cutting the cord

We’ve only had internet for the past 7ish years. Only one tv in the house and we’re debating ditching that as well since we don’t even remember the last time we watched anything on it. So many better things to be doing than sitting and watching a screen.
 
Wolfjon said:
OK so next question would be what are you guys running for routers? The Fios one I had to put in my living room and I still do not get reception in my bedroom.. Old 40's ranch with cinder block in part of the house from a renovation really kills signal..
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I bought the Netgear Nighthawk or something a few years back, and that's connected to the FiOS router. Pretty sure their service requires their router. I'm prolly wrong tho.
 
From what I can tell their service requires their router if TV is included. if your going internet only then you have to have them activate the port on the network box.. I just spent the whole morning reading up on the different things including the whole 12 pages on here.. LOL..
 
TimBay said:
Sling might have cheaper options for the live tv. I havent looked into hulu live tho. Netflix is in trouble because another major content is going live. I forget which one, but they control a ton of tv and movies. I'm in a similar boat, trying to get rid of cable. Not sure what to do for the live stuff.
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I've had both Sling and Hulu TV. They both suffered from occasional stuttering during live sporting events. Thought it was me and upgraded internet speed and router. No change.

Only PS Vue has been problem free in this regard.
 
Wolfjon said:
OK so next question would be what are you guys running for routers? The Fios one I had to put in my living room and I still do not get reception in my bedroom.. Old 40's ranch with cinder block in part of the house from a renovation really kills signal..
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We have a few years-old Nighthawk 7000. House is a concrete block frame with plaster walls, so we had all kinds of dead spots with basic routers.

My wife now streams movies in the backyard.
 
Piston Honda said:
I've had both Sling and Hulu TV. They both suffered from occasional stuttering during live sporting events. Thought it was me and upgraded internet speed and router. No change.

Only PS Vue has been problem free in this regard.
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Running them wired on 1gbs, QOS settings set to give tv and gaming priority?
 
I just spoke with Verizon and the 100/100 internet that I have bundled would still be at $77 since I am an existing customer and not eligible for the current discounts... But the guy did say that if I drop Verizon and my wife took over the account she would be as eligible and since she is a teacher that would also apply a discount. AHH love these complications
 
Wolfjon said:
I just spoke with Verizon and the 100/100 internet that I have bundled would still be at $77 since I am an existing customer and not eligible for the current discounts... But the guy did say that if I drop Verizon and my wife took over the account she would be as eligible and since she is a teacher that would also apply a discount. AHH love these complications
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That's really nice of them.
 
Patrick said:
Running them wired on 1gbs, QOS settings set to give tv and gaming priority?
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Not wired. On Google mesh router with confirmed download speeds of 100+Mbps. Priority given to Chromecast, but it made no difference.

Apparently this issue isn't all that uncommon. Others have reported stuttering issues only during live sporting events, but no issues with other channels.
 
Wolfjon said:
From what I can tell their service requires their router if TV is included. if your going internet only then you have to have them activate the port on the network box.. I just spent the whole morning reading up on the different things including the whole 12 pages on here.. LOL..
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This is what I did, never had a problem using my own router this way. I just switched to optimum internet and had to return my Verizon router after cancelling. It was still in plastic in the original box.
 
Wolfjon said:
I just spoke with Verizon and the 100/100 internet that I have bundled would still be at $77 since I am an existing customer and not eligible for the current discounts... But the guy did say that if I drop Verizon and my wife took over the account she would be as eligible and since she is a teacher that would also apply a discount. AHH love these complications
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If you are covered by optimum take a look at them. $58 a month ( includes taxes and modem fee) for 200mbs, and its "price for life" with no contract, so you don't have to deal with the Verizon bs every 2 years.

Verizon barely tried to keep me when I cancelled, just kept offering me higher speed for more $$. I've been streaming on 100 for years, so 200 for less isn't going to hurt me.

2 minor things to watch, you only get 35mb upload on optimum but that's not impacting me at all since I don't upload much of anything. And you have to pay a $59 install fee. However, they randomly do free install days so if you're lucky you might be able to catch one.

Oh, and make sure your router can handle more than 100mb if you plan to actually use that speed. Mine doesn't, but again not hurting me
 
what gets me is the DVR box fees, and the modem fees. Depending on how many TVs you want to use, thats where the hidden price is. We bought our own modem instead of leasing it from Spectrum.

IIRC the DVR box fees were like $9 a month?
 
Pearl said:
what gets me is the DVR box fees, and the modem fees. Depending on how many TVs you want to use, thats where the hidden price is. We bought our own modem instead of leasing it from Spectrum.

IIRC the DVR box fees were like $9 a month?
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Yeah it's quite ridiculous. The advertised prices always grab my eye, once you dig in and see all the additional BS added it's always at least 2x that price on the post card.
 
Wolfjon said:
Pulled the trigger on Optimum/Altice 400 for $65 install for Thursday. need to pick up a Modem and router before then.
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i thought that was a combo unit with the modem, router, and wireless a/p built in?
 
They offered 3 levels of Internet in my area $45 for 100mb, $55 for 300 mb and $65 for 400mb.. I chose the highest. Also on the modem I chose not to rent the one from them for the additional $10 per month. Bought a Arris surfboard for $69 at best buy. Figured my 1st months savings cover that.
 
Wolfjon said:
They offered 3 levels of Internet in my area $45 for 100mb, $55 for 300 mb and $65 for 400mb.. I chose the highest. Also on the modem I chose not to rent the one from them for the additional $10 per month. Bought a Arris surfboard for $69 at best buy. Figured my 1st months savings cover that.
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Let me know what you have to do (if anything) to get your own modem connected. It looked like the install guy ran some sort of config on the modem, but maybe that was just standard install stuff? I want to use my own, as $10 a month there's no reason not to if I'm going to keep the service long term.
 
rlb said:
Let me know what you have to do (if anything) to get your own modem connected. It looked like the install guy ran some sort of config on the modem, but maybe that was just standard install stuff? I want to use my own, as $10 a month there's no reason not to if I'm going to keep the service long term.
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From what I hear, you just call and they configure it
 
One thing to look for is how many streams you get at once from a servic and if your into local sports they don’t all get Msg sny etc.
 
Man, you gotta watch these stupid everything connected services. I just realized on my prime account that I had Starz, Noggin, PBS Kids and Amazon Unlimted Music. These were all likely try it out and a subscription starts on X date. Also, some if it was probably Alexa asking "do you want to add that" and my girls saying "Yes". They bury this crap that you can't find how to cancel it. WTF.

Gotta figure out how to lock that shizzle down.
 
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