nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | reply to gburrell
Re: Former Dish subscriber
ditto.
they lost me because of the $300 "upgrade" fee for the HD DVR.
I might be a FIOS customer someday, when the county I live in and verizon get done suing. |
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wizzle
Premium
join:2004-06-15
Durham, NC
| Agreed.
$100+ is just too much to ask. I'd say in my area that cable services are generally $10/month more expensive. So a $300 equipment purchase would take over 2 years to pay for itself.
Too much changes in 3 years time to commit to such a purchase. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to nasadude
said by nasadude  :ditto. they lost me because of the $300 "upgrade" fee for the HD DVR. I might be a FIOS customer someday, when the county I live in and verizon get done suing. And the kicker is you STILL have the lease fees on it so you really dont own the box.
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to nasadude
So what's the difference between paying a 1 time $200 (current upgrade price) with a monthly $5 DVR fee, and paying $20/month for a multi-room DVR? At the end of a year, you will have spent $260 for Dish and $240 for Verizon's. Almost equal. But at the end of 2 years, Dish is at $320 and Verizon is at $480. Even with just the standard DVR ($13/month), it's almost equal after 2 years.
Now this doesn't take into account programming fees, but they vary greatly from provider to provider so a direct apples to apples comparison can't be drawn.
My point is that, if looked at over a not-so-long term view, their isn't a lot of difference in price. One just has higher upfront costs but lower reoccuring fees, while the other has nothing upfront, but constant fees that can add up in the long term.
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