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Well I just wanted you to know that I just switched over from my current triple play bundle into the Triple Play Premier bundle. This is what I had included in the bundle and the prices.

First the Triple Play Premier bundle includes the following services below for 159/month.

Comcast Digital Cable with all Premium channels. Starz, Encore, Cinemax, HBO, Showtime and The Movie Channel are included.

The Sports and Entertainment package "IS" also included.

The bundle above also includes "one" free HD DVR box which includes both the rental fee "and" DVR Service fee.

The bundle includes their 6Mbps high speed internet service.

The bundle also includes their phone service with unlimited local and long distance calling to anywhere in the US and Canada.

In my specific case I also had other charges above the 159/month and they are as follows.

My second DVR cost about 17 bucks a month which includes the rental fee, extra outlet charge and my DVR Service Fee for that box.

I also had my phone/internet modem fee of 3 bucks a month.

I also added their Boost internet service for an extra 10 bucks a month and in my area in Derry, NH I got the 16Mbps down and 1Mbps UP service. Powerboost goes above and beyond those speeds. Also I don't have the ability to order Verizon FIOS service but I still got the 16Mbps speeds instead of the 8Mbps speeds. It matters only in the city you live in and nothing more. If nearly all of New Hampshire can get the 16Mbps Boost service.

159.00 - Triple Play Premier Bundle.
17.00 - Second DVR fees.
10.00 - Boost Internet Upgrade (16Mbps).
3.00 - Modem rental fee.

189.00 - Total without taxes.
6.00 - Taxes.

195.00/month total fee for everything including all taxes.

Also when you order this bundle (both new and existing customers can order) you have two choices. You can lock the price in for two years but if you cancel before the two years are up you must pay a 150.00 cancellation fee that "is not" pro rated.

Your second choice is to accept the same exact offer but only for "one" year instead of two years but you won't have any cancellation fee "and" of course you can cancel at anytime without paying anything to cancel.

I took the one year route so I "could" cancel service in the future if things change.

I also tested my download speed with the latest ubuntu alpha using the Free Download Manager to show speeds in a real life download instead of a speedtest.

I hope this gives anyone reading a good feel of what they can get with Comcast at a good price too.
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Wow I'm glad I popped into the Comcast forum this morning. That's as much as I'm paying right now without Voice and only 2 premiums. I have considered switching from Vonage to Comcast but previously I wouldn't be saving any cash. With this package though I would be saving some cash and get some more premiums. Does anybody have any comments on their Voice service? Is it better, worse, or the same quality as Vonage when it comes to features & voice quality?
stone phillips420
hey longhorn i see your price break down, i have regualr triple play and get dvr fees so im higher than your bill,

my question i dont see any phone lines on your itimized tally
do you use comcast for home phone service? if so how much is it per month
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Wow I'm glad I popped into the Comcast forum this morning. That's as much as I'm paying right now without Voice and only 2 premiums. I have considered switching from Vonage to Comcast but previously I wouldn't be saving any cash. With this package though I would be saving some cash and get some more premiums. Does anybody have any comments on their Voice service? Is it better, worse, or the same quality as Vonage when it comes to features & voice quality?

Thus far I've had Comcast Digital Voice service at two apartments in two different cities without having an outage yet. The only outage (I don't blame Comcast) is during an ice storm last winter that knocked some of the polls down. The reason I don't blame Comcast for this is because power, Comcast and Verizon lines were down so no matter what company you had for phone you wouldn't be getting service.

Maybe I'm lucky but Comcast Voice has been rock solid for me with great call quality and I've used Vonage before and had issues while I was at Bright House Networks in Florida. My BHN internet service was always rock solid so I believe my issues were from Vonage and not the quality of my internet connection.

Beyond that Comcast provides a modem with a battery backup in case power goes out. Also because Vonage and other VOIP companies use the internet to route your phone calls you could see issues if that collective internet is having a bad day. The reason I say this is because Comcast and many other cable phone services don't use the internet to route calls. Your calls and sent through the cable companies network (closed network) until it reaches the local phone companies switching station (in my case Verizon is the company). From that point the call is completed as normal.

