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PortlandChris said:

Why wouild anyone pay DISH $177 when you can get it streaming for $118 (or less with all the offers they push out during the season)?

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Anybody who doesn't have good internet service or maybe they just want to watch it without a hassle on their TV's.

JSheridan said:

Anybody who doesn't have good internet service or maybe they just want to watch it without a hassle on their TV's.

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I guess if you live in the sticks.

The one thing I do not like about streaming is that its always about 40 or 60 seconds behind....but for MLB.TV certainly not worth paying that much extra.

PortlandChris said:

I guess if you live in the sticks.

The one thing I do not like about streaming is that its always about 40 or 60 seconds behind....but for MLB.TV certainly not worth paying that much extra.

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'The sticks' here is less than 20 miles from the capital of one of the largest states in the country and the best we can get is 6/.6 DSL. I think it's amazing how people who happen to have good internet options have no concept of the huge numbers of people across the country who don't.

JSheridan said:

'The sticks' here is less than 20 miles from the capital of one of the largest states in the country and the best we can get is 6/.6 DSL. I think it's amazing how people who happen to have good internet options have no concept of the huge numbers of people across the country who don't.

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Well its too bad your internet is slow. You're right I have no concept of slow internet, I wouldn't live in a place that is so technologically behind.

Are there no cell towers in the area? Even with my cell phone I can get higher speeds than that.

PortlandChris said:

Well its too bad your internet is slow. You're right I have no concept of slow internet, I wouldn't live in a place that is so technologically behind.

Are there no cell towers in the area? Even with my cell phone I can get higher speeds than that.

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Time for you to start thanking all those GIs that "choose" to live in areas that are "technologically behind" so you can choose to live where you do. FYI it's not only overseas that those GIs get to live in those "technologically behind" areas.
Clear AFS Alaska, Minot AFB North Dakota, Schriever AFB Colorado etc. etc. etc.

Cheddar_Head said:

Time for you to start thanking all those GIs that "choose" to live in areas that are "technologically behind" so you can choose to live where you do. FYI it's not only overseas that those GIs get to live in those "technologically behind" areas.
Clear AFS Alaska, Minot AFB North Dakota, Schriever AFB Colorado etc. etc. etc.

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+1

Tired of arrogant city folk who think everybody in "flyover land" is backward and out of touch.

This kind of thing ALMOST makes me want to enter the PIT

comfortably_numb said:

+1

Tired of arrogant city folk who think everybody in "flyover land" is backward and out of touch.

This kind of thing ALMOST makes me want to enter the PIT

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You are going off the deep end here. Simply by stating the facts is not being arrogant. If you do not like the slow internet, then I guess accept it, or not. But life is full of choices. Complaining about it solves nothing.

PortlandChris said:

You are going off the deep end here. Simply by stating the facts is not being arrogant. If you do not like the slow internet, then I guess accept it, or not. But life is full of choices. Complaining about it solves nothing.

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You're the one that said we were "technologically behind," not me. I never complained about anything. I'm happy as a clam.

Some counties and rural areas are actually subsidizing high(er) speed internet for residents.

comfortably_numb said:

You're the one that said we were "technologically behind," not me. I never complained about anything. I'm happy as a clam.

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Well when you said you were "tired of city folk....." that's a complaint. Not sure how you can view it as something different. Whatever. This is stupid and silly. We all have choices to make in life and that's what makes life beautiful. You can't have it all ways, just that simple.

PortlandChris said:

Well when you said you were "tired of city folk....." that's a complaint. Not sure how you can view it as something different. Whatever. This is stupid and silly. We all have choices to make in life and that's what makes life beautiful. You can't have it all ways, just that simple.

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I said I was tired of ARROGANT city folk. Quit taking my words out of context.

Oh good, someone else to put on ignore

comfortably_numb said:

I said I was tired of ARROGANT city folk. Quit taking my words out of context.

Oh good, someone else to put on ignore

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Nothing is being taken out of context. This is exactly the definition of a "complaint"

Still waiting for SNY, YES, ATT Southwest, Fox Sports Oklahoma, And Spectrum Sports LA on Dish...

Jim5506 said:

Some counties and rural areas are actually subsidizing high(er) speed internet for residents.

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Here the state has subsidized the buildout of HSI to "underserved" communities. They call it the MBI project (Mass Broadband Institute) where the state built what they called a "middle mile" network of fiber following the major highway corridors around the underserved areas and connected up all the police departments, schools, fire departments, libraries and sech. The idea was for "last mile" companies to come in and fight over all the territories and build out the last mile of fiber to serve the underserved. Didn't happen even with the middle mile built. So the state had to dump a ton more money into it to basically subsidize the complete cost of build to the underserved communities before the last mile companies came to play. Some towns got no suitors and so they took the state money and built their own. I am not sure how long this process has taken but I would say about 6 to 7 years and my town, which is getting Spectrum fiber to the home service has not had one residence lit up yet. They are currently in the process of upgrading pole infrastructure in town which tells me that the pole agreements are all in place now which was one of the major hurdles. Should be up and running possibly by fall or this time next year if all goes well. We will have access to gigabit service if we are willing to pay for it.