Roku/Firestick,
I noticed I asked this question 5 years ago and still no movement from COX.
Why can other providers around the Country do this and COX can't? Whatever
the excuse is appears to have been solve...
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For $39.99 you can't beat a Firestick. The only thing you'll regret is not having bought one sooner. Plug and Play. If you don't have WiFi then you'll need the ethernet adapter. No contracts, pick and choose whatever premium subscription you want, cancel anytime, plus almost everything has a free trial. Showtime's is 30 days. You can hop from one free trial to another as each one ends, which will keep you busy for months.I gave up Directv after 1 week of using my Firestick. Why pay for all those lame channels you never watch anyway, (mtv, bet, animal planet, nickelodeon, byu, qvc, hsn, bloomberg, cspan, link, cooking, cartoon, nasa, ion, galavision, etc.) If you want local channels, get an antenna (yes, they ALL broadcast in HD.) Every news/weather channel is free online or with an app.
If you've bought an Apple iphone/ipad/macbook recently you've already got 1 year of +AppleTV for free. Check out, "For All Mankind" series. I can't wait for the next season to start.
If you have Amazon Prime, their Prime video is included and they run specials every now and then, such as Starz for 99¢ per month for 2 months. Just don't get Showtime through them but directly from Showtime, for the 30 day free trail. If you go through Amazon it's only a week or so.
I think what's happening is young people don't watch programs like Lifetime and similar. Seems
like older folks do. They basically are into entertainment like movies, and sports and a local channel. My 30 year old Nephew recently picked up COX internet only and subs to streaming. The cost
of the entry level cable plus the additional cost of the channels he really wants made it
more expensive. package giving him the what he needs cheaper than the COX $99 TV package loaded with things they don't care about vs the pick and choose they have with the streaming package.
(Are you listening COX),
I also think Internet via wires to your home is starting to become s technology of the past.
Cell phone providers like T-Mobile offer wireless internet for $50/month with download speeds
close to 200 including upload speeds much faster than COX slow 10 or even 30 with their
300 down package. As long as you have power your on the internet plus streaming entertainment.
No more worries about the cable going out or lost of internet which we all know happens.
Cell phone 5G technology with much faster down/up speeds for a lower cost will outdate
the current methods. Something isn't right when my cell phone internet/phone is cheaper than
my Provider Internet/phone. Most of the cell phone providers offer what would be consider unlimited
data much cheaper than years ago. Technology and the cost of it is changing.
Ken