This allows cable companies to have much more control over their bandwidth usage and needs when call volume is high. Remember other VOIP providers such as Vonage cannot control the condition of the internet.

This isn't to say that other VOIP companies aren't good because they are I'm just giving you the benefits and drawbacks of each.

Comcast has nearly all of the calling features included plus unlimited local and long distance calling to anywhere in the USA and Canada. Comcast also has a web portal at Untitled which allows you to view all your call details and any voicemail messages can be played back (full audio) on your computer.

I hope this gives you a good overview of Comcast Digital Voice and its benefits and problems.
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hey longhorn i see your price break down, i have regualr triple play and get dvr fees so im higher than your bill,

my question i dont see any phone lines on your itimized tally
do you use comcast for home phone service? if so how much is it per month

I get Comcast digital voice home phone service which includes unlimited local and long distance calling anywhere in the USA and Canada. This phone service is included in the triple play premier bundle as its ummm a triple play bundle.
mnk716
My CDV works excellent without ever having an outage.

I am paying about $220 @month with 2 dvrs, 2stbs, S&E package, CSI (6mbs), CDV with 2 numbers but i only get 2 premiums.

sounds like a good offer. i live in CT.
thanks for the info
mnk716
ordered the triple play premier in CT. only difference with longhorn is my taxes are higher about $15 per month.

its great to have all the preimums and their on-demand access.

comcast did not require a 1 or 2 year committment.
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My new job now means I cannot be home Sunday afternoons so I had to order DirecTV for NFL Sunday Ticket. Because of this I talked with a very nice lady at Comcast and told her why I had to switch (huge football fan working Sunday afternoon lol). I asked if I could downgrade to the double play bundle discount and she said no problem at all. I've always been happy (still am) with Comcast and this just proves again that Comcast in my specific area treats me very very well.

So I'm getting the 6Mbps internet service and digital voice service with all fees and taxes for about 75 bucks a month which I'm very happy with. I was really thinking of getting Verizon FIOS and a VIOP offering but I'm happy this worked out. My landlord included FIOS 5Mbps service for free but I couldn't even upgrade to the 15Mbps service so I didn't bother with it as it would require a one year agreement which I didn't want to sign when the price would go even higher after the first year for the service. I have no track record of being able to continue to get a discount after a promo with Verizon like I do with Comcast.

My landlord also could include Comcast internet service for free but again its only for the basic lite service which is like 1-2Mbps down which isn't worth it for me. Plus I couldn't get a discount with just their phone service so when all is said and done I just spent the money to get what I really wanted and not settle for something I didn't want. When all is said and done my final bill for everything won't be much more than what I paid to Comcast for the triple play but I feel its worth the little extra money per month. I will miss Comcast though as out of all the companies I've been with I've enjoyed being their customer the most as I felt they really valued my business and they showed this where it counted which is on the bill.
Scott Greczkowski
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I Can Hear Music - The Beach Boys
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Boom Boom ( Out Go The Lights ) - Pat Travers
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Palisades Park - Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon
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Cherry Hill Park - Billy Joe Royal
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Lakeside Park - Rush
Bruce
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Last reply · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum
I was reading this article


That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.

And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.


Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.

There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.

In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.

Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.

Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.

So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households

So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.

That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.

But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.

Imagine what 2024 will be like.
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Bruce
And again, 15 months in a row, streaming wins-

Cable and Broadcast added together-36.4%

Streaming with a massive 49.6%, 13.2% higher than Broadcast/Streaming.

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Jimbo
And again, 15 months in a row, streaming wins-

Cable and Broadcast added together-36.4%

Streaming with a massive 49.6%, 13.2% higher than Broadcast/Streaming.

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Your Still Thrilled about all this ?

These numbers will Never be accurate as many people use Both still ...

You have services like Hulu Live and You Tube TV that do, what you call Cable, but they ARE Streaming, so Which is is ?

Does it get counted 2x as both Streaming and Cable ?
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Your Still Thrilled about all this ?

These numbers will Never be accurate as many people use Both still ...
Nobody is "happy" or "sad" about this. Simply posting data in an non-editorialized way has nothing to do with anyone's feelings.

