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Recently I moved into a new place and the only internet available is AT&T U-verse. Granted, I could go satellite or wireless, but those options have upfront costs for somewhere I only plan on living less than 6 months.
I send an email to the woman who wrote the letter, I explained that not only was the issue not resolved, she did not even grasp the real issue. A few more days go by with no response, and I log into the AT&T website to check my usage. Now, the previous day my teenage son was home from about 3pm til around 11:30pm, he was playing video games, streaming music, he was watching netflix and amazon prime. So I was expecting a massive spike in data usage for that day. AT&T, with their perfect servers and engineers report on their website for me to check that not only was my data usage for the previous day much lower than expected, it shows I had ZERO data used.
I could see more ISPs going metered as a means of revenue. But then we will end up n the same boat we are currently in with cell data plans. One provider offers unlimited, another offers better bandwidth, etc.
I have a kibosh router behind the bridged AT&T modem/router. I could turn on data tracking, but like you said, what difference does it make? AT&T would never take my word for it, even after showing irrefutable proof of inaccuracy (screenshot of streaming services used at my IP address on the day in question and screenshot of AT&T web usage page showing 0.00gb used) they will not believe they have an issue.
After doing some looking around, I found out that here in California we have a department that deals with the exact problem I have discovered. As I mentioned, everything metered has a way to verify accuracy. This includes grocery store scales, fuel pumps, utility meters, and even taxi cabs. And they are all monitored by one agency called the Division of Measurement Standards. I have submitted a complaint to them, let s see if they pass the buck.
We ditched cable/dish service for streaming. It has taken a little time to adjust but seems to be working well for everyone. We have not watched live tv for a very long time, so streaming made more sense, plus I think we are saving money. You should keep your landline until your littles are old enough to have phones. They need a phone in case of emergency.
My parents have Apple TV which also gets them all the apps for streaming plus live tv options via those apps for sports, cable and award shows. Since almost every network has a streaming option you get they live content plus the saved streaming.
YouTube TV. We watch the news every evening either live or recorded. You can still set favorite shows to record. You get a ton of channels and can watch any network show you want to watch. You can add channels too, like Paramount+. We do still have Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, etc.
So can you watch something the same night it airs. For example I often dvr a show but watch it later that night. Is there a comparable option with streaming? Or do you have to watch next day if not watching live? This is my hang up
We have cable and a bunch of streaming services. (Disney +, Netflix. Paramount, HBO max, Hulu) My husband and I have this discussion often. The only reason why we still have cable because we have the sports package and watch NFL network, the Red Zone, and MSG to watch hockey games.
Hey Shay! We have a cable package that includes the news and a few premium channels, but we primarily rely on streaming services. We kept the small cable package because I wanted direct access to the morning news, local sporting events and yes, the Thanksgiving Parades / New Years Eve shows!
A digital antenna! Certain streaming services offer live streams (Thanksgiving Day Parade streams on Peacock for example), but we installed a $30 antenna and get local NBC, ABC, CBS, and a few random Spanish channels
LOL! This was me a year ago. At 40 years steaming TV sounded unheard of for me! ?. However, nervously, I cancelled my cable and decided it was time to get with the times and stream. Now I stream with YouTube TV. You get local channels and all sports channels. I will never go back to cable.
About 6 months ago, I FINALLY talked my husband into getting rid of our dish. We watch most of our tv on YouTube TV. We get all of our local channels plus a ton of others like HGTV, Food Network, Hallmark, etc. The other streaming apps we have are: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime & Peacock. We all LOOOVE our decision to get rid of the dish ?
I had all the same fears/concerns as you! Believe me when I say, YouTube TV is the way! We may have been the last people on the planet with directv until last month. YouTube tv allows you to watch live tv, the exact same way as directv. Additionally, we just have a few apps, ie netflix, Disney plus, Apple TV.
