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The Neverending Cable Monopoly

February 7th, 2012 at 03:06 pm

OMG, thank you Netflix for helping us cut that cable cord!

I just blogged a little bit about dh's unique love for cable (he is a film maker - he loves his TV and movies).

But, secondarily, he is also extremely frugal and has no love for the monopoly of cable. The only reason I think we had cable so willingly for so long was due to the little mom and pop cable company we had (they were cheap and awesome).

Life has been in a bit of turmoil since Comcast bought them out a few years back. We went to Surewest, eventually, which is locally based. Expensive as heck, but a much more pleasant experience than Comcast, Dish, or any of the others.

Anyway, even though we dropped cable, Surewest is who we would return to if we felt the need to go back. I don't think we feel that we have any other decent options.

AND we still have our super high speed internet with them.

Should have seen it coming. They just got bought out by a mega company.

Frown

Dh e-mailed me late last night when he saw the news. HE said "At least it wasn't Comcast."

Another GREAT company gets bought out. I think it's safe to say all their customer service and awesomeness just went down the tubes.

4 Responses to “The Neverending Cable Monopoly”

  1. Bob B. Says:
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    We dropped our dish service probably 2 years ago. Lots of Netflix.

  2. Looking Forward Says:
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    It seems as though the no-cable-thing is working out for you so that's good. Smile

  3. MonkeyMama Says:
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    Yes, but this is the only company that offers fiber optic internet, so that is the bad part...

  4. Looking Forward Says:
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    Oh... bummer. Hopefully it'll all be fine. Smile

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