The data on the streaming side is immensely accurate, I'm guessing to the millisecond. Plus most people likely have not turned off data sharing and thus they are grabbing a huge swath of data. Much more accurate than cable which relies on a smaller sample size and probably not to the second.

In either case, nobody is getting "double counted" because it's usage based. If I watch 100 minutes of content and 30 minutes is on Youtube and 20 minutes on Disney and 50 minutes on YTTV, it's going to show up as 30%, 20%, 50% slices of my personal pie respectively.
Q.
Who does the Counting for Streaming ?

Neilson does the Broadcast/Cable ...
Nielsen does. If you go into the settings of any of your streaming accounts, you can turn off the option to share to usage data with their third party measuring service - Nielsen.
Jimbo
Nobody is "happy" or "sad" about this. Simply posting data in an non-editorialized way has nothing to do with anyone's feelings.

The data on the streaming side is immensely accurate, I'm guessing to the millisecond. Plus most people likely have not turned off data sharing and thus they are grabbing a huge swath of data. Much more accurate than cable which relies on a smaller sample size and probably not to the second.

In either case, nobody is getting "double counted" because it's usage based. If I watch 100 minutes of content and 30 minutes is on Youtube and 20 minutes on Disney and 50 minutes on YTTV, it's going to show up as 30%, 20%, 50% slices of my personal pie respectively.

Nielsen does. If you go into the settings of any of your streaming accounts, you can turn off the option to share to usage data with their third party measuring service - Nielsen.
I have turned some off, not others ...
dishstaller

Funny thing is that as the screen size and pic quality increase, the quality of the programming has DEcreased.
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skipped the OLED Tv entirely?

AI slop
dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I figured some of the guys would be looking here for an answer. You'll need to use this link

I'll mention what happened over there. I don't want to cause Scott any issues or put him in a bad spot.
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dishstaller
If any of you know some of the guys from the board and you have their contact info, please reach out to them....many failed to update their contact info and some even had starband email addresses.
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I figured some of the guys would be looking here for an answer. You'll need to use this link

I'll mention what happened over there. I don't want to cause Scott any issues or put him in a bad spot.
Now I have to go check out what happened now. Lol!
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Went and looked, not too bad...

Just let people know the address is satelliteretailer.com as DishRetailer.COM is not working. :)
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osu1991
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Pissed off at the crappy healthcare costs

My health Insurance renewal for 2027 just came in. Going from $827 a month to $1,187 a month. Deductible going up a $1k to $9,350. Max out of pocket also going up $1k to $11,000. Doctor co-pay of $40. Urgent Care co-pay $50. ER 50% coinsurance after deductible. That's all in network. Out of network is double, should it be needed.

Have to think about this. I'm really tempted to just go without now. I only go to the doctor once or twice a year. I pay out of pocket for Tirzepitide and can do without the Rosuvastatin (crestor) now. Really tired of spending over $10k a year and getting nothing out of it.

After years with Blue Cross I switched last year to Ambetter as my Blue Cross premium was going from $1200 to $1800 for a Silver plan and the Bronze plan was still going to be $1300 at BCBS. Ambetter was $827 for the same coverage with a Bronze plan. Didn't think it would jump this much so soon.

I'm guessing a Silver plan is probably over $2,000 a month for 2027.
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Pissed off at the crappy healthcare costs
Are you employed with no work insurance or that is what you are paying for your workplace insurance? Or is that through Healthcare.gov? Retired? Eligible for medicare?
vazhog
that cut is only for illegals to get off the rolls and I was being sarcastic before -
osu1991
Are you employed with no work insurance or that is what you are paying for your workplace insurance? Or is that through Healthcare.gov? Retired? Eligible for medicare?
Started my own business in 2006, been self employed for 20 years this year.
meStevo
that cut is only for illegals to get off the rolls and I was being sarcastic before -

Even sarcastically it's wrong. Undocumented immigrants already weren't eligible for federal Medicaid, so there's no one to "get off the rolls." The immigrant-related pieces are a small part of the ~$1 trillion. They cut the federal match for emergency care from 90% to the state's regular rate and end eligibility for some lawful immigrants like refugees. Most of the "savings" come from work requirements, more frequent eligibility checks, and provider tax limits, which hit citizens.

