Subj : TV Woes
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Sep 21 2025 13:12:00

Hello Rob!

 RM> Back then (late 80's) I was paying $20 a month for about
 RM> 25 channels. These days I get more channels in the basic
 RM> package, I think I heard 69 channels, although if I could
 RM> choose I'd probably be happy dropping 3/4 of those as
 RM> useless to me to save a few dollars.. These days it's up
 RM> to over $100 a month.

Not long ago, I helped a friend reconfigure their Bell TV  
package to something more reasonable.  Originally, he was  
paying over $150/mo with Bell's higher tier package.  To make a  
long story short, I dropped him down to the StarterTV =$25/mo  
and we just added the specific ones he wanted a la carte, $4ea.  
He ended up with something just under $50/mo


 RM> As I said, this is their basic package, no extra cost in there
 RM> for any specialty channels added.

No "starter" offering with Rogers?


 RM> Generally Rogers (was Shaw.. was Star Choice..) gives you
 RM> more for the same money than you'd get from Bell. Bell's
 RM> packages are often a little cheaper at first but there are
 RM> extras you'd pay more to have added if you wanted them
 RM> from Bell. Some included premium type channels at no extra
 RM> cost and Time Shifting so you can get a show from 3 or 4
 RM> different time zones each day instead of just one,
 RM> separate feeds from the West coast to the East coast.

True..  Bell's time-shift is an added feature for $X/mo.  But  
my friend didn't need that. His habit was to just watch  
whatever is available in the designated time-slot. He didn't  
really use the PVR at all.

I have to wonder how many people with Bell TV are overpaying  
simply because they don't use or need the "extra" tools - don't  
realize they can pay less?
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