We have YouTube live streaming. It has all the channels we actually watch without fluff, all the sports we need, and locals at a fraction of what we were paying with Dish. We also have Netflix, Prime, Disney plus, Hulu
I was the same way but we got YouTube TV and have never looked back! You can still watch all local stations live, record things, or watch on demand. We also have, Prime, Netflix, and Disney Plus. We like that you can set up different profiles and it keeps your current watched and preferences or set kid profiles. And you can watch from wherever you are in different devices. It can get overwhelming with all the choices but we love it!
We stream all the services BUT, we did get an antenna (you cannot see it, behind the TV) and then we actually have the three/four local channels with it. It works perfectly! I like having access to the local news and we need it to support the Buffalo Bills as well!
I was so hesitant to get rid of cable tv but we moved in 2021 and decided to try YouTube TV and we really like it! We can watch our local news, it has all of the standard channels that regular cable has! There are different packages too!
We have a landline as well- just for emergencies (and our kids can call a select group of friends that also have landlines- no cell phones for them yet). We have used streaming for probably 5 years and it has worked well.
You just need an antenna! I watch all the local news, parade, award shows, etc. on regular network TV with an antenna, and then use whatever streaming services I subscribe to. Easy. You get a ton more channels with an antenna these days, too, by the way.
We are near Houston & when our cable has been out, I have watched our local news via their app on my fire stick. I also have the NBC app & am able to watch The Today Show via the live feature on their app. All FREE! We also watched the Olympics like this too last time we had summer Olympics (something happened to our cable box during this time too).
We do not watch TV unless we have a sporting event they want to watch. We have YouTube TV and can get any show, sports, etc we want.
We also can watch all of our local channels, abc, nbc, cbs, fox through YouTube TV.
All this to say no cable needed here.
If you have YouTube tv I promise you can get the local Boston channels while you are in Nantucket. The catch is you cant watch local Texas channels and local Boston channels at the same time. You have to pick your location.
We use Direct TV STREAM online ( a streaming service that is almost exactly like cable tv) and it has ESPN and that sort of thing as well as most of the other sports channels). I also use Disney+ for kids shows and Netflix/Hulu for my girly shows like Bachelor, etc. However, the Netflix/Hulu/Disney+ are bundled in with my cell phone plan, making them super cheap/free.
I was hesitant too. But an encouraging friend switched one of my TVs to her YouTube TV account to show me how easy and functional it is. That sold me and I converted. You will save a lot of money (you can use your same service across both cities) and it works beautifully.
We have a Roku TV.
We have Netflix, Apple+, Disney+, Peacock, Paramount+, Hulu (not for live tv, but can watch shows next day commercial free), Amazon Prime. We are able to share Disney+ with all of our extended family since you can have so many profiles. Another family member shares HBO Max which I think is not just called Max.
Once it is all setup though, opening those things on the tv is no different than opening and app on your iPhone or iPad. In fact, the same apps are all available on you phone or tablet as well for easy watching anywhere.
We have Hulu live and get all of our local DFW stations, plus a ton of stations that you would find on cable (History, Smithsonian, all the ESPNs, all the Disney channels and Nickelodeons, foodnetwork, magnolia, HGTV, etc.). We also have Disney+. Amazon Prime, Netflix, and Peacock. I hear that Disney+ and Hulu will combine at the end of the year, so that will lump all of them together. We also get a discount on Disney+ as a Hulu live subscriber. We signed up for the Disney+ bundle, but because we already have the Hulu portion of the bundle we get a credit.
We still have cable and a land line. My husband wants to get rid of cable too. I am nervous but now I am learning from all of you guys I can still get all the local channels and live events. Great question!! thanks for asking!
We got rid of regular Direct TV and got Direct TV stream. We still have all of our same channels but no dish on our house and it was significantly cheaper to make the switch. We love it and are glad we made the change. I also like being able to access our Direct TV through a fire stick if we are traveling. We have a lake house and we use the same Direct TV stream account there.
Basically DIRECTV except streaming instead of cable because I also like local channels plus SECNetwork, HGTV, Hallmark, etc. My husbands request is Golf Channel. We picked their middle option that included all of those channels and we both LOVE it and have had zero issues for over a year. Also, not a bad price point. Highly recommend!
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