CantSeeColors wrote:
JLHockeyKnight wrote:
jester wrote:
I mean, Verizon offers a no-contract offering ... it's just whether that makes economic sense for you. There are important differences with internet, though. Verizon guarantees your speeds, which Comcast does not ... and with Comcast you are sharing. I noticed a marked drop in internet service between where I lived in the city and here in Collingswood with Comcast, to boot.
That being said, I would go entirely to streaming services tomorrow if not for the trap that is watching sports.
Biggest issue about Fios with cord cutters is that Verizon uses it's awesome speeds to try to mask the fact that they're using the same dirty monopoly-like tactics as the rest of the cable industry.
And like I mentioned to Dee, I've read a lot on Smart DNS services or VPNs with a lot of success for NHL and MLB. I can't speak for MLS or NBA, but figure that most of the NFL is on local TV. And if not, they'll be streaming games on Twitter this year, as well as I believe Yahoo. And if you need Redzone, you can get Playstation Vue which is still cheaper than cable. I think as time goes on, the difficulty of sports when cutting the cord is going to go away. Especially with companies like Twitter and Yahoo getting into the streaming media industry.
Unfortunately for us Flyers fans in the Philly market, this will be the hill comcast dies on.
They have to, cable/live tv has nothing else to offer.
(Unless one's like me and likes just flipping around crappy basic cable on a weekend afternoon without committing to a particular show/game/movie)
Statistics: Posted by Kilgore Trout — Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:40 pm