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We've had Dish Network for going on 10 years and have kept it every time we've moved. We're looking at possibly bundling internet and cable and their 12 month price is about 60 for good internet and a package we like. Anyone with any experience of how much they jump the prices after that? If it's too significant we may just stick with Dish and get separate internet.
 
infection said:
We've had Dish Network for going on 10 years and have kept it every time we've moved. We're looking at possibly bundling internet and cable and their 12 month price is about 60 for good internet and a package we like. Anyone with any experience of how much they jump the prices after that? If it's too significant we may just stick with Dish and get separate internet.
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If you call when they up the price you can typically get in on some new special. It sucks that you have to keep up on it and spend 20min on the phone getting whatever rate that ought to just be automatic, but that's the comcast game.

Cable prices are like airfare, what you pay and what your neighbor pays for the same thing can be significantly different.
 
Their price go up a ton after the initial deal ends. Then you have to call back and haggle a new deal with them. After awhile for me I had multiple deals that overlapped and would expire. I found myself calling every other month or so.

Personally I moved on to Internet that I dont have to haggle about with Google. It is a set price. I hate dealing with these companies.

You could also get the new Trim app thing. It is a bot that haggles with Comcast over and over again then takes a percentage of the savings as payment.

As far as Cable TV goes I dropped that years ago and will never go back. There are so many better options. I held on to it for Live sports for too long but realized there are better ways for that to.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Their price go up a ton after the initial deal ends. Then you have to call back and haggle a new deal with them. After awhile for me I had multiple deals that overlapped and would expire. I found myself calling every other month or so.

Personally I moved on to Internet that I dont have to haggle about with Google. It is a set price. I hate dealing with these companies.

You could also get the new Trim app thing. It is a bot that haggles with Comcast over and over again then takes a percentage of the savings as payment.

As far as Cable TV goes I dropped that years ago and will never go back. There are so many better options. I held on to it for Live sports for too long but realized there are better ways for that to.
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What do you typically do for live sports? One year when we were back in Texas I did league pass online but I couldn’t get it running on my TV. Honestly, aside from some basic channels all I really need are games. We’re about to move into our house this week (we’ve been living out of suitcases for 7 months since getting back to Utah because of how slow construction has been) and trying to get it set up ASAP. Was going to just do internet but was holding off to see if we bundled them.
 
infection said:
What do you typically do for live sports? One year when we were back in Texas I did league pass online but I couldn’t get it running on my TV. Honestly, aside from some basic channels all I really need are games. We’re about to move into our house this week (we’ve been living out of suitcases for 7 months since getting back to Utah because of how slow construction has been) and trying to get it set up ASAP. Was going to just do internet but was holding off to see if we bundled them.
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I've watched about 1.5 Jazz games this year. That's all the live sports I've watched except when it's on the TV at work in the breakroom.
 
infection said:
What do you typically do for live sports? One year when we were back in Texas I did league pass online but I couldn’t get it running on my TV. Honestly, aside from some basic channels all I really need are games. We’re about to move into our house this week (we’ve been living out of suitcases for 7 months since getting back to Utah because of how slow construction has been) and trying to get it set up ASAP. Was going to just do internet but was holding off to see if we bundled them.
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I use international league pass with a VPN right now for NBA. I also just use reddit links as well some years or other league pass rip offs. Or I use apps on Kodi to watch live TV channels or the games.
 
Ron Mexico said:
I use international league pass with a VPN right now for NBA. I also just use reddit links as well some years or other league pass rip offs. Or I use apps on Kodi to watch live TV channels or the games.
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I’m only 33 and I feel like I’m an 80 year old listening to his grandson talk about tech.
 
Ron Mexico said:
I use international league pass with a VPN right now for NBA. I also just use reddit links as well some years or other league pass rip offs. Or I use apps on Kodi to watch live TV channels or the games.
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Tell me more about Kodi. I went to their website, but how do you get sports on it?
 
bigb said:
Tell me more about Kodi. I went to their website, but how do you get sports on it?
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Kodi is a video player app. You can add it to any computer or Android device. I have it on my computer and my firestick.

Once you have Kodi there are many apps for it. Some of those apps let you watch any tv show, some let you watch live TV, some find streams of games. Last year I used one that used the Reddit links to steam sports. I haven't used it this year for sports since I just bought international league pass for $15.

I could research more which apps are working for NBA games later if people are interested..

The main app I use in it is Genesis reborn right now. That's how I watch all my tv and movies.
 
infection said:
I’m only 33 and I feel like I’m an 80 year old listening to his grandson talk about tech.
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Dude, I'm 34 and just google those things cause they are game changers. Google and youtube will teach you anything in life that will make it that much easier and better.
 
Bulletproof said:
I've watched about 1.5 Jazz games this year. That's all the live sports I've watched except when it's on the TV at work in the breakroom.
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I might give up the Jazz in order to cut the cable. I have 300 gigs of data before even getting a warning, and could get 400 for another $20. That's more than enough to power Netflix (free through T-Mobile), Amazon, youtube, XBox live, wife's work, etc. on my TV's and computers.
 
franklin said:
I might give up the Jazz in order to cut the cable. I have 300 gigs of data before even getting a warning, and could get 400 for another $20. That's more than enough to power Netflix (free through T-Mobile), Amazon, youtube, XBox live, wife's work, etc. on my TV's and computers.
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The Next Jazz game, google "NBA Reddit Streams." You'll get hd links with only 1 or 2 ad overlays every time.
 
AT&T needs to get on the streaming bandwagon... piracy is only going to continue to get worse until these companies realize that all we want is an easy solution that doesn't involve the cable monopoly. If just Sling or DIRECTV NOW or YouTube gets the rights, I bet the piracy of Jazz games drops in half.
 
Jason said:
AT&T needs to get on the streaming bandwagon... piracy is only going to continue to get worse until these companies realize that all we want is an easy solution that doesn't involve the cable monopoly. If just Sling or DIRECTV NOW or YouTube gets the rights, I bet the piracy of Jazz games drops in half.
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Or if they would drop blackouts on league pass I would just pay for it. But if I have to get around that with vpns and other stuff I might as well pirate it or what I am doing VPN from the cheapest country they offer.

The NBA is losing so much money by trying to do things the old fashion way. Trying to force people to go to games live or get cable is silly.

Fortunately pirating poses little to no threat to the person doing it. Only to those providing the pirated streams.
 
Archie Moses said:
The Next Jazz game, google "NBA Reddit Streams." You'll get hd links with only 1 or 2 ad overlays every time.
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I've used them plenty but never found one that's anywhere close to true HD quality for most of the game.

Ron Mexico said:
The NBA is losing so much money by trying to do things the old fashion way. Trying to force people to go to games live or get cable is silly.

Fortunately pirating poses little to no threat to the person doing it. Only to those providing the pirated streams.
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I've argued for years that they're losing money based on advertising value. I haven't watched a game live all year. I DVR them and watch when I can, which means no commercials. What is the value to the advertisers when I do that? Nothing. If they sold a service that didn't black out local markets then how much more could they charge advertisers than networks currently are if they could deny us from fast forwarding through commercials?
 
Bulletproof said:
I'm not judging anyone, but I don't steal, and that includes intellectual property.
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The funny thing is, I'm halfway in on an NBA League Pass account with my brother. The streams from league pass, in my experience, are bad quality and laggy. I do not feel immoral at all watching streams from reddit.
 
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