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Am I understanding Sling properly: I don't need a cable TV subscription to watch the offerings on Orange, Blue, or Orange & Blue combo deal? Broadband internet (30 Mps or better), wireless router, and the Sling Box are all I need... no traditional cable TV subscription?
I looked at Roku's site and it appears you have to maintain a traditional cable TV subscription to watch the channels they offer...? Or did I miss something.
I'm looking to drop traditional cable TV and go full stream ahead.
I posted about this a couple months ago but I'm serious now because Wide Open West just screwed me a second time. I was late on the bill recently because I forgot to pay it early before leaving town and it went late by time I got back. They now cut your bandwidth down to 0.2 Mps (200Kbps) just enough to allow you to load their online bill pay and pony up. THEN they charge you a $22 "Re-activation Fee" to restore your bandwidth back to, in my case, 30Mpbs. I was ten days late. I know that was bad but cut me down to 200 Kbps and then charge me to "re-activate" when all that involves is a tech or billing person 5 seconds of time clicking through a dialog box on screen to restore me?
So done with WOW.
Oh yeah, the $22 "re-activation fee" is on top of a late fee on the billing side, forget what that was maybe $20.
I looked at Roku's site and it appears you have to maintain a traditional cable TV subscription to watch the channels they offer...? Or did I miss something.
I'm looking to drop traditional cable TV and go full stream ahead.
I posted about this a couple months ago but I'm serious now because Wide Open West just screwed me a second time. I was late on the bill recently because I forgot to pay it early before leaving town and it went late by time I got back. They now cut your bandwidth down to 0.2 Mps (200Kbps) just enough to allow you to load their online bill pay and pony up. THEN they charge you a $22 "Re-activation Fee" to restore your bandwidth back to, in my case, 30Mpbs. I was ten days late. I know that was bad but cut me down to 200 Kbps and then charge me to "re-activate" when all that involves is a tech or billing person 5 seconds of time clicking through a dialog box on screen to restore me?
So done with WOW.
Oh yeah, the $22 "re-activation fee" is on top of a late fee on the billing side, forget what that was maybe $20.