off-topic: cable TV providers in cambridge

[mmorin at MIT.EDU (Massimo G Morin)]

I AM TIGHT on money,
but the only option I have in Belmont is Basic cable from Cablevision without
box for ~$13
The channels I got are the bare basic UPN ABC NBC CBS FOX... for a total of 13
channels that only 8 of them usable (c'mon for how good the weather channel is,
I am not going to watch it for the whole night ;)
BTW, the antenna reception plain sucks!

They do not have any integration with cablemodem or such.

I found Warner Cable TV (now Mediaone) in Cambridge/Somerville was offering a
better service: less money ($10) for more channels (TBS AMC SciFi International
AnimalC where included over with the above), and I suppose now they have cable
modem as well :(

MAx


Douglas Melniker wrote:

> point taken. i should rephrase: I'm not *that* tight on money. I just
> want to see if their are less expensive options that I havne't seen. If
> ~$60 is what I have to pay then that's what I have to pay. I should also
> say that I need HBO. C'mon people... new Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes are
> starting in August!
>
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Chris Janicki wrote:
>
> > I used to live in Brighton and did just fine with a pair of rabbit ear
> > antennae.  I got 7 channels I think, including ABC, NBC, CBS, UPN, FOX,
> > and two PBS stations.  If you're *really* that tight for money, don't pay
> > anything!
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> > On 3/1/01, 4:02:34 PM, melniker at eecs.tufts.edu wrote regarding off-topic:
> > cable TV providers in cambridge:
> >
> >
> > > This is off-topic, but I trust all of you to give me some good advice....
> >
> > > I just got an apartment in Cambridge, lease starting in May, and I'm
> > looking
> > > at all my options for cable, telephone and Internet. It looks to me like
> > AT&T
> > > Broadband is the only cable TV provider in Cambridge, but I really hope
> > this
> > > isn't the case... their prices are so expensive!
> >
> > > I live in Somerville now, and I'm paying about $40 ($20 for basic service
> > and
> > > another $20 for 5 HBOs and 2 Cinemax chans.
> >
> > > I know that AT&T has _digital_ cable, and this is probably what makes it
> > so
> > > much more ($29.99 base + different packages of "premium" channels... the
> > one I
> > > would want is ~$32), but I wish I had the *option* of getting digital,
> > because
> > > I wouldn't(!) -- I need to base my decision on price, not quality.
> >
> > > Anyone who lives in Cambridge and can offer me some advice or
> > alternatives,
> > > please do so!
> >
> > > Thanks a lot,
> > > Doug Melniker
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