[Vision2020] A Spectrum is now Haunting the Palouse!

[Kevin Owen]

Thanks Ron,

We appreciate the local support.

Kevin


From: Ron Force [mailto:ronforce at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 11:03 AM
To: Kevin Owen <kowen at fsr.com>
Cc: Janesta <janesta at gmail.com>; Nicholas Gier <ngier006 at gmail.com>; vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Spectrum is now Haunting the Palouse!

Yes, I get a good signal from FSR. I pulled the plug on cable and home phone 10 years ago. I now pay:
FSR  $45/mo
Google Project Fi (cellphone) $20/mo + data roaming charges ($10/Gb, usually $1-2, unless I'm traveling)
Amazon Prime $8.25/mo TV & Movies, plus music, photo storage & 2-day delivery
Acorn TV $4/mo  Streaming British and commonwealth countries TV shows

So, $80 bucks per month. Major benefit--no cable news. Great for mental health.

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Kevin Owen <kowen at fsr.com<mailto:kowen at fsr.com>> wrote:
First Step Internet (the host of this list) may be an option for several of you on the list.  We have recently invested heavily in our new LTE service and it is available in many areas throughout Moscow.

Kevin


From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com<mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com> [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com<mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com>] On Behalf Of Janesta
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 10:33 AM
To: Nicholas Gier <ngier006 at gmail.com<mailto:ngier006 at gmail.com>>
Cc: vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com<mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Spectrum is now Haunting the Palouse!

Fourteen years ago, when living in Moscow I tiered of 157 channels and nothing on, so.... I cut my cable, and started watching online with my computer.. Advance 14 years later? Now, you can find most everything you desire online.
More and more people are getting away from TV, as are the providers. Cable companies are in a bit of a dither, and are trying to sell the public on multi-year contracts, as cable sales continue to plummet.

I have Netflix for around $11.00 a month for movies and binge watching my favorite tv shows.
Check out your favorite stations online.. many of them are free, although your show is usually delayed a day up to a week.. CBS is good about posting their shows within hours of original broadcast.
Some networks, such as CBS offer live streaming TV for a nominal charge.. CBS charges $5.99 a month for limited commercials, and $9.99 for commercial free.
You should check in to it.. I imagine some of the 9 channels you have may be free online.
Not having TV, I am not familiar with Voice.. My son doesn't have TV cable, and my granddaughter can chat with friends through her TV,
https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=are+more+people+cutting+tv+cable+and+turning+to+live+streaming&oq=are+more+people+cutting+tv+cable+and+turning+to+live+streaming&gs_l=hp.3...4117.25716.0.26591.75.65.9.1.1.0.656.6626.46j16j5-1.63.0.foo%2Cbruas%3D1%2Cbrapml%3D3...0...1c.1.64.hp..2.21.1107.0..0j0i131k1.tOoA9bfYcv8

Janesta


On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Nicholas Gier <ngier006 at gmail.com<mailto:ngier006 at gmail.com>> wrote:
Good Morning Visionaries:

I'm sure many of you saw the slick ad for Spectrum, the replacement for Time Warner Cable.  The front page offer was too good to be true: TV + Internet + Voice for $29.99/month.

I'm currently paying $93/month for about 9 channels and internet, so I thought I would call.

The woman and her supervisor had never heard of this deal, but they did offer me equivalent service for $130/month!  Needless to say, I lost my temper and went on a rant about cable monopolies and how other countries offer far superior service--either as a public service (South Korea with the highest speeds in the world) or the UK, where many companies offer competitive prices in most markets.

For those not using Time Warner/Spectrum, what services are you using and how is the speed and reliability?  How is Frontier working out for those who have it?

A specter is indeed haunting the Palouse, but it is not Communism; rather, it is monopolistic capitalism.

Still steaming from Spectrum's Scam,

nfg

--

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

-Greek proverb

“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self- imposed when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it without guidance from another. Sapere Aude! ‘Have courage to use your own understand-ing!—that is the motto of enlightenment.

--Immanuel Kant

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