Ah. I'd bail, too, if I didn't have the charter discounts.
If/when the grandfathered channel lineup, or premium discounts are killed, will be the definite end of the road for me.
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AT&T TV Now is set to increase monthly package prices
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Ah. I'd bail, too, if I didn't have the charter discounts.
If/when the grandfathered channel lineup, or premium discounts are killed, will be the definite end of the road for me.
HA ! "The reason, AT&T told us? It's more expensive to get the shows to you."
More expenisve my foot... It's no more 'expensive' than last year... Unless you include bandwidth prices go "up" instead of down..
Most would have an agreements only at that level. The cost is to get it to the user is only at the retail level.. so the 'expense' is to satisfy AT&T.
More expenisve my foot... It's no more 'expensive' than last year... Unless you include bandwidth prices go "up" instead of down..
Most would have an agreements only at that level. The cost is to get it to the user is only at the retail level.. so the 'expense' is to satisfy AT&T.
IMO: Comcast with all taxes, local taxes, cable taxes, fees and TV Box fees is not actually cheaper, but Youtube TV is cheaper and better quality
Was part of the $35 "Go Big" (+$5 for HBO) crowd, albeit not one of the original first group members. I got an email a month (or so) ago stating my package would be going to $85.00 a month starting this month. I talked with them via their website and told them in no uncertain terms, that I liked the service but I wasn't' going to pay the new price. I would cancel first. They came back and offered me $55.00 a month, which I accepted.
The real villain in all of this is the greedy networks constantly upping their fees, by huge margins. It is easy to hate cable companies, but they are not going to sell service at at loss. There was very little margin in these OTT services from the beginning, and it was only a matter of time until they felt the squeeze from rising content costs.
Ironically these skyrocketing costs are driving the cable business into the ground. The greed is just going to cause more people to cancel. If the stake holders had any interests that lasted longer than a quarterly report, they would be finding ways to make consumer costs go down on cable subscriptions.
Ironically these skyrocketing costs are driving the cable business into the ground. The greed is just going to cause more people to cancel. If the stake holders had any interests that lasted longer than a quarterly report, they would be finding ways to make consumer costs go down on cable subscriptions.
I never actually used it, but I canceled the grandfathered DirecTV Now sub that I was paying for to assist my parents in cord cutting.
Sad part is that even with the 71% increase in sub price in about a year, it was still the best price for all the channels that were offered. Well, at least with the grandfathered Live a Little plan.
I was given a list of about 10 channels that my parents "must have". There wasn't any service that had all of them.
The one causing the most trouble is "Fox News". After doing some research, I have found out that after ESPN, Fox News is the most expensive channel for these TV services. The cheaper services like Philo and Sling do not have Fox News. The ones that offer Fox News, tend to be missing some other channels that the cheaper ones have.
So, I couldn't find a direct replacement. The only one to come close was Fubo, and that is almost the same price as DTVN/AT&T.
I tried Hulu Live TV for them, but quickly cancelled when I found out that it was location locked. I used my Hulu account not realizing that once I signed up for live TV, I would lose access to my regular Hulu at my home.
I then signed up for YTTV, which is okay so far. It doesn't have everything my parents want, such as it is missing the Hallmark channels and Nick ones.
But, it seems to be a good balance of what is offers to price.
Sad part is that even with the 71% increase in sub price in about a year, it was still the best price for all the channels that were offered. Well, at least with the grandfathered Live a Little plan.
I was given a list of about 10 channels that my parents "must have". There wasn't any service that had all of them.
The one causing the most trouble is "Fox News". After doing some research, I have found out that after ESPN, Fox News is the most expensive channel for these TV services. The cheaper services like Philo and Sling do not have Fox News. The ones that offer Fox News, tend to be missing some other channels that the cheaper ones have.
So, I couldn't find a direct replacement. The only one to come close was Fubo, and that is almost the same price as DTVN/AT&T.
I tried Hulu Live TV for them, but quickly cancelled when I found out that it was location locked. I used my Hulu account not realizing that once I signed up for live TV, I would lose access to my regular Hulu at my home.
I then signed up for YTTV, which is okay so far. It doesn't have everything my parents want, such as it is missing the Hallmark channels and Nick ones.
But, it seems to be a good balance of what is offers to price.
I agree, if I tried to get most of the same channels. Comcast stuck a basic tv rider on my internet as the cheapest option for the internet speeds I wanted (700/25 for $70). I don’t use a box, just streaming. I realize I only really miss hgtv home flip shows, but I’ll learn to live without them
.Weirdly enough, AT&T used to be my ISP, but over the span of 8 months decided to splice a new run to the node by my garage, causing tons of noise and packet loss. I tried to stay with them, but they destroyed my data, and jacked up their tv streaming prices. Oh well.
Got the email today that they're dropping Fusion next month. Don't watch it, so it's no big deal, but still. Don't recall them ever sending out such notices when the NFL network disappeared.
Sling just upped their prices today, and turns will come around for everyone at the OTT table again, at least until they give up like Sony did.
For AT&T, it went into big hock to buy Warner, and to pay down that debt, the burden of that pain is beginning to spread beyond the TV business to the other divisions as well.
Sling just upped their prices today, and turns will come around for everyone at the OTT table again, at least until they give up like Sony did.
For AT&T, it went into big hock to buy Warner, and to pay down that debt, the burden of that pain is beginning to spread beyond the TV business to the other divisions as well.
All I can say is bookmark the site AntennasDirect.com. Then get the TV that your smRt phone can stream! Then choose what you want to see!
Keep in mind that the largest cable and internet providers in the country are also content owners. Comcast bought NBC/Universal years ago. Plus they have a sports monopoly in several huge markets. AT&T owns Time-Warner/HBO.
We could have seen this coming miles away about 10 years ago. I recall everyone complaining about cableTV bundles and pushing for a la carte pricing. Well, this is what we get. It's a la carte now, but in terms of cost and convenience, it's basically the same as it was back in the cableTV days.
Our only hope (if your wish is that the current content cartel is busted up) is that the next generation of viewers don't really watch traditional TV. Kids today watch YouTube above all else. Content is coming in from TikTok and IG and many YT channels just repackage that content anyway.
The content cartel will just shift from the Comcasts and Disneys of the world and Google will own everything.