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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Wrote in message:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services.

I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small
HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost
channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following:

My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room
where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a
small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent
another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for
cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room
to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just
switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal
from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch
the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position.

Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the
office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a
receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control
at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted
near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great.

It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one
anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end
up watching them on the small ones also.

Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house
on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A"
tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo
that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room.
I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected
TVs out there that pretty much just play music.
I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top,
pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg
I can stream to that too if I want.


Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have
had a lot of fun discussing "stuff".

===

Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because
he wanted to talk about boats once in a while.

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On 2/27/18 10:51 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Wrote in message:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services.

I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small
HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost
channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following:

My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room
where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a
small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent
another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for
cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room
to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just
switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal
from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch
the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position.

Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the
office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a
receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control
at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted
near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great.

It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one
anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end
up watching them on the small ones also.

Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house
on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A"
tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo
that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room.
I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected
TVs out there that pretty much just play music.
I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top,
pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg
I can stream to that too if I want.


Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have
had a lot of fun discussing "stuff".

===

Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because
he wanted to talk about boats once in a while.

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Bull****.

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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:55:00 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 2/27/18 10:51 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Wrote in message:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services.

I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small
HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost
channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following:

My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room
where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a
small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent
another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for
cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room
to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just
switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal
from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch
the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position.

Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the
office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a
receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control
at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted
near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great.

It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one
anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end
up watching them on the small ones also.

Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house
on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A"
tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo
that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room.
I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected
TVs out there that pretty much just play music.
I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top,
pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg
I can stream to that too if I want.


Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have
had a lot of fun discussing "stuff".

===

Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because
he wanted to talk about boats once in a while.



Bull****.

===

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On 2/27/18 11:10 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:55:00 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 2/27/18 10:51 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Wrote in message:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services.

I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small
HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost
channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following:

My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room
where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a
small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent
another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for
cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room
to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just
switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal
from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch
the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position.

Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the
office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a
receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control
at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted
near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great.

It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one
anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end
up watching them on the small ones also.

Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house
on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A"
tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo
that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room.
I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected
TVs out there that pretty much just play music.
I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top,
pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg
I can stream to that too if I want.


Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have
had a lot of fun discussing "stuff".

===

Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because
he wanted to talk about boats once in a while.



Bull****.

===

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Yup. BTW, I see that Larry no longer posts in the rec.boats.cruising
newsgroup, the one you **** in. You've pretty much killed that
newsgroup, eh, W'hine?

I liked Larry. I thought he was a bit over the deep end, but he was a
kind and often helpful soul, not a turd like you and your buddies here.

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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:12:35 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 2/27/18 11:10 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:55:00 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 2/27/18 10:51 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Wrote in message:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services.

I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small
HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost
channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following:

My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room
where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a
small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent
another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for
cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room
to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just
switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal
from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch
the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position.

Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the
office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a
receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control
at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted
near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great.

It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one
anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end
up watching them on the small ones also.

Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house
on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A"
tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo
that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room.
I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected
TVs out there that pretty much just play music.
I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top,
pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg
I can stream to that too if I want.


Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have
had a lot of fun discussing "stuff".

===

Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because
he wanted to talk about boats once in a while.



Bull****.

===

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Yup. BTW, I see that Larry no longer posts in the rec.boats.cruising
newsgroup, the one you **** in. You've pretty much killed that
newsgroup, eh, W'hine?

I liked Larry. I thought he was a bit over the deep end, but he was a
kind and often helpful soul, not a turd like you and your buddies here.

===

What a remarkable fantasy world you live in.

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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:45:37 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 2/25/2018 9:33 PM, wrote:
I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the
olympics but that was today.
I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through
the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS
ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK
assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27
ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty
interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have.


I posted this yesterday, didn't see it show up.


The Firestick has a great interface, very easy to use.

I have added Terrarium TV on my Firestick.
This has all the TV shows you would want.

https://troypoint.com/install-terrar...fire-tv-stick/

I have also added Mobdro
Mobdro has many, many networks and TV stations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWip-rgCjmc

Kodi can also be installed on your Firestick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQogjnEqLhs

I have not put Kodi on mine but I have a buddy that uses it.
I did use Kodi when I used a Raspberry pi for streaming.

I have not used any of the Prime videos, as there is so much available
on the apps I posted.

Also, a program called Real Debrid,
https://real-debrid.com/
It's not needed and has a small cost but it picks the sources that will
give you the best sources to stream from automatically, without you
picking from a list. Also picks the 1040p and 4k streams.

Mikek


It showed up and I thanked you for it.

Thanks again.

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On 2/26/2018 10:42 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/26/2018 11:28 AM, amdx wrote:
On 2/25/2018 9:33 PM, wrote:
I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the
olympics but that was today.
I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through
the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS
ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK
assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27
ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty
interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have.


Â*Â*The Firestick has a great interface, very easy to use.

Â*Â*I have added Terrarium TV on my Firestick.
This has all the TV shows you would want.

https://troypoint.com/install-terrar...fire-tv-stick/

Â*Â*I have also added Mobdro
Mobdro has many, many networks and TV stations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWip-rgCjmc

Kodi can also be installed on your Firestick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQogjnEqLhs

I have not put Kodi on mine but I have a buddy that uses it.
I did use Kodi when I used a Raspberry pi for streaming.

I have not used any of the Prime videos, as there is so much available
on the apps I posted.

Also, a program called Real Debrid,
https://real-debrid.com/
Â*Â*It's not needed and has a small cost but it picks the sources that will
give you the best sources to stream from automatically, without you
picking from a list. Also picks the 1040p and 4k streams.

