[ SECRET POST #4151 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4151 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

My internet bill = $85 a month

I can't afford both cable and the internet, but you can no longer watch tv in the US "live" unless you pay for cable. Most tvs will literally not show you a picture at all, you get a BSOD if you don't have a cable (or satellite). So I choose to keep my internet going instead, because at least then I get...

Hulu = under $10 a month
Netflix= under $15 (or between $13/$20)

Hulu and Netflix *combined* add up to one week of groceries for me. Cable is astoundingly more and if I had that money available, I'd use it to join a gym or something.

Don't guilt trip me because I can't afford to watch things live.

[(Anonymous)]

Seriously, wtf is with this OP?

[(Anonymous)]

You can get broadcast TV with an antenna cobbled together from $5 worth of parts.

If you want to watch the cable channels, though, that's easily $130/month, just for basic cable--if you wanna watch HBO, STARZ, Showtime, now you're closer to $200.

Fuuuuck that noise. We have an antenna for live sports, subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon Prime, and the ability to torrent what's not available elsewhere, like Rick & Morty.

[tabaqui]

No, you can't. In my area, because there are tons of hills and valleys and whatnot, you get *maybe* one channel, possibly two, and reception is lousy. It's not always possible.

[calystarose]

Yeah, IF I had a digital antenna and IF I had it tied to a larger antenna attached to the roof of my house I *might* be able to get some signals from over the mountain but...not likely.

[tabaqui]

This. I pull up to my house, and the (spotty) radio reception in my car just goes away altogether. Just ain't happening.

[calystarose]

*nod* we get more radio signals from AZ than we do from over in Vegas (I live in Boulder City) because of the mountains between us

[(Anonymous)]

... where the fuck do you live that internet costs $85 a month? I live in a ciry with a notoriously high cost of living and mine doesn't even cost half that.

NAYRT

[(Anonymous)]

Mine just went up to $79/month and that's the lowest level of internet Bell offers. I'm just outside the GTA.

[(Anonymous)]

anywhere that one network has a local monopoly is gonna have high rates, that's about what I pay too, and when I investigated, there was only one company with the infrastructure in my area

I want to know what the fuck OP is eating that one week of groceries is only $30

[(Anonymous)]

30$ for a full week of groceries is what threw me too. That's incredibly cheap food. Especially if we're counting things like drinks, toilet paper, etc in the 'groceries' section. I just kind of assumed I'd misread what they meant.

[meredith44]

That's about what my internet is. (Mine is $125 for internet and cable together. I'm not sure the exact split, but it's about 80/45.)

[hyarrowen]

I use mobile broadband instead of wireless because it's cheaper. $30 Australian a month. It's slow and it keeps dropping out, but it's affordable! I have free-to-air TV and that's it.

Also I walk uphill in the snow to school, both ways. Or would if I wasn't on a disability pension.

[tabaqui]

Cable here in my teeny town (two providers, if that, they're both fairly crappy) is almost 80 a month. (Middle of nowhere, Missouri)

[cbrachyrhynchos]

You can set yourself up with an antenna and converter box for under $50 (many modern TVs don't need the converter). But that will only get you a half-dozen networks, who may or may not preempt a show for regional sports.

In urban areas, the cable/internet distinction is vanishing. In my area, AT&T sells internet + phone + television; while Comcast sells television + internet + phone. Both are laying down fiber optic to within a few hundred yards of my house.