

[The University 851]

On 12/15/2019 at 9:25 AM, tbone_ said:

It’s just a matter of time before all the ISPs jack prices through the roof.

this game has been going on for many years. you either switch back and forth between service providers (if possible) or try to negotiate a better rate.

[kevwun 15798]

22 hours ago, Junior Miller said:

50 gb internet from Frontier for $46.75 a month. Two internet protocol services with 3 different simultaneous IP connections one at $5 the other at $14 a month. VPN at $2.50 a month. Full Kodi build out with multiple apks for free. 

That's $68.25 out the door final price for access to every single thing you could ever watch. Every sporting event. Every PPV. Every movie channel on two continents plus on demand access to nearly every movie and TV series made. 

You don't know what you're missing

Frontier is somehow worse than AT&T in quality of service and tech support.  They are the worst telcom/ISP that I have ever dealt with.

[Junior Miller 1502]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

Frontier is somehow worse than AT&T in quality of service and tech support.  They are the worst telcom/ISP that I have ever dealt with.

Knock on wood but over the 3 years since I moved out here I've had zero issues with the internet service. 

[kevwun 15798]

You will hate your life the first time you do. 

[HouTex 1880]

Question on internet speeds. I currently have xfinity’s 1G service and it’s around $140 per month for internet only. I have 5 TVs (three connected by ethernet cable) that stream sometimes 2 at a time but never 3 at a time. I don’t download/upload large files and there are no video gamers on my network. Cell phones don’t work in my house—probably something in the roof, so wifi calling is required. From what I’ve read, wifi calling doesn’t need much bandwidth. Nor should streaming two TVs at the same time. Would I likely see a difference if I dropped down to a slower/cheaper service?

[Lurch 5931]

None! Your TVs are likely streaming between 6-12 Mbps, usually towards the lower end of that. You probably never hit even 50 in total. If you do, your TVs would briefly lower resolution to make due with what they’re getting p, and you most likely wouldn’t even notice