Do people still watch satellite TV these days

[EarDemon]

What do you mean by geo?

 

[telstar_1]

The only reason I have satellite TV and satellite internet is for back up when the power goes out. Which happens more than it should in my area because NYSEG (and RG&E) suck. With winter storms it's not uncommon to go days without power. But yet let's put all of all of our eggs in one basket and shove electric cars down our throats and ban new natural gas hookups.

Traditional Spectrum TV is my preferred method for TV watching, I love it! I have everything and the best of everything (except for Cinemax and the foreign channels), with DirecTV I had a subscription to Premier for the longest time but dropped down to Entertainment a few years ago. I just prefer Spectrum in every way and don't care for DirecTV at all, except for the dependance on local utility power.

Between DirecTV as backup for TV and HughesNet for backup internet and phone, I'm paying around $250/month.

Spectrum includes all of the ad supported versions of the streaming apps and I get 'free' Netflix with T-Mobile. I have no interest to stream, the King of the Hill revival was the first thing I streamed in probably 6 months. Before that it was the Pepsi Jet special on Netflix sometime last year.

The only way I may get rid of DirecTV is if the speeds on HughesNet have improved enough and I go from my old grandfathered plan to Elite and it can support streaming during a multi day power outage event.

Couldn't you do something like starlink and ditch all other ISP and linear tv?

 

[dtv757]

Love my DirecTV . Im a sports fan so love all the sports on DirecTV

I get dodgers and red sox games in 4k too .

A lot of folks left for YTTV but they dont have RSNs or MLB network... (or NHL or NBA network)

I get Monumental too for mystics and ️spirit games YTTV just dropped Monumental.

Hopefully one day ill get fios /fiber broadband and have reliable home internet!

 

[navychop]

What do you mean by geo?

Geostationary orbit. About 22,000 miles up. ~500 milliseconds round trip, IIRC. Noticeable delay. Fine for one way communications, such as video. Not so good for two way. Intolerable for serious gaming.