Either way, the cost doesn't disappear. It shifts to states, hospitals, and everyone else's premiums and will only serve to make issues like those raised in this thread worse.
dishstaller
Undocumented immigrants already weren't eligible for federal Medicaid, so there's no one to "get off the rolls."
That's only part correct. Actually I had to look it up to make sure. There is NO Federal money going to Medicaid for illegals but there ARE some states that use State money to pay for Medicaid for illegals. Here's the list

    • California: Covers all income-eligible undocumented adults. [1, 2]
    • Colorado: Covers specific adult demographics (with upcoming budget caps in 2027). [1]
    • Illinois: Covers specific adult age brackets. [1]
    • New York: Covers specific adult demographics. [1]
    • Oregon: Covers all income-eligible undocumented adults. [1, 2]
    • Washington: Covers specific adult demographics. [1, 2]
    • Washington, D.C.: Provides adult coverage through the D.C. Health Care Alliance. [1, 2]
meStevo
That's only part correct. Actually I had to look it up to make sure. There is NO Federal money going to Medicaid for illegals but there ARE some states that use State money to pay for Medicaid for illegals. Here's the list

    • California: Covers all income-eligible undocumented adults. [1, 2]
    • Colorado: Covers specific adult demographics (with upcoming budget caps in 2027). [1]
    • Illinois: Covers specific adult age brackets. [1]
    • New York: Covers specific adult demographics. [1]
    • Oregon: Covers all income-eligible undocumented adults. [1, 2]
    • Washington: Covers specific adult demographics. [1, 2]
    • Washington, D.C.: Provides adult coverage through the D.C. Health Care Alliance. [1, 2]

Fair point, but it's consistent with what I said: no federal Medicaid money goes to undocumented immigrants. Those programs are state-funded, so the federal ~$1T cut can't touch them. Whatever states decide to do with their own programs is a separate budget decision.
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vazhog
The feds give money to the states for them to use - Cutting the fed funding only means the taxpayer savings will passed onto the states that need to make up the Fed dollars cut -See the list above for those states affected
dfergie
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Last reply · posted in What's Cooking?
We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so... :)
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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Chili dog bowl, water… (homemade chili)
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Leftover wanton soup and pork fried rice. Water.
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Sweet tea…
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Tuna salad sandwich on toasted honey whole wheat bread with a handful of kettle chips. Water.
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Breakfast for lunch. Crispy corned beef hash, home fries, two over easy eggs and sourdough toast.

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Weird F1 weekend is already over with a Saturday race.
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Tried to watch the truck race but the stage c**p is why I don't watch NASCAR anymore…
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Today is the anniversary of Dan Wheldon's passing at Las Vegas in a dreadful crash that luckily didn't take more drivers' lives. I vaguely remember the crash, but I more strongly remember Paul Tracy trying to keep it together as he left the Medical Center knowing that Dan most likely wasn't going to.

The safety in these vehicles is beyond incomprehensible, especially relative to what it was 60 years ago, when dying wasn't unexpected. But it is still very dangerous. I always scoff at the prayer invocations, but never scoff at the risks these drivers take and the emergency workers out there who might need to pull short of a miracle to save a driver's life.
Tried to watch the truck race but the stage c**p is why I don't watch NASCAR anymore…
HBO Max has the live in car streaming without commercials, which provides an interesting take, but you are driving blind, knowing only what the team is telling the driver about what is happening on the track. The stages definitely ruin the NASCAR set up.
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NASCAR is an abject mess, but at least it has Kyle Larson. Guy had the lead on the green/white checker, fell back to 12th or the like, kept his cool, and charged back to win with room to spare at the line. And win very cleanly!

NASCAR needs to stop racing at Talladega. Especially if they are going for elderly Sunday drives at the track! Stage racing is real stupid, but NASCAR should consider one half point a second per group gap as a bonus.