OT The cable pigs have struck!! Help

[632 Regal]

anyone know anything about satalite tv/internet? What do I need to know before I think about pulling the plug on my cable company. They just raised the cable to 42.00 and internet to 39.99, this is just too much, is there an alternative?

Thanks guys.

Jeff

[Martin in Bellevue]

Hmm, with the Sopranos starting this Sunday.. COINCIDENCE???

[winfred]

$105-110 here with cable modem and no movie channels

[rickm]

I have a dish network account, it's 22.00/mo or so. Internet varies, I have BellSouth DSL, 49.00. They do have cheaper packages that have a slower connect speed. go to dslreports.com to see what's available in your area.

[bahnstormer]

yeah i have sat tv via dish network
and i had opt online cable 50/month
no have dsl 35 or so

[Black 535i]

I pay $126.00/month here in Evanston, IL. But I have cable modem (3 mB d/l and 512 kB u/l) and every pay station imaginable but it is all a right off because my wife and I both have home based businesses).

[AllanS]

I've got DirecTV and it sucks, but mainly because of dish location issues. We need to move the dish due to trees, and reception has been incredibly sucky lately.

[Elekta]

I pay $126.00/month here in Evanston, IL. But I have cable modem (3 mB d/l and 512 kB u/l) and every pay station imaginable but it is all a right off because my wife and I both have home based businesses).

Can you explain the write off of cable tv? I write off my dsl (sbc $29p/m for 11mbps...decent enough and very stable)

[632 Regal]

I was wrong 92.00 a month!! need some kind of package deal or something. I read there is some law regarding "rural" areas that there is a non competition aggreement so we cant get ANY services, cable or internet from any other sources but satallite. This sux.

[Black 535i]

I write off the whole cable bill as one lump sum rather than specifying how much is TV and how much is internet. We use about a third of our place for business so a third of all expenses (gas, electrical, rent, etc.) are business writeoffs although the complete phone used for business and I would have no need for the cable internet except for business. I also have a good accountant who makes sure all is on theup and up and no red flags are raised in suspicion.