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JB Antennaman · 07-05-2009, 04:52 PM

My answer would be that the low rate that they advertise is a teaser rate. Something to get their foot in your door. Once you look at the cable and get good service on a daily basis, then they will give you a free programming from time to time.

When the free programming ends, you miss it and you call them and spend a couple of bucks for more service. Then they give you some more free programming and you get teased in a little further.

Before you know it, you are paying $70 a month for cable / Sat. TV..

Local cable and Dish service providers do not have the bandwidth to transmit all the local programming. In the end, I get more stations with my $450 antenna set up than you will with your $11 a month cable bill.

$11 x 12 = $132 a year.

Let's say my antenna set up lasts 10 years.

$132 x 10 = $1320.00

That is if they keep their present rate of $11 a month for 10 years.

That means that my antenna set up is only about 1/3 the cost of cable.

It's the difference between leasing a new car and buying a new car.

You get a 3 year lease and you put X amount down and you pay a little more than you would for a car payment and in 3 years, you turn the car in and you might owe them a couple of thousand dollars on top of that if you put too many miles on it or if you did any damage.

Or you can pay the other 50% they figure you still owe, and you end up paying 140% the cost of buying it outright.

Either way you end up loosing money.

If I don't have the $11 a month to pay the cable / Sat. bill, nobody is going to come and shut my antenna off.

That is why it is called Free Television.

Feel free to comment on this subject, because I don't know it all and I would like to hear other peoples opinions.

07-05-2009, 04:52 PM	#3
JB Antennaman Mork from Ork Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 567	My answer would be that the low rate that they advertise is a teaser rate. Something to get their foot in your door. Once you look at the cable and get good service on a daily basis, then they will give you a free programming from time to time. When the free programming ends, you miss it and you call them and spend a couple of bucks for more service. Then they give you some more free programming and you get teased in a little further. Before you know it, you are paying $70 a month for cable / Sat. TV.. Local cable and Dish service providers do not have the bandwidth to transmit all the local programming. In the end, I get more stations with my $450 antenna set up than you will with your $11 a month cable bill. $11 x 12 = $132 a year. Let's say my antenna set up lasts 10 years. $132 x 10 = $1320.00 That is if they keep their present rate of $11 a month for 10 years. That means that my antenna set up is only about 1/3 the cost of cable. It's the difference between leasing a new car and buying a new car. You get a 3 year lease and you put X amount down and you pay a little more than you would for a car payment and in 3 years, you turn the car in and you might owe them a couple of thousand dollars on top of that if you put too many miles on it or if you did any damage. Or you can pay the other 50% they figure you still owe, and you end up paying 140% the cost of buying it outright. Either way you end up loosing money. If I don't have the $11 a month to pay the cable / Sat. bill, nobody is going to come and shut my antenna off. That is why it is called Free Television. Feel free to comment on this subject, because I don't know it all and I would like to hear other peoples opinions. Last edited by JB Antennaman; 07-05-2009 at 05:00 PM.