They finally got me mad enough to kill them and I am Dishless.
The box went down on Saturday (4/26). In spite of paying for the on
site service contract they still shipped me another box that didn't
here until Thursday. I never opened the box. It took 4 phone calls and
a lot of listening to music to finally get them to cancel my account
but I am outta there. I am going to live with OTA and streaming. I
will get my HBO and Show from Amazon, that we already have and we
already have Netflix. My bill will be going down about $80 a month
after I buy HBO/Show.
At least Harry won't be able to accuse me of watching too much Fox
News ;-)
I really wasn't watching much "cable" at all, hence the change.
The only thing I have really missed so far is the outdoor channel and
I am looking for a path. I am sure sportsman and OCH has a deal with
someone. It is really refreshing not watching ad based TV.

On Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:15:14 -0400, wrote:

They finally got me mad enough to kill them and I am Dishless.
The box went down on Saturday (4/26). In spite of paying for the on
site service contract they still shipped me another box that didn't
here until Thursday. I never opened the box. It took 4 phone calls and
a lot of listening to music to finally get them to cancel my account
but I am outta there. I am going to live with OTA and streaming. I
will get my HBO and Show from Amazon, that we already have and we
already have Netflix. My bill will be going down about $80 a month
after I buy HBO/Show.
At least Harry won't be able to accuse me of watching too much Fox
News ;-)
I really wasn't watching much "cable" at all, hence the change.
The only thing I have really missed so far is the outdoor channel and
I am looking for a path. I am sure sportsman and OCH has a deal with
someone. It is really refreshing not watching ad based TV.

Here's something to think about also:

Hulu

Get one week free, then
$3999/month
Watch Live TV online and on iOS, Android, Roku, Fire TV & Fire Stick, Apple TV (4th gen),
Chromecast, Xbox One & Xbox 360, and Samsung (select TV models) – more devices coming soon
Stream 50+ top Live and On Demand TV channels including sports, news, and entertainment
Get unlimited access to the Hulu streaming library (Limited Commercials plan) with full seasons of
exclusive series, hit movies, Hulu Originals, kids shows, and more
Watch on 2 screens at the same time
Record Live TV with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage

I have to record all my favourite shows on the PVR.
Commercial tv has become unbearable due to all the commercials. Now I just fast forward away.
I've talked to the wife about ditching cable but she pays the piper and calls the tunes.

John H

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HuluÂ*

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On 6/4/18 5:15 PM, wrote:
They finally got me mad enough to kill them and I am Dishless.
The box went down on Saturday (4/26). In spite of paying for the on
site service contract they still shipped me another box that didn't
here until Thursday. I never opened the box. It took 4 phone calls and
a lot of listening to music to finally get them to cancel my account
but I am outta there. I am going to live with OTA and streaming. I
will get my HBO and Show from Amazon, that we already have and we
already have Netflix. My bill will be going down about $80 a month
after I buy HBO/Show.
At least Harry won't be able to accuse me of watching too much Fox
News ;-)
I really wasn't watching much "cable" at all, hence the change.
The only thing I have really missed so far is the outdoor channel and
I am looking for a path. I am sure sportsman and OCH has a deal with
someone. It is really refreshing not watching ad based TV.



Gee, a guy like you should be able to make his own bootleg satellite
dish and receiver/decoder from a galvanized metal trash can cover and
those parts you swiped from obsolete IBM line printers. Get to work!

Wrote in message:
They finally got me mad enough to kill them and I am Dishless.
The box went down on Saturday (4/26). In spite of paying for the on
site service contract they still shipped me another box that didn't
here until Thursday. I never opened the box. It took 4 phone calls and
a lot of listening to music to finally get them to cancel my account
but I am outta there. I am going to live with OTA and streaming. I
will get my HBO and Show from Amazon, that we already have and we
already have Netflix. My bill will be going down about $80 a month
after I buy HBO/Show.
At least Harry won't be able to accuse me of watching too much Fox
News ;-)
I really wasn't watching much "cable" at all, hence the change.
The only thing I have really missed so far is the outdoor channel and
I am looking for a path. I am sure sportsman and OCH has a deal with
someone. It is really refreshing not watching ad based TV.


We recently canned Netflix and picked up Dish pay as you go. Our
phone is a wireless home phone. Every service we pay for can be
used at home or away now.
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John H. Wrote in message:
On Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:15:14 -0400, wrote:

They finally got me mad enough to kill them and I am Dishless.
The box went down on Saturday (4/26). In spite of paying for the on
site service contract they still shipped me another box that didn't
here until Thursday. I never opened the box. It took 4 phone calls and
a lot of listening to music to finally get them to cancel my account
but I am outta there. I am going to live with OTA and streaming. I
will get my HBO and Show from Amazon, that we already have and we
already have Netflix. My bill will be going down about $80 a month
after I buy HBO/Show.
At least Harry won't be able to accuse me of watching too much Fox
News ;-)
I really wasn't watching much "cable" at all, hence the change.
The only thing I have really missed so far is the outdoor channel and
I am looking for a path. I am sure sportsman and OCH has a deal with
someone. It is really refreshing not watching ad based TV.

