Saints-Steelers Hall of Fame Game - August 5th
You speak untruth inetnawlins. The majority of people in my area which is the northsore are switching to DirecTv period. The population is not happy at all with the cable carrier Charter. The people are sick of the price increases for nothing. The people are sick of channels they cannot get because cable decides in it's almighty wisdom that it is to pricy to carry that station, but we will give you 13 spanish soap opera channels. DirecTv has upgraded so much that during heavy thunderstorms there is no interruption of service at all in my house. Live in a fantasy land all you want but my first cousin works as a head end technician at one of the local companies and they have meetings on how to save thier customers from leaving. He states that every day people are comming in and turning in thier cable boxes. When asked why they are turnning in thier boxes, the response is that they are not moving but switching to satellite. He says one of the big things that hurt them locally was after the storm if you had electricity and satellite, you were watching tv, but if you had cable, it was months before you got to watch any tv. The cable companies are so desperate that they are offering money and free months of cable if you will bring them your satellite box and install cable instead. These are the facts from the inside of the cable company. One other fact that is pretty important in relation to the NFL. According to the NFL DirectTv will continue for some time to be the exclusive carrier of the Sunday Ticket. You can say what you want, you and wyrm, but those are the facts and not from the DirecTv side, from the cable side, from a person who does not want to lose thier job in cable.
I speak untruth. What are you, an old-west Indian?
I can't speak for Charter cable. But, what I said regarding Cox and its offerings is true. Hornets, wall-to-wall Saints shows, and yes the NFL network, as well as ESPN HD, ESPN 2 HD, Sports Zone which simultanously shows six sports networks on the screen at the same time allowing you to switch audio from one to the next, Cox Sports TV (which runs additional Saints and college stuff), Speed channel if you like car racing, sportsman channel, NFL NET, ESPN News, ESPN Classic, Golf, Tennis, Fox Sports Channel, NBA TV, Versus (another outdoor hunting fishing channel), NBA, NHL, College Football in demand channels, a ton of indemand movie channels, the ability to access local shows as well as others free on demand, the ability to watch anything on HBO at any time or other paid premium channel, plus the several hundred other channels that DirecTV and Cox cable have in common.
And for those of you that have to get the NFL season pass because you live outside your home market. I don't. If you live in New Orleans, Hornets and Saints are on every game.
You also didn't address the fact you don't get HD with DirecTV, you get a bastageized version of it. I don't pay for premium channels, and buy a big screen HD TV to watch an inferior signal. Search under HD Lite and you'll see the truth. Satellite is selling you HD that isn't really HD. That's a fact. Look it up yourself. DirecTV is even being sued over it.
And this may come as a shock to you but the Northshore doesn't make up the entire country. Across the country, Cable has many, many times the subscriber as satellite and technology is moving faster for cable than for satellite. If you don't believe me or other posters on this board, then use your fingers and look it up. Eventually, satellite will be mostly for those in rural areas that can't get quality cable, while the metro areas will be mostly cable subscribers with more and more features arriving each year.
With all that said, if Charter cable is not offering the programming you want, then go with satellite, that is your choice. But, I'm tired of satellite subscribers coming on these boards and misrepresenting what they have vs. cable in terms of quality, content and price.