I picked up a ROKU, I am wanting to cut the Cable TV cord.

For those who want to use OTA broadcasts, check out AntennaWeb.org - Antenna Signal Prediction for the best way to align your antenna with your local broadcasters.

All the best,
Nonoise

FWIW Plex app runs on Roku and others and now provides a nice integration option for over the air TV via an antenna and the PLEX app. haven’t tried it yet but probably will when I cut the cable TV cord sometime soon I hope.   Plex is a multimedia streaming app and works great as a source of CD quality digital to your hifi as well.  Best of all Plex is  free to start and use via a browser.  Apps for Apple, Roku, Amazon and others cost a few bucks and there are premium services that can be added if desired.   VEry cost effective solution for streaming hifi digital audio and now over the air TV as well, among other things.

I get Wi-Fi through phone line with Century Link . Works fine .

When I am in Berlin that are about 20 companies you can get cable with  at about 50Euros  for what would be over
200$ with monopoly of Comcast in Twin Cities .
Look around you, USA is hell-bent to have fewer companies control  more and more things .

schubert3,910 posts02-08-2018 3:47pmI get Wi-Fi through phone line with Century Link . Works fine .

@schubert

Century Link in my area sucks. Nothing but customer complaints!

swampwalker
5,096 posts                                                               02-08-2018 2:49pm

Hey Jim- Wish I could get your deal ;-) Comcast bills me about $250/month AND the phone service has multiple drop-outs after about 5 minutes. Eventually, you can’t even have a conversation! Dealing with them is like dealing with a used car shyster for whom English is a second language! I was able to save $10 month by buying my own modem/router but it is an 18 month payback.

@swampwalker

I had phone problems for about a year after first getting the phone over Cable. Sounds like same problems you are having. To make a long story short the problem was the incoming digital signal was too strong and would lock up the modem sometimes. The only way I could get the thing unlocked was to unplug it from the power outlet, wait about 3 to 5 minutes, and plug it back in and let it reboot. To make a long story short I was told to call Mediacom and tell them their digital signal was too strong and was over driving the modem, causing it to lock up. Yeah Mediacom wanted to argue the point. Who was I tell them anything! I can’t count all the times they had come out before, only to tell me everything looked ok. I said send someone out and make sure they bring a bigger DB drop splitter, than was being used at the time.

Now the only time I lose the phone is when there is an outage in the area. 7 years and counting.

Dealing with them is like dealing with a used car shyster for whom English is a second language!

Yeah we found out don’t call the Mediacom help desk after about 11:00AM. If you do you are speaking to someone in the Philippines.

For what it’s worth I was telling my nephew I wanted to find an alternative to Mediacom cable TV. He is the one I got the ROKU box and remote from to try out.

For phone he uses Vonage. $25 a month + tax. It works over the internet. He has been using Vontage for about 10 without any problems. I checked into it. Right now they have a special offer for $9.99 + tax for one year and you get about $119 worth of equipment free. A one year contract is required for the special offer.

Jim