Dish Network vs Cable

Posted by BAW on 15th Jan, 2010 in Movies and TV | 2 comments

Getting a good package from the cable company isn’t difficult, if your not already signed up as a customer of the cable company.

The reason for that is due to the fact the cable TV company wants to build their subscriber base, thus they are willing to give you a great deal, generally for the first six months of your cable service. The cable provider figures if you get service from them, you probably will set up a with one of their triple play bundle that puts all of your services together like voice, video and internet.

You can almost alway get a triple play bundle for around 0 a month for the first year. Consider the following example with cable company pricing: Basic TV costs a month, high speed internet is per month, and phone service is a month. Assuming these prices, your overall bill would be 0 per month before taxes and fees that always seem to find their way onto your cable bill.

But it is good to think about how this might turn out down the road Well think about where you will be once the promo is over. You will have all of your television sets hooked up to the cable company, your internet connection including your e-mail account through the cable company, and of course your home line through the cable company as well. But all at once your price goes up almost 40%, from around $100 every month to $140+ per month. Now is it easy to switch?

Maybe, maybe not. The best thing to do ahead of time is compare companies before making your final decision.One would be smart to compare Dish Classic Bronze 100 vs cable television before making a hasty decision.

While you might say to yourself it is not a problem to switch to some kind of deal from Direct Tv or something else from your local phone company like FiOS by Verizon. That is easier said than done, however. Usually the time and inconvenience of switching from cable to a different provider makes the customer stay with whatever service they have. Even though the monthly bill is high, the subscriber stays with the cable company because they have all the services in a package, making it harder to switch. That is what the cable company counts on when offering short term deals to acquire the subscriber.