Breezeline Bill

[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?