Call Comcast for technical support. if they don't help you, I'm pretty sure they can hook you up with a good deal on the side if you get in touch with a manager. They must have some type of loyalty program.
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All that's happening is every network is gonna stream their content and require them to be paid directly for it. Imagine paying $60 for 6 channels instead of getting 200 channels for that same price now. In most cases the local cable company is a monopoly broadband provider so the business model evolved like cell phone companies did and they charge you for tiered data packages.We should put our console allegiances aside here, we must stand united against the real evil here: The cable companies and networks
These cats will be scrambling in 2 years if they don't get their shyt together. TBH I see most of the "smaller" networks just all joining netflix or hulu+ in the future.
It's finally happening, the mass media is finally calling the death of cable tv a reality
. The only thing people really need is a sports package.
The cable companies will never let this happen, due to data caps. You aren't streaming 5 hours a day with a 250gb data cap. Comcast ain't having it, AT&T ain't having it. It's not gonna happen. Then there is of course throttling. Remember how Netflix had to pay comcast to stop throttling their service? Verizon has been caught doing the exact same thing. The ISPs WILL NOT LET CABLE DIE ANYTIME SOON. This is all wishful thinking.
Try watching tv regularly on a 250gb data cap. shyt ain't happening. As long as cable companies are ISPs this shyt will never fly.
I hate google, but we need companies like Google and google fiber for this to work. Straight ISPs, with no cable attached to it, is what will make this work. Right now that isn't an option for a lot (most) people.
And further, if it all goes to streaming, guess what, internet costs will rise. They'll be like, that's $150 for 500gb of data sir. $200 for a 1tb.
Nothing changes
Net neutrality had nothing to do with bandwidth caps.The net neutrality ruling will stop that. Competition means theyre gonna have to offer shyt. Whoever offers a cap will surely die
The cable companies will never let this happen, due to data caps. You aren't streaming 5 hours a day with a 250gb data cap. Comcast ain't having it, AT&T ain't having it. It's not gonna happen. Then there is of course throttling. Remember how Netflix had to pay comcast to stop throttling their service? Verizon has been caught doing the exact same thing. The ISPs WILL NOT LET CABLE DIE ANYTIME SOON. This is all wishful thinking.
Try watching tv regularly on a 250gb data cap. shyt ain't happening. As long as cable companies are ISPs this shyt will never fly.
I hate google, but we need companies like Google and google fiber for this to work. Straight ISPs, with no cable attached to it, is what will make this work. Right now that isn't an option for a lot (most) people.
And further, if it all goes to streaming, guess what, internet costs will rise. They'll be like, that's $150 for 500gb of data sir. $200 for a 1tb.
Nothing changes
You're lucky as shyt. I don't have these options, like many (most) AmericansI don't have cable......
And I don't have any data caps either, we stream everything
You will be about to share accounts. We will win in the endIt's going to be all the same in the end. All of those streaming services will add up. HBO for 15 bucks?
We'll soon be talking about how netflix used to be only 8 bucks. All these prices will soon rise.
When people stopped talking and texting and went to social media what did the cell phone companies do? Did they go extinct because they couldn't charge people overages on their minutes? They simply shifted their business model. Now they get people on data. When conventional cable dies it won't even be bandwidth caps like we have now they'll force you to buy your monthly allocation. They'll have the 10GB per month home package and the 20GB per month home package at tiered prices. The days of everybody getting 100+GBs at a standard rate for all customers will end. The companies that sell people TV packages are typically the companies that provide internet in most cases and many Americans don't have many options.
You guys are so pessimistic
Just like Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T do? T-Mobile has limited 4G now when they didn't before and Sprint took away unlimited data on all family plans. It's only a matter of time before none of the major providers offer unlimited data on cell phone plans. Sprint and T-Mobile are creeping towards it now.You guys are so pessimistic
They will compete with each other once they start scrambling
