Breezeline Bill

[SAMIAM]

Just got my bill for basic cable/hardline phone and internet service
$272 plus 89.49 for (taxes ,fees and surcharges plus an unknown fee of $3
Total of $365.07
I could eliminate the hard line and just have cable and WiFi
Were not real savvy of the services available but there must be something better out there

[thinkxingu]

That's crazy town. Our Xfinity, family T-Mobile plan (four phones, all unlimited), and Netflix, Paramount+, Hulu, and Apple TV+ services all total $235.

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[TheTimeTraveler]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Just got my bill for basic cable/hardline phone and internet service
$272 plus 89.49 for (taxes ,fees and surcharges plus an unknown fee of $3
Total of $365.07
I could eliminate the hard line and just have cable and WiFi
Were not real savvy of the services available but there must be something better out there

We got rid of our cable, and our landline. All we have now is internet, and we stream all of our televisions.

The nice thing about streaming is that you no longer have to tether your television to an actual cable. This means that you can have a television anywhere as long as you have an electrical outlet nearby. No longer any need for a cable at all.

[garysanfran]

I think that Breezeline does not offer an internet alone option. All their "packages" include cable. I do have their streaming box and it's great to not have to connect via coax.

What "internet" options are available in Meredith?

[RUGMAN]

We got rid of Breezeline, went with Xfinity. 5 years guarantee $65 for 1000 g,
Have U-Tube tv, now about $89. gets more channels than we have ever had.

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by garysanfran

I think that Breezeline does not offer an internet alone option. All their "packages" include cable. I do have their streaming box and it's great to not have to connect via coax.

What "internet" options are available in Meredith?

I have Breezeline internet only, runs about $80 per month. I've had it for over 10 years now.

[TomC]

I have fiber internet from the NHEC which works well, so other members of the household can stream if they want. I live on a hill, and all the Maine station transmitters are due east about 35 miles away, so I get ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox over-the-air and they all have those auxiliary channels with MeTV, Hallmark, etc., available. Best part is that it is completely free, including the Patriots games...

[BroadHopper]

Last year I switched from Breezeline to Xfinity. My Breezeline promotion expired and Xfinity promotion was cheaper. This month I switched to Breezeline. The Xfinity promotion expired and Breezeline promotion was cheaper. This time around the Breezeline promotion is locked for 2 years. 500GB broadband and local channels for 80 and change.

[bostique]

I have Breezeline internet 100/10 mg service along with free cell service for 1 year and I pay a total of $19.99/month.
It pays to check their website for special offers and speak to managers when calling. This is especially true for seniors and low income families. If you qualify, there are (or were) a lot of federally funded programs that might be able to shrink your bill. I could not be any happier with Breezeline.

[smith point boater]

We dumped BL 2yrs ago when bill got to $300

Went with Verizon internet, bought Roku for each TV (about $49 each one time) and signed up for You Tube TV (different than the You Tube app) ~75/month.

After I had all the pieces it took about 2hrs to set up 4 TV's then my wife called and cancelled Breezeline right away - they didn't care

Saving well over $200/month vs 2yrs ago

Good luck

[jeffk]

Fidium is available in Moultonborough. You would have to check your specific address. I have 1 gig internet service (slower speeds are available for slightly less) with VOIP phone for $92 per month. I have DirecTV streaming for $95, including local channels and unlimited cloud DVR completely integrated with DirecTV (which I did not have with Breezeline). I got a ROKU streaming stick (that you pay for) and can access basic ROKU services for no charge. $187 per month total.

When I dropped basic Breezeline service (only 300 mbs service), earlier this year my bill was approaching $300 plus a landline phone for about $80. I am saving $193 per month, $2316 per year, and have 3 times faster internet and DVR.

Plus, DirecTV streaming just added (if you have a Gemini Air wireless device, like I do) Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN for no extra charge (there are some limited ads). I am hearing that DirecTV will be raising their rates a bit in the future but with the added channels, if it goes up a little, I am OK with that and if I had kept Breezeline the price would have gone up as well.

Further, there is a plethora of services (HBO Max™, Cinemax®, MGM+, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME®, and STARZ, Peacock, Discovery Plus, Netflix, kids channels, ...) you can get through DirecTV if you want to pay for them and access through the DirecTV interface. They typically run $10 - $20 a month and you can add or drop them on a monthly basic from an online interface. You could turn them on, bing watch for a couple months, then drop them. I have used the interface and it is very easy to add and drop services.

Note: I am not big on sports so I got the Entertainment only package (the cheapest). If you step up to the sports packages, they are more expensive and you have to pay a regional sports fee of about $15 monthly.

[Slickcraft]

We have Breezeline internet only, $48.99/month for 250 Mbps. We stream to YouTube TV which and use the same account at home and on Welch. Long ago I bought my own cable modem and router. No rental fees.

[Winilyme]

This takes me back to simpler times as a child in 1960s suburban CT when we could only get six or seven over-the-air channels and only a few of those offered decent reception. No matter - as long as I could get the Yankees games - fuzzy as they often were. Who could have dreamed of the options we have today? What a day it was when Dad brought home this new-fangled tech that allowed us to adjust the rooftop antennae automatically from a set top box. In the early 70s he bought a color (we were a bit late to that game) TV that had a sorta-remote control. Was that ever cool...the handheld control along with the wire connecting it to the TV. And, one day, what's this thing called cable TV? And pong sure is fun not to mention Nintendo and all the renditions that have followed. Then the internet followed by plasma TVs, surround sound, LED, 3D TV, OLED, Wifi and all the tech stuff mentioned in this thread.

Makes one wonder how our children will look back on today's tech and compare it to what they will be living with in the future. What's next?

[sky's]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Just got my bill for basic cable/hardline phone and internet service
$272 plus 89.49 for (taxes ,fees and surcharges plus an unknown fee of $3
Total of $365.07
I could eliminate the hard line and just have cable and WiFi
Were not real savvy of the services available but there must be something better out there

weve been happy with NH Broadband rates have not changed in 2 years that we've have been here

[Garcia]

Originally Posted by garysanfran

I think that Breezeline does not offer an internet alone option. All their "packages" include cable. I do have their streaming box and it's great to not have to connect via coax.

What "internet" options are available in Meredith?

More specifically what internet options are available for Bear Island?