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Â*Â* Mikek





"Cutting the cord"Â* (meaning cable/internet service) and going to
streaming still requires a relatively fast internet service, does it
not?Â* What service would you use?

I have 30Mbps and I don't have any problems, but I also don't have any
other demands on the service, while I'm streaming.
Mikek

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On 2/27/2018 10:58 AM, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:45:37 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 2/25/2018 9:33 PM, wrote:
I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the
olympics but that was today.
I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through
the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS
ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK
assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27
ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty
interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have.


I posted this yesterday, didn't see it show up.


The Firestick has a great interface, very easy to use.

I have added Terrarium TV on my Firestick.
This has all the TV shows you would want.

https://troypoint.com/install-terrar...fire-tv-stick/

I have also added Mobdro
Mobdro has many, many networks and TV stations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWip-rgCjmc

Kodi can also be installed on your Firestick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQogjnEqLhs

I have not put Kodi on mine but I have a buddy that uses it.
I did use Kodi when I used a Raspberry pi for streaming.

I have not used any of the Prime videos, as there is so much available
on the apps I posted.

Also, a program called Real Debrid,
https://real-debrid.com/
It's not needed and has a small cost but it picks the sources that will
give you the best sources to stream from automatically, without you
picking from a list. Also picks the 1040p and 4k streams.

Mikek


It showed up and I thanked you for it.

Thanks again.

:-) I just logged on with my laptop and I see my original post.
I have a buddy that has studied a lot of youtube videos and has
several different boxes setup in his home, Raspberry Pi, several android
boxes, Roku, a computer with Kodi and the Firestick. He has many
different streaming sources on them, he recently showed me one (can't
recall the name) that you can pick a city and watch TV stations from
that city.
I don't know much about the technology, but he keeps my informed on
how to get things working and upgraded.
Mikek

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Wrote in message:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Wrote in message:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services.

I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small
HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost
channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following:

My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room
where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a
small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent
another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for
cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room
to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just
switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal
from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch
the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position.

Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the
office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a
receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control
at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted
near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great.

It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one
anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end
up watching them on the small ones also.

Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house
on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A"
tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo
that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room.
I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected
TVs out there that pretty much just play music.
I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top,
pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg
I can stream to that too if I want.


Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have
had a lot of fun discussing "stuff".

===

Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because
he wanted to talk about boats once in a while.

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was/is a very interesting character. It's too bad the group was
trashed and turned into a political sewer.
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On 2/26/2018 11:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/26/2018 12:38 PM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:35:02 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/26/2018 12:26 PM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:52:26 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/26/2018 11:34 AM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message:
On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote:
I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says
after the
olympics but that was today.
I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way
through
the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything
that PBS
ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show
about the MLK
assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline
season 27
ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty
interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have.



I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's
inventory.Â* My large
HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the
Sony PS4
to stream stuff from Amazon.Â* Their prime account entitles
you to many
movies and archived shows as you mention for free.

I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't
watch
enough to bother with them.




Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I
can heat
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* the house with it.



Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming
stick that
plugs into the TV's USB port.Â* It's a 65" and I bought it
before having
Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs.Â* Accessing
the 'net
via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine.Â* I just
don't watch
TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet
connectivity.Â* Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV
that sits
on my desk beside my computer monitor.


Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end
up with
a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We
have
both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category.
The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no
name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I
have it
set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc
comes to
life and the TV comes on.
You can get to any streaming service that way along with being
able to
play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like.



I don't collect or save old PCs.Â* When they crap out or become so
obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one.Â* I
"do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I
keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer.Â* Somewhere I
have an
old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7
and Win
10.Â* I wouldn't even bother with it.


Besides, the little Roku thingy is much smaller and easier to mess
with.



I still don't really understand how people who want to get rid of
services like Comcast cable TV and Internet and go to streaming
only are
going to have access to the Internet.

I think I posted the results of the tests I did that compared download
speeds of AT&T's 4G WiFi service that I have in my truck and the
download speeds of the Comcast (cable) WiFi router in my house.
Comcast
was consistently 3 to 4 times faster, sometimes even more.Â* The AT&T
test (I did several for each)Â* often reported that although web
browsing
would be ok, videos may be slow, especially if more than one device
was
connected to the WiFi server.Â* The Comcast speed report consistently
said that it's speed would allow web browsing and HD video
downloads to
several devices at the same time.



For me, cutting the cord would be cutting the TV and telephone
cords. The internet cord would stay
whole. The TV cord is over $100/month, and that's without a bunch of
movie channels. The telephone
cord is another $40/month.


How much is your Internet service?

I don't have that problem.Â* I have just have what's called "expanded
basic TV".Â* I can always order something "On Demand" but I can't
remember the last time I did.Â*Â* Forget what it costs but it's cheap
compared to the Internet service.Â* I don't have phone service via cable.
Â* Just use my cell phone. It's a second account on her cell phone
service and compared to her cell phone bill, mine contribution to it is
peanuts.

I pay $55 for internet.


Ok.Â* I pay a little less ... $49/month.Â* The AT&T WiFi in the truck is
$20/mo. for unlimited service but it's not anywhere near as fast.Â* I may
cancel it.Â* Don't really know why I even got it.

I have buddy the recently switched from Comcast to WOW, because
Comcast wouldn't negotiate their price. Wow gave him internet for
$39.99. He recommended Wow to a friend and the friend got the same
100Mbps service for $29.99. My buddy was a bit perplexed!
Mikek