Recent content by fmj77

I have Starlink as a backup. Cancel Spectrum for a month or two and go back with a new customer promo.

You have to call Spectrum whenever your promo is up and threaten to cancel. That's when you'll get a deal to stay. In my case I called last year when my Internet Premier plan was going to jump from $50 per month to $85. I told them I wanted to downgrade to the 100 Mbps $30 plan and instead they...

I'm a Star Trek nerd as you can probably tell from my avatar. The Star Trek channels on Pluto can keep me occupied for a long, long time especially since they're airing the newer series as well.

Too little, too late. SpaceX is so far ahead in this department that I seriously doubt whether Echostar can be a viable competitor.

I ended up calling DTV and they got it set up. For some reason trying it on my end would not work. Their site either redirected me to ATT's website or gave the error that I mentioned above.

I am trying to create an account to try DTV Stream and It isn't letting me. Every time I enter my info and email it just gives an error that there is no account found. No sh*t, I'm trying to create one. Any suggestions on how to do this since their website is useless?

Yep. Most folks in my neck of the woods switched to Starlink a few years ago. Then Spectrum Fiber expanded to this area and now even the Starlink dishys are disappearing. I'm one of the few hold outs as I kept my Starlink equipment as a fail over to Spectrum, which experiences frequent outages...

Yippee! Another MVNO!

Satellite TV is not available in my rural area of Western NC, only streaming.

True. There is so much content these days but very little of it catches my interest.

Did I ever state I hated Dish? I was a Dish customer for nearly 15 years and was very satisfied with the service. I only cancelled when I got in on the Starlink beta and realized I didn't need Dish anymore.

My neighbor has no interest in the internet. We got Spectrum fiber in our neck of the woods last year and he only had it for a few months before he cancelled.

Correct. He's really only interested in the major network stations and a few of their sub channels.

He's fortunate in that he can point the antenna between 2 hillsides directly to a repeater tower 40 miles away. I am not so fortunate due to the location of my home.

My 82 year old neighbor got fed up with the high cost of everything. He cancelled Dish and his Spectrum internet and put up a Televes antenna on his roof that gives him about 50 channels. His monthly cost for entertainment? A grand total of zero dollars.