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Descant · 02-04-2018, 04:12 PM

At home, I have Comcast for Internet, TV and phone (landlines). We added two landlines a couple of years ago because the bundling price, and no long distance charges saved about $75/month compared to VZ. Verizon for the cell phones. Now we're leaving Verizon because the data charges are too high. Comcast tells me I can add a cell phone for free because I have
"x" services. How long will that last?
At camp, we signed up for Direct TV. Also had Fairpoint DSL. I wanted it for when I was there alone, and I had watched all the DVD VHF 4-5 times. The rest of the family says no TV when we're here. It turns out the box hasn't even been connected for two seasons. Why pay for that? I think I'm at the end of my contract (it takes awhile when you only pay a few months a year) and we'll just go with whatever internet we can get from Fairpoint which seems to work OK and maybe a ROKU for entertainment. Will that work?
Not so long ago, a guest at our Rotary Club was raising $$ to buy computers for schools in his home village in India. The question was asked about wires and cables so they could connect to the internet. "Not a problem. We don't use cables."
I think a lot of the world is like that, and the US is on the wrong side of the tech curve in that regard. Is that true?
Sorry to be long winded.

02-04-2018, 04:12 PM	#2
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,350 Thanks: 1,341 Thanked 1,623 Times in 1,055 Posts	from a non-tech guy At home, I have Comcast for Internet, TV and phone (landlines). We added two landlines a couple of years ago because the bundling price, and no long distance charges saved about $75/month compared to VZ. Verizon for the cell phones. Now we're leaving Verizon because the data charges are too high. Comcast tells me I can add a cell phone for free because I have "x" services. How long will that last? At camp, we signed up for Direct TV. Also had Fairpoint DSL. I wanted it for when I was there alone, and I had watched all the DVD VHF 4-5 times. The rest of the family says no TV when we're here. It turns out the box hasn't even been connected for two seasons. Why pay for that? I think I'm at the end of my contract (it takes awhile when you only pay a few months a year) and we'll just go with whatever internet we can get from Fairpoint which seems to work OK and maybe a ROKU for entertainment. Will that work? Not so long ago, a guest at our Rotary Club was raising $$ to buy computers for schools in his home village in India. The question was asked about wires and cables so they could connect to the internet. "Not a problem. We don't use cables." I think a lot of the world is like that, and the US is on the wrong side of the tech curve in that regard. Is that true? Sorry to be long winded.