Thread: Bell proposes new "freesat" service

Originally Posted by Bill_KY

What guarantee is there the service will not go bankrupt or be absorbed by another provider (like Voom did)? If you get 30 channels, that comes out to approximately $10 a channel (assuming that one does not need multiple dishes or LNBs).

If the STB could double as a FTA HD receiver as well, then the $300 upfront cost would be well the gamble. (I know it is $299 cdn, but after shipping costs... it is $300+ . Don't mean to sound negative, just need some concerns addressed.

I hope that this will be available south of the border too!

As for costs...

I am "financially handicapped" and do not like the extra $$$ plus my wife does not think I need another box!

Look at what it cost to put up a OTA antenna and what you get. This has to be a better return than that!

One more thing, put your wayback helmet on and think back when DirecTv started a good 15 years or so ago. People had no idea if that "service" would survive and look how many "dished" out over $1000 for the systems!!!...