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Cancelled Direct TV, Phone and DSL

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hexonxonx

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Jul 4, 2007
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Denver Colorado
On Sunday, I had high speed cable installed.

Today, I called to have my Direct TV, DSL and home phone service disconnected.

I finally got tired of the slow 1.5MB DSL. I was so tired of the slow downloads and having to leave the computer on for days to download a few TV show seasons from iTunes. Last night, I purchased two seasons of the Sopranos and it took about 5 hours to download both seasons on my high speed cable. MUCH BETTER! I can download a movie in 17 minutes instead of 3 hours!

As for my Direct TV, I haven't turned on my TV in at least two months because I was so busy watching 24 and Lost and other TV shows.

Home phone? I haven't used that since my iPhone arrived last summer!

I now have a TV in every room that does nothing!

Am I crazy or what? iTunes and everything Apple are now rulling my life :)
 
I don't own a TV, never have. My mother was a couch potato and it really turned me off of owning a TV.

I have a iPhone and a wireless broadband card for my laptop, I don't really need any other gadgets.

I've thought about setting up a nice theater at home, but I'd rarely use it.
 
I wish I could get decent cable where I am, and I might go that route too. Unfortunately Cox cable (or Suddenlink as they call it here) is my only choice, and I have heard nothing but bad about them I have 3Mb DSL and don't really have a problem with it. esp. since it is only $35/mo instead of the $65/mo that Suddenlink wants. Still, if Time Warner were available here I might just go for it. I get tired of DirecTV going south on rainy days.
 
danny_w said:
I wish I could get decent cable where I am, and I might go that route too. Unfortunately Cox cable (or Suddenlink as they call it here) is my only choice, and I have heard nothing but bad about them I have 3Mb DSL and don't really have a problem with it. esp. since it is only $35/mo instead of the $65/mo that Suddenlink wants. Still, if Time Warner were available here I might just go for it. I get tired of DirecTV going south on rainy days.
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Well the thing that upset me the most about my DSL was that when I had an apartment, I had the 6MB DSL through Qwest. I then moved across town and got a house and the fastest DSL through Qwest here is 1.5MB. All I did was move 11 miles away. That was 2.5 years ago and they still don't have the 6MB DSL here yet. I did some speed tests on my cable and if speedtest.net is accurate, I get anywhere from 15MB up to 30MB early morning hours. Blazingly fast!
 
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