Believing the lie, drink that koolaid!

[Cerise]

It is very nice of you to pay for your girlfriend's $1300 per month prescription bill.

When you decide to marry her, she will make you pay for everything.

 

[Gonz]

I've already suggested he marry her. Hell, if he listened to me, she'd be past the 6-month gap for pre-existing conditions.

 

[Mirlyn]

I guess I need to move to Texas if cable TV, even basic, can be had for $30 a month there.

Basic cable (dozen channels) is $15 here. Was $12 when we switched to it a few months ago.

When we had extended cable (~60 channels) it was $40. Add $20 to that for digital cable (~130 channels). Don't know what its up to now.

 

[Gonz]

Now for the in-joke part...tell 'em where here is

 

[Mirlyn]

Now for the in-joke part...tell 'em where here is

Here? Middle of nowhere?

 

[Gonz]

Just "middle" will suffice

 

[catocom]

tornado alley

 

[Mirlyn]

Just "middle" will suffice

The exact middle is somewhere near Lebanon.


Yes, Kansas.

 

[Gonz]

Look on the bright side. It could be Nebraska.

 

[Mirlyn]

Look on the bright side. It could be Nebraska.

Barely 15mins south of the state line.

 

[Inkara1]

Basic cable (dozen channels) is $15 here. Was $12 when we switched to it a few months ago.

When we had extended cable (~60 channels) it was $40. Add $20 to that for digital cable (~130 channels). Don't know what its up to now.

The cable company here quit offering channel 2-13 only service. All that's available now is "expanded basic" which my parents have and pay like $55 a month for.

 

[randomJACKASS]

Fuck cable! Satellite!

 

[Gonz]

Fuck Cable!!! Satelite will do in a pinch. ALL HAIL FiOS!!!!

 

[spike]

Does Direct TV or Dish offer a decent internet connection?

 

[randomJACKASS]

Does Direct TV or Dish offer a decent internet connection?

Not that I know of. We actually do use cable for that but the TV choices are vastly superior on Dish or DirecTV.

But it is a good alternative if you live off the grid somewhere.

 

[Inkara1]

There is such a thing as Satellite internet (although DirecTV and Dish themselves are TV-only). The only time you would ever want satellite internet is if nothing else high-speed is available at all. The lag times are up to a full second, and for daily browsing you might as well be on dial-up. Plus, satellite internet is really expensive. I'm on DirecTV with DSL internet. There's a wireless internet service called Clearwire, although they're not nationwide. I'm sure there are other similar providers, though.

 

[catocom]

I concur.

 

[spike]

I almost switch to satellite a couple years ago but the cable company was going to charge me $50/month for internet only so to make it really worth it I would have to downgrade my speed to DSL.

DSL speed is acceptable but it made the whole idea less attractive.

 

[Mirlyn]

WildBlue offers up to 1.5/256 for $80/mo.

While speeds are fast, it still "feels" like dialup and anything latency sensitive voip, gaming, vpn, etc) is more trouble than its worth. Had a client use WildBlue for 2 years before DSL came to his area.

 

[spike]

latent gaming? Bah.