Comments on: Time Warner Cable’s New Bundle: Under $40, No ESPN

By: Cyndy Aleo

Cyndy Aleo — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:19:08 +0000

Not necessarily. With cable TV, the idea of paying for hundreds of channels I haven’t ever watched in the past 15 years of having cable is frustrating, especially when providers are constantly upping rates to pay for drops in subscribers to keep their profit margins up. When it comes to bandwidth, I pay for unlimited, even though I have never come close to the level I’d be capped at were I paying for tiers. Why? Because overages are exorbitantly priced, and if I were to have a unique situation in a certain month, I’d rather have the ability to use the bandwidth that month than be charged for accidental overages. In other words, I subsidize other users in case one month I need to use it myself. There’s a possibility I could use more bandwidth than usual. There’s no possibility whatsoever I’d ever be watching The History Channel or SpikeTV.

By: JKFan

JKFan — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:45:28 +0000

It is funny to read these comments. . one of you want fairness..you just want what is more fair to YOU. You say it is ridiculous to make people pay for ESPN when they don’t want it…but if one of the channels YOU watch was suddenly put on a premium tier that you have to pay extra for, you would all be bitching like crazy.

And it is funny that the same people who DEMAND ala carte cable ratehrthan “all you can eat” style are often the same ones that are vehemently against tiering internet packages, making people who use hunderds of Gigs per month to pay for their share. Since you all use hte internet so much *since you have no lives OFFline) you expect to pay the sme for using 300 Gigs than someone who is on the internet for an hour a day (which is more people) and uses 25 Gig.

Again…you are not about fairness…just what is selfishly best for you.

By: Lakawak

Lakawak — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:42:27 +0000

Sinec when is FX must have? Or MTV? Especially MTV…that absolutely is a niche channel these dys.

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By: buddhalite

buddhalite — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:24:26 +0000

I’m with littleroot. The only two sporting events I watch on tv are F1 and Tour de France and TdF has been streamed by VS the last 2 years or so.

By: gonzo90017

gonzo90017 — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:49:09 +0000

Are they joking? With Sezmi I get Local channels in HD. Cable Channels are only in SD but I only pay $20 a month. Granted I did have to buy the box but it’s only $150. But it’s a DVR with 1TB. I don’t have ESPN but I do get TNT, TBS, USA, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, MTV, SYFY, etc… In total 25 cable channels.

By: littleroot

littleroot — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:03:33 +0000

My sport is MotoGP, and I can watch any race or qualifying session, live or on demand, by subscription, over the net. Cannot wait for Formula 1 to do the same. MLB, NHL and NBA are doing similar, aren’t they?