Internet and Cable TV bundles - whats the best deal out there?

[fasteddie]

Hey All, your input would be greatly appreciated.

Would you mind posting your package deal, which provider are you with for internet and cable TV and how much you pay?

My curreny plan with Shaw - HD Basic + High speed internet = $103.99+HST - looking to reduce my cost as I can't justify paying that with the amount of time I spend on the tube and the web.

Just doing some recon work before approaching Shaw/Telus/Bell to get a better package deal - or do any of you work for those companies and give me suggestions to lower my costs?

Thanks in advance for your feedback...

[DKaz]

Telus is $36/mo for Optik HD Basic (you DON'T get TSN or Sportsnet with basic, add $11 for this) and 15mbps Optik high speed internet for the first six months for new customers (I cancelled, my wife signed up, hehe). $65/mo after that. HD PVR is $15/mo to rent (free with 3 year contract) or you can find ones on Craigslist for about $140. It has to be model CIS430 as the older boxes won't work (I think), CIS330 is the non PVR model. If you have at least a CIS430, you can use an  XBox 360 as a second (or third or fourth) box, but check with customer service to see how many simultaneous streams you're limited to. My old place it was 2 HD and 1 SD stream but my new place may be different.

[Winston]

Are you a student? I got an excellent student plan with Shaw. Almost 50% off.

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[Great68]

I'm on the Shaw bundle:

- Home phone basic
- High Speed internet
- High Definition TV (The full package) + Oasis channel (for the wife)

Costs about $150 a month.

I own my PVR outright.

The TV is the most expensive component by far, but I want to watch F1 races and hockey games in HD so I have to pay to play.

[ladiesman217]

i signed up with telus optik tv/internet bundle for 3 years
i get a free xbox 360, free pvr for the term of the contract, and it costs 48$/month for the first 3 months, then it goes up to about 77$/month for the rest of the term.  (i got the basic tv package, HD Sports package and TLC/A&E Channel pack - i forgot the name)

[DKaz]

I'm not on contract.

[serpico007]

Shaw has a $99 special for phone/Internet/tv. It's basic I believe and you sign for 3 years.

[M Speed]

Shaw is doing price guarantee for 3yr. No contract.

[serpico007]

I thought you had to sign up to guarantee that deal?

[hatchattack3]

we pay like 110$ for high speed internet with cable and like 30 or 40ish hd channels?

[DKaz]

Shaw has never had contracts.

[Username]

IMO, television packages are extremely overpriced.

  Kev

[M Speed]

And they know how to get you; like spliting up TSN and sportsnet so you have to get both to see all your sports.

[hatchattack3]

Ya they screw u with the hd channels

[Winston]

Shaw does have contracts. I have a contract with them til September. It is a 1 year contract and you have to give them your credit card and they take money from your credit card monthly. I have Digital TV (Discovery, etc), the basic HD channels (Some free sports channels, mostly news, FOX, CBC, etc), asian package, and Extreme Internet all for $68 a month.

[M Speed]

I think that is your pomotion credits expiry dates......not contract.

[Smiley2010]

I've got Shaw with internet+HD cable.  Bought the PVR few years ago and paid around 300$ for it.  Did the math at the time and I think after 2~3 years it would have paid for itself so I pulled the trigger.

I am seriously considering going with NHL Center ice though for next season.  I think the cost of NHL center ice will be less than if I keep my HD cable package for the hockey season.  Currently paying 87$/month but with just internet I think its just over 40$.

Only things that I really watch are the HD sports channels for hockey and Sportsnet.  I figure I can get my hockey news on  the web and do with NHL Center ice for HD hockey (it records too so I can watch whenever I feel like it I think?)  I'd have to do more research after the playoffs are over

[DKaz]

You can't catch locally broadcast games on Centre Ice. That means every Canucks games on there.I have Centre Ice for my Oilers games but anything on CBC or TSN I had to watch on those channels not Centre Ice. BUT... you do get all the PPV games on Centre Ice so you don't have to fork over $9.95 to watch each of those games.

[puco]

I thought they're not allowed PPV games anymore?  All canucks games on either sportsnet, cbc or tsn.

I have shaw digital basic + discovery/TLC/History channel, etc + internet = $70/mo. +HST

No Contract but promo for 6months.  No HD which sux cuz some canucks games like the one last night was only shown on sportsnet HD channel 301 I think, and not on channel 22.  So I was streaming online. 

I am also waiting for a better Shaw Package since our building is primarily Shaw and Telus told us Optik TV is not available in our building.  =(

[ringflyer]

Hey All, your input would be greatly appreciated.

Would you mind posting your package deal, which provider are you with for internet and cable TV and how much you pay?

My curreny plan with Shaw - HD Basic + High speed internet = $103.99+HST - looking to reduce my cost as I can't justify paying that with the amount of time I spend on the tube and the web.

Just doing some recon work before approaching Shaw/Telus/Bell to get a better package deal - or do any of you work for those companies and give me suggestions to lower my costs?

Thanks in advance for your feedback...

as I work for Shaw, I would suggest calling into customer service after making a note in which channels you watch most and we actually have personalizing plans for cable, internet and phone which are priced pretty well (if you dont like the basic or classic cable bundles, or home bundles we're famous for... we have new ones that came out March 8th)

if you want, you can PM me and I can also look into some of the packages that might interest you (I'm not a CSR, nor do I work on the phones or with the packages really, but willing to look into it for you)

- Alison