When we were on cable, the cable company kept jacking up the price with no added content except ads. Being subsciption TV, you would think ads are non-existant, but not with this cable company. FOXTEL.
Funnily enough, when we were paying our money, they wouldn't compromise on better deals. You either put up with the channels you were paying for, or not have cable TV at all. We eventually opted for the second. Once we cancelled, they were on the phone negotiating what packages we wanted just to return. Couldn't negotiate when we where subscribers but could do so when we left? Ads halfway through movies? Pausing 'live' tv? Even pausing for a second no longer makes it 'live'. You are a second behind!
With downloading programs, you don't have to put up with the ads so you can watch from the start of the program until the end, with no interruptions. It also shows how much of an hour is taken up by ads. As each hour long program runs for about 40 minutes, it indicates how much time is taken up by mindless drivel!
Until cable TV allows you to pick your own packages and not have to pay for what they think you might watch, we're sticking with the internet.
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