Recent content by fmj77

Same here. I got Spectrum Fiber in rural Western NC a couple of years ago and it's been great. Started out paying $50 a month for the 300 Mbps plan and now I'm paying $20 for the 500 Mbps plan. I haven't had internet service that cheap since I was on dial up.

I'm surprised Dish still has that many subscribers. I don't know a single person in my area that is still with them after getting either Starlink or fiber at their home. They all cancelled Dish and went with streaming. I used to get offers pretty regularly in the mail to come back to Dish, but...

The inevitable price increase is coming. We can thank Gray, Nextar, Sinclair, Scripps and Tegna for this.

Too late for quite a few folks I know who had Dish. They cancelled back during March Madness.

Correct. But in 1080p or lower it'll be fine.

13 Mbps will be fine for streaming.

Roku has always been a closed system that doesn't allow 3rd party apps. Firesticks were not and are cheap. That's what made them popular.

We'll see. I believe they'll lose a lot of sales. There's a reason why Walmart can barely keep ONN boxes in stock.

I doubt it. Practically everyone I know who buys Firesticks does it for 1 reason.

Without sideloading this new Vega OS will kill sales of Firesticks.

I guess it's under "other"

I got Spectrum Fiber a couple of years ago in my very rural neck of the NC woods thanks to the RDOF and it's been quite reliable considering it's aerial. I did keep Starlink though on the $5 per month Standby plan.

They gave me a deal of 1 year at $5.30 per month.

The only viable option in my neck of the rural woods is Starlink. I don't mind a bit reactivating Starlink and cancelling Spectrum for a month and then going back as a new customer.

I actually enjoy telling the Spectrum CS rep that Starlink is more reliable in my area.