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elizabethv
elizabethv
3/28/2017 5:21:20 PM
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Not that bad....
$66 for 19ish channels of your own choosing, I honeslty don't see that as that bad. It's about what I was paying for cable before I cut the cord, and I had an absurd number of channels I was never watching, and some channels I would have liked to have. I might consider paying that price for all channels I would actually want to watch. Of course, I'm pretty happy with my cord cutting decision at this point, but realistically, I don't think the price is really all that high. Esepcially not for getting exactly what you want. Though, in my opinion, I'm confused why people were including Netflix in their plan. If you're going to have Netflix, why aren't you just cutting the cord? 

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vnewman
vnewman
3/28/2017 5:02:11 PM
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Re: We all know this guy
If you order something a la carte, typically the reason you do so is that you don't want as much as is in the full version and it is typically cheaper!  It's implied in the nature of a la carte.  But once you start adding up a side salad, plus the steak, plus the potato, it's more economic to buy the meal even if the salad will go to waste - same concept here right?

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
3/28/2017 2:35:14 PM
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Re: Bring A La Carte prices down
@dmendyk:

Ofcourse they are, nothing to doubt there. But they have to think of hitting a balance. 

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dmendyk
dmendyk
3/28/2017 1:39:24 PM
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Re: Bring A La Carte prices down
Maybe content producers and distributors are more interested in making a profit than in making sure their customers get exactly what they want at the price they want to pay.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
3/28/2017 1:31:14 PM
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Re: Bring A La Carte prices down
@clmoney:

Can't agree more with you. That price cut is something that everyone is looking forward to.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
3/28/2017 1:24:43 PM
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Re: Is "watching" active or passive?
@Joe:

Thinking in similar lines, I would say that 5 hours per week  is no where near. I know it would be more TV / online content time running in the background even if we are not watching watching kind of... 

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clrmoney
clrmoney
3/28/2017 10:55:40 AM
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Bring A La Carte prices down
Maybe they should bring the price down in stead of $66.00 a month and be a more more reasonable price for consumers.

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Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli
3/28/2017 10:51:47 AM
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Is "watching" active or passive?
"Each respondent watched at least five hours of TV per week and had a residential broadband connection."

These days, I don't know how to respond to that question.  I like to fall asleep to the TV (or online content on my laptop).  How much of that do I count as "watching"?  ;)

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Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli
3/28/2017 10:45:21 AM
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Re: We all know this guy
@dmendyk: Yes, it's pretty difficult to transition from the cord to 100% OTT and *not* have to give some things up.

When I cut the cord years ago, I think I missed my favorites on the Food Network the most.

There are a bunch of other benefits to just-turn-on-the-TV-and-be-done-with-it cable, too -- which I dearly missed.  I'm glad to have it back now.

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dmendyk
dmendyk
3/28/2017 10:08:47 AM
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We all know this guy
A family friend is notoriously ... frugal. Two years ago, he was tired of paying Kabletown for dozens of junk channels he never watched. So he cut the cord and went entirely OTT, with an antenna for local channels. He ended up spending more and having to do without some stuff he used to watch. A month or so ago, he went back to K-town for a skinny package. Cord reattached -- with a Netflix tack-on.

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