Originally Posted by
stapfam
Over here we have satellite TV. You still have to pay for it but one option is to get TV-PHONE and BROADBAND INTERNET for an economic price. For Satellite TV- I pay £20 a month. For Broadband Internet I pay £17 a month but this does also give me free Phone calls for Local calls 24 hours a day. So I pay £37 for the 3. But Sky-The TV provider- can provide- TV- & Broadband internet with free Phone for £26 a month. Limited On the channels and the Internet connection is not the best around.
Then again- You can buy the sky box for a one off fee of £150 and get limited TV Free. But without broadband
To be honest- Satellite TV does not offer a great deal. But the programmes are repeated so often- I do not worry if I miss the days TDF coverage live as I can see it this evening or twice tomorrow.
High-speed Internet service in the USA is still expensive. If congress does not extend it's current tax free status before Nov 1 local and federal governments will add additional costs as well even for dial up Internet. If that happens I will be dropping my home based dial-up Internet service. The local library provides high-speed Internet access and since I'm paying for it via Al Gore phone taxes I'll just take my Laptop to the Library. Anytime I need to upload or download large files I end up doing that anyway.