Here's something to think about also:

Hulu

Get one week free, then
$3999/month
Watch Live TV online and on iOS, Android, Roku, Fire TV & Fire Stick, Apple TV (4th gen),
Chromecast, Xbox One & Xbox 360, and Samsung (select TV models) – more devices coming soon
Stream 50+ top Live and On Demand TV channels including sports, news, and entertainment
Get unlimited access to the Hulu streaming library (Limited Commercials plan) with full seasons of
exclusive series, hit movies, Hulu Originals, kids shows, and more
Watch on 2 screens at the same time
Record Live TV with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage


$4000a month seems a little pricy to me.
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On Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:29:03 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:15:14 -0400, wrote:

They finally got me mad enough to kill them and I am Dishless.
The box went down on Saturday (4/26). In spite of paying for the on
site service contract they still shipped me another box that didn't
here until Thursday. I never opened the box. It took 4 phone calls and
a lot of listening to music to finally get them to cancel my account
but I am outta there. I am going to live with OTA and streaming. I
will get my HBO and Show from Amazon, that we already have and we
already have Netflix. My bill will be going down about $80 a month
after I buy HBO/Show.
At least Harry won't be able to accuse me of watching too much Fox
News ;-)
I really wasn't watching much "cable" at all, hence the change.
The only thing I have really missed so far is the outdoor channel and
I am looking for a path. I am sure sportsman and OCH has a deal with
someone. It is really refreshing not watching ad based TV.

Here's something to think about also:

Hulu

Get one week free, then
$3999/month
Watch Live TV online and on iOS, Android, Roku, Fire TV & Fire Stick, Apple TV (4th gen),
Chromecast, Xbox One & Xbox 360, and Samsung (select TV models) – more devices coming soon
Stream 50+ top Live and On Demand TV channels including sports, news, and entertainment
Get unlimited access to the Hulu streaming library (Limited Commercials plan) with full seasons of
exclusive series, hit movies, Hulu Originals, kids shows, and more
Watch on 2 screens at the same time
Record Live TV with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage

I am really trying to get away from programming packages with 98
channels I never watch to get two I want to see.
Poking around a little it looks like you can stream segments from the
Outdoor Channel, (not the whole show) for free. Since I really don't
care about the whole show most of the time that might work for me.

On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 14:31:32 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

I have to record all my favourite shows on the PVR.
Commercial tv has become unbearable due to all the commercials. Now I just fast forward away.
I've talked to the wife about ditching cable but she pays the piper and calls the tunes.

I have a Tivo and ReplayTV but the Replay is pretty much useless
these days. Other than being able to record an A/V feed there is not
much you can do with it.
The Tivo handles anything coming in over the air.

On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 18:32:03 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 6/4/18 5:15 PM, wrote:
They finally got me mad enough to kill them and I am Dishless.
The box went down on Saturday (4/26). In spite of paying for the on
site service contract they still shipped me another box that didn't
here until Thursday. I never opened the box. It took 4 phone calls and
a lot of listening to music to finally get them to cancel my account
but I am outta there. I am going to live with OTA and streaming. I
will get my HBO and Show from Amazon, that we already have and we
already have Netflix. My bill will be going down about $80 a month
after I buy HBO/Show.
At least Harry won't be able to accuse me of watching too much Fox
News ;-)
I really wasn't watching much "cable" at all, hence the change.
The only thing I have really missed so far is the outdoor channel and
I am looking for a path. I am sure sportsman and OCH has a deal with
someone. It is really refreshing not watching ad based TV.



Gee, a guy like you should be able to make his own bootleg satellite
dish and receiver/decoder from a galvanized metal trash can cover and
those parts you swiped from obsolete IBM line printers. Get to work!

I didn't even fool with that when it was something you could do. (You
use to be able to hack the "H" card pretty easy) The actual dish and
LNA is something you pick up on the side of the road. I still have
mine but they did say they wanted the LNA back.
I am thinking about turning the dish around and pointing it at the
country club across the river. With a mike on the LNA arm I imagine I
could aim it at their speaker towers when they have live bands over
there and get a free show. You can already hear them but it is not
very good quality sound by the time it gets here.
The other thing old satellite dishes are good for is extending WiFi.
Two dishes aimed at each other with a WiFi antenna at the focus is
supposed to "get out" around 10 miles with LOS.
We are really just interested in about 800 feet tho. (a camera at the
boat ramp, connected to the web from my house). They are not
interested enough to buy another service from the telco or Comcast.