Oso planning to go pro
We're planning to cancel UVerse next week. I started our 14-day free trial of YTTV on Saturday and so far have been pretty impressed. I miss the convenience of numbered channels that I can just navigate to by pressing numbers, but that's absolutely not a deal breaker for the amount we'll be saving. If anyone has YTTV and has any tips on how to better navigate from channel to channel, that would be great. I do like that when you hit the down button (on Roku...not sure if they are all the same, but I suspect they are) you see the last several channels you've been to.My wife laughed when we turned it on last night and the "Suggested for You" (or whatever it is called) had three college basketball games and the Cavaliers game. It didn't take long for them to figure out what I like to watch.Maybe UVerse will offer us a deal when I call to cancel, but I'm not expecting it. I just have to decide if we're going to keep our internet with ATT or whether we'll be switching that to COX.Also, the family sharing thing is absolutely fantastic for my kids at college.
F'ing ATT/UVerse. Just when I had gotten very prepared to cut the cord and go all in with YTTV -- and was actually looking forward to it -- they caved. I called to find out what it would cost to cancel UVerse and our land line and just keep internet. Our current bill has been $199 (are you f'ing kidding me?!) (approximately $173 before taxes and fees). They quoted me a new price for TV and Internet at $92 (plus taxes and fees). It's not apples to apples, because it doesn't include the land line. But we'll be cancelling the land line anyway if we go to YTTV.So, now my decision point is $92 for Uverse/Internet (no data cap) versus $99 for YTTV/Internet (1TB cap). Damn it. I think I'm probably going to have to stay with UVerse. I gotta admit I was really liking the unlimited DVR and the ability to access it on all devices.Anyone have any insight on the 1TB cap? Is that enough? Most of what I read says it isn't an issue at all.
No insight on the data cap, but I made a similar switch just last week and AT&T wasn't nearly as generous with their offer, perhaps because I was dumping DirecTV, and not UVerse.The last-ditch offer to keep me (after 20+ years of DirecTV) would have knocked about $75 off my monthly bill, but only for one year. And that still wasn't as much as I'm saving by switching to YTTV. The switch was official Monday, and so far, so good. The user interface for YTTV is less convenient, but every time I get annoyed by it, I remind myself of how much I'm saving and how I never have to deal with lost service during a storm or after a major snowfall.
How is Uverse TV service? I've only had TWC/Spectrum before.I saw some pricing that would take me below what we pay for YouTube TV/Spectrum internet. I generally like YTTV, but the fact that they can't get the video stuttering fixed on Fire devices is really irritating.
Edited to add: As ridiculous as it sounds, one of the biggest things making me want to stay with ATT is my wife's email account (an sbcglobal.net account). I think she would lose that if we change. Does anyone know about this? She has so many things tied to that email address that it will be a huge hassle to change it.
Your dish wasn’t setup correctly or moved then. Should have next to no issues if it is lined up properly.
Sbcglobal is a classic, how old is that email?
It will stop being sold very shortly...
No insight on the data cap...
I'd been planning on switching the internet to Cox, but the ATT is a little cheaper and we'd be able to keep the sbcglobal email address if we stick with ATT.
We had ATT what seems like decades ago and I had an sbcglobal.net email address up until about a year ago when I logged in and closed it out. So I would say if you cancel you will get to keep the sbcglobal email. I had it for probably 15 years without having ATT.
Anyone have any insight on the 1TB cap? Is that enough? Most of what I read says it isn't an issue at all.
Thank you. That's good to hear. I googled it and saw some conflicting information. Some say yes; others say no.
My AT&T 300/300 fiber has a 1TB cap. Family of 4, two boys watching Youtube, PSVue (now YTTV) .. I've had it for almost two years now .. at first I was very concerned about the cap and watched my usage somewhat daily. Any 4K content?After 6 months of never even hitting 500 gigs, I stopped watching. 1TB was fine for our family of 4.
Your dish wasn’t setup correctly or moved then. Should have next to no issues if it is lined up properly. Don’t worry, you will have outages with YTTV....no one is immune regardless of service.
I had DirectTv and MLB Extra Innings, for over a decade. We recently switched to Hulu Live. I'll sign up for MLB TV, which should be the equivalent of Extra Innings.However, I have no idea how to watch Herr Ricketts' new Cubs channel. Any ideas?
Mlb.tv seems so have very basic (ip based) location checking. I've easily used just my VPN to go "out of market" and watch games. Easily the best value package of all major sports!
4k content?
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.