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Originally posted by bas That's not THAT bad Mine is $65 for the Choice Xtra (210 channels or so + local channels, I watch about 6 ), $15/month for HBO (7 channels or whatever it is), $10/month for HD (really fucking enrages me, actually), $5/month for DVR and another $10/month for this sports thing now.

likewise, i only watch about 6 out of 78. and yeah that fucking charge for the DVR/HD Converter or whatever it is such a fucking scam.

overall my cable/internet bill is like $121 and only about $28 of that is internet. ugh.

Our cable is a rip. We pay 120 bucks a month for basic cable and light internet (2G/month download limit). Thank god we don't watch a lot of tv, cause I wouldn't want to pay more for it.

Also, the hydro company is doing double month billing now, so we pay about 3-400 bucks each bill. At my old place it was never more than 30 bucks a month. But it was like 5 times smaller than our house.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk $105 a month for TV

it fucking sucks man.

cable goes like this (i dunno about satllite)

$20-$30 for your basic cable (i.e. network stations, plus like TBS, and maybe something else...it's only about 15 channels. think of it as "i have a TV fee"

$30-$50 additional for "expanded basic". this is your 72(ish) channel cable. MTV, USA, TWC, TLC, etc..etc...

that's not just a regular charge, it's in ADDITION to the first charge.

want HD channels? those are $15 a month on top. but you can't just have basic cable + HD. you have to have basic + expanded + HD.

oh but wait, in order for you to have HD, you have to have the cable box / digital converter or whatever the fuck it is. that's $15 a month. that usually includes DVR as well.


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Originally posted by jennypie Our cable is a rip. We pay 120 bucks a month for basic cable and light internet (2G/month download limit). Thank god we don't watch a lot of tv, cause I wouldn't want to pay more for it. Also, the hydro company is doing double month billing now, so we pay about 3-400 bucks each bill. At my old place it was never more than 30 bucks a month. But it was like 5 times smaller than our house.

400 dollar water bill!?!?!??!?!?!? HOLY FUCK!!! mine is like $49 a month!

And yeah @ paying 100 bucks for tv. Fuck that. Even the cable we have now is an extended pack, so we can actually have to good "basic" channels...and I only watch about 5 channels. Stupid thing is you can't just have the extendex channels on their own, you have to have the standard shit first.


I think the only time we really ever want more channels is to watch UFC. But meh.

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Originally posted by jennypie Our cable is a rip. We pay 120 bucks a month for basic cable and light internet (2G/month download limit). Thank god we don't watch a lot of tv, cause I wouldn't want to pay more for it. Also, the hydro company is doing double month billing now, so we pay about 3-400 bucks each bill. At my old place it was never more than 30 bucks a month. But it was like 5 times smaller than our house.

Whoa whoa whoa, slow down there Pie.

This 'hydro' bill for $400... That's gotta be weed right? Not, like, water?

Back to TV though. Yeah, y'all are probably not paying that much, I guess. It's more than likely to be twice the price over here. I wouldn't know I just can't believe that you guys watch that much TV!

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Whoa whoa whoa, slow down there Pie. This 'hydro' bill for $400... That's gotta be weed right? Not, like, water? Back to TV though. Yeah, y'all are probably not paying that much, I guess. It's more than likely to be twice the price over here. I wouldn't know I just can't believe that you guys watch that much TV!

I really don't, that's the shitty part

I watch HBO for the original shows quite a bit, our local channels (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC) for the prime time and late night stuff, and football (hence fox soccer and goltv)...and that's really it :/

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Whoa whoa whoa, slow down there Pie. This 'hydro' bill for $400... That's gotta be weed right? Not, like, water? Back to TV though. Yeah, y'all are probably not paying that much, I guess. It's more than likely to be twice the price over here. I wouldn't know I just can't believe that you guys watch that much TV!

actualy i think most of us don't watch that much.

one good thing about my cable is the "on demand" stuff. so if i miss an episode of whatever, i can go back and watch it. but then again, that's the point of the DVR too....so yeah, i dunno.

it has porno on there too, but it's like $14.99 a movie + fees and you only get it for like 3 hours before it expires. pretty lame in my opinion.

part of me wants to seriously cancel all of it and just have internet. but those occasional shows i watch i'd really miss

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Originally posted by tubularbills 400 dollar water bill!?!?!??!?!?!? HOLY FUCK!!! mine is like $49 a month!

Hydro = water + electricty. Oh, we also have HST now, so that really fucks with the cost. Don't forget that's for TWO months. I think our smallest bill since living here was 80 bucks? (for one month)

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Originally posted by jennypie Hydro = water + electricty. Oh, we also have HST now, so that really fucks with the cost. Don't forget that's for TWO months. I think our smallest bill since living here was 80 bucks? (for one month)

HST?

still, water + elec = $400?? fuck. my highest water + elect was about $180 last summer ($130 elec, $50 water). my gas bill is like $35 a month in the summer, but near $150 in the winter

ohhhh and for 2 months, that's not as bad as i thought. still sucks though

HST = harmonized sales tax.