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Wes Mantooth said:
No HBO. No Epix. No Cinemax. No AMC? No FX? No Fox??? Not to mention whatever else I'm missing off the top of my head. And uh, if you read, "some channels will require an additional fee. This channel lineup is only a representative lineup and is subject to change. Actual lineup will be published when customers register for service." In other words, yeah, you're probably going to have to pay a little extra for some of these.

But great. I don't get many of the channels I watch, don't get the home line with an unlisted number, and don't get my cell phone service on there. But man oh man, now my internet access is going to be so high-speed, I'll be able to save a tenth of a second every time I go to a new website.
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We get it... It doesn't make your coffee and cook your eggs.

What it does do is give you free internet. And if you don't think free internet will be cheaper than your current Verizon internet, then you have issues.

You wouldn't be forced to cancel your current tv service if you didn't want to. You could just use the free Google internet, cancel your existing internet, and save money.

But whatever. It's not like I really care. The only reason I even responded in the first place was because you said you couldn't see why anyone would be excited about it, and then argued about it when I said it would probably save you some money.

It's likely neither one of us will even be offered this service anytime soon so it's not worth arguing over. But as you can see from all the excitement from people that won't even be able to get it anytime soon, it's likely to be a huge hit when and wherever it gets rolled out.
 
SaltyDawg said:
We get it... It doesn't make your coffee and cook your eggs.

What it does do is give you free internet. And if you don't think free internet will be cheaper than your current Verizon internet, then you have issues.

You wouldn't be forced to cancel your current tv service if you didn't want to. You could just use the free Google internet, cancel your existing internet, and save money.

But whatever. It's not like I really care. The only reason I even responded in the first place was because you said you couldn't see why anyone would be excited about it, and then argued about it when I said it would probably save you some money.

It's likely neither one of us will even be offered this service anytime soon so it's not worth arguing over. But as you can see from all the excitement from people that won't even be able to get it anytime soon, it's likely to be a huge hit when and wherever it gets rolled out.
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Free internet? I must have missed that part. I thought it was part of that $120/month. Or am I paying that for just my tv service which isn't even that good? Wow, awesome. Listen braugh, I use to pay $115 for high-speed internet and my tv service with two dvr boxes and all those extra channels I mentioned and the deal I have now is even better so the $120 just doesn't impress me. It'll be faster. Great. But the time that it will save me is so nominal that I could care less. I'm not quite sure why others do care so much. Are they still on AOL dial-up? Like you said, it's not going to happen nationwide any time soon so it's not worth arguing over. But I'm simply not that impressed.

I'm still confused as to how you actually think this would save me money.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Free internet? I must have missed that part. I thought it was part of that $120/month. Or am I paying that for just my tv service which isn't even that good? Wow, awesome. Listen braugh, I use to pay $115 for high-speed internet and my tv service with two dvr boxes and all those extra channels I mentioned and the deal I have now is even better so the $120 just doesn't impress me. It'll be faster. Great. But the time that it will save me is so nominal that I could care less. I'm not quite sure why others do care so much. Are they still on AOL dial-up? Like you said, it's not going to happen nationwide any time soon so it's not worth arguing over. But I'm simply not that impressed.

I'm still confused as to how you actually think this would save me money.
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Yes, free internet, you missed that part, lol.

They have 3 different packages: the fastest internet and tv package for $120, just the fastest internet without the tv for $70, or a slower internet without tv for free.
 
SaltyDawg said:
Yes, free internet, you missed that part, lol.

They have 3 different packages: the fastest internet and tv package for $120, just the fastest internet without the tv for $70, or a slower internet without tv for free.
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How slow is that internet? And is it just for one year?
 
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Fear my speedz.
 
I'm already an android guy. I'm just waiting for Google to offer cell service with everying else similar to the Verizon package that Wes has been talking about. I'm ready to convert, and this is coming from a guy that makes his living by working for DirecTV.
 
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