To have cable or not to have cable?

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To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby the doctor » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:22 pm

that is the question.

My wife and I are considering cutting off our cable television. We currently have a basic DirecTV and it's not really a financial issue, more of a personal preference really.

How many out there do without cable and/or TV all together? just curious

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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby Bankermane » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:24 pm

Not me. I got the full meal deal and it always on if I'm home.
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby woundedduck » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:26 pm

comcast is the biggest P.O.S. on the planet. and their customer service might as well be run by the chimpanzee exzibit at the jackson zoo. keep directv.
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby sunnylab » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:33 pm

Without cable tv how are you supposed to KEEP UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS???
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby the doctor » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:43 pm

dont know the kardashians and its not a question or satisfacton/dissatisfaction with service

we're just thinking we may do without it

take a look at your house when you get home tonight and see if you entire living room isnt set up around your TV? how many pieces of furntiure in your house are arranged so you can easily view the TV? how many TV's do you have in your house so you dont have to "miss" anything?

not trying to sway anyone here, just curious could you do without it?

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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby teul2 » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:48 pm

I have been with out cable / sat for over 3 years now.
I love not giving those SOBs all the money they extort for everyone else.

On the same note, I do miss some shows i don't get to watch except when I am at some one else's house (Scrubs, Outdoor channel, etc)
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby chopper30 » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:49 pm

I could do without it for everything but sports, I like to watch my ballgames
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby mudsucker » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:54 pm

:shock: Then how would I watch "Flyway Highway"? :oops: :cry:
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby rustypjr » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:16 pm

Only 1 tv in my house and we watch it at night. But I think life would be a lot simpler without it. Would hav emore time to do other things but dern I like some sprortscenter and scrubs. Don't hink my wife could make it with out tv. She is an addict.
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby deltahunter49 » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:25 pm

We got the dish and it is awful! Could do with out but sports is apart of my life. If i had to choose, cable would be my answer. On a rainy day when theres nothing to do but watch TV the dish always fails us. We also run our internet through the dish and its very slow. Hear cable internet is pretty fast.
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby gladtobealive » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:43 pm

No cable- don't need, don't want it, ain't gonna get it.

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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby jacksbuddy » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:48 pm

woundedduck wrote:comcast is the biggest P.O.S. on the planet. and their customer service might as well be run by the chimpanzee exzibit at the jackson zoo. keep directv.


Amen brother! But I would not go insulting monkeys like that. The peacocks that they have roaming around the grounds - - maybe, just 'maybe'. But not the monkeys. :wink:
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby woundedduck » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:33 pm

your right buddy. the real monkeys are smarter!
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby timberjack » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:45 pm

I wish we could do without it but that damn cartoon network and nickelodeon really come in handy sometimes............old andy griffith shows on TVland are pretty good to knock the edge off late in the afternoon.
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Re: To have cable or not to have cable?

Postby Warren » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:51 pm

give me discovery,boomerang,history,national geographic, and espn thats what I watch

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