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Comparing Cable TV vs Satellite

June 29, 2009

Getting a good package from the cable company isn’t difficult, that is as long as your not already a customer of the cable company.

The reason for that is because the cable TV guys want to build their customer base, thus they are ready to give you a good deal, usually for the first year of your cable service. The cable company understands if you get service from them, you probably will set up a with one of their bundled packages that puts all of your services together like voice, video and hi speed internet.

You can usually get a triple play bundle for just $99 per month for the first year. Consider what the typical cable TV company charges: Basic TV costs $55 per month, high speed internet is $40 per month, and phone service is $35 per month. With prices like this, your overall bill would be $140 per month before all of the taxes that find their way onto your cable bill.  An alternative is to subscribe to a service like Charter internet and then add on Dish Network satellite.

But what kind of issues can this lead to? Well consider what the bill will look like once the promo is over. Then you will have all of your TV’s connected to the cable company, your internet connection with your e-mail address with the cable company, and of course your phone service through the cable company as well. But all at once the price goes up nearly 45%, from about $100 every month to $140+ every month. Its not alway easy to switch out of your provider?

Maybe, maybe not. The smart thing to do ahead of time is compare companies before making your final choice. Lining up satellite vs cable television ahead of time is the way to go.

While you might say to yourself it is not a problem to switch to some kind of DirecTV deal or something else from your local phone company like Verizon FiOS. But that may be a situation of easier said than done. Often the time and inconvenience of switching providers makes the customer yield to whatever service they have. Even though the monthly bill is high, the customer stays because they have all the services on the same bill from the same provider. That is what the cable television company counts on when giving the subscriber a good short term deal.

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