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Old Feb 12th 2008, 4:39 am
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Originally Posted by frrussre
Hi Ray, do the Satellite systems have constant outages?
Had Time Warner in NYC , never had much service problems. Here in Sth Florida Comcast, continuos problems.
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well it it never rained your OK ....
one of our rentals tried it .... very unhappy ..only lasted 3 months ..
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Old Feb 12th 2008, 4:42 am
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well it it never rained your OK ....
one of our rentals tried it .... very unhappy ..only lasted 3 months ..
My friend had it in NYC , when it worked cheaper & better then Cable. Though as you say atmospheric pressure etc, up pop that green line No signal.
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Originally Posted by wisewol
Have just phoned up to try and arrange phone etc with Brighthouse which is our area one and they quoted me $99 a month for cable, phone and internet does this seem a reasonable price ? They said that once we registered we could then arrange international calls. Any thoughts ??
You'll quickly tire of US cable -- there's nothing there.
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Old Feb 12th 2008, 3:11 pm
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Default Re: Does this seem a good price ?

Originally Posted by wisewol
Have just phoned up to try and arrange phone etc with Brighthouse which is our area one and they quoted me $99 a month for cable, phone and internet does this seem a reasonable price ? They said that once we registered we could then arrange international calls. Any thoughts ??
Are there no other providers in your area so that you can get comparison quotes?

IMHO, telephone companies that charge a monthly fee for international calls plus the per minute charges are a rip off. There are better value methods for making international calls.
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Old Feb 12th 2008, 3:18 pm
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Originally Posted by frrussre
Hi Ray, do the Satellite systems have constant outages?
Had Time Warner in NYC , never had much service problems. Here in Sth Florida Comcast, continuos problems.
Reg. Frank R.
Yup ... right pain in the arse ... unreliable at best
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Dish for me.

Only reception problems is with wet heavy snow, I have to broom it off.
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