I hate Sky/my cable company (reprise)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6389015.stm
Basically, starting next week, Sky 1 won't be available to cable subscribers in the UK.
Sky 1 is the main cable channel that I watch. Both flavours of Stargate are mid-series. Disaster!
I'm aware you can download everything from the net these days, but have previously been too lazy to bother. Regular readers will remember that I just bought a new comfy sofa, so watching stuff on the actual TV set is a lot more comfortable than downloading and watching in the computer room.
Seeing as Grey's Anatomy seems to have disappeared off Living for the time being, I don't think I'm watching anything current on any cable channel other than Sky 1, so if Virgin/Telewest/whoever my cable provider is this week won't give us a reduction in the bill when I call them on Monday, I might cancel the cable, get a Freeview box for More4 purposes, and learn to live with downloads. The bastards will still own us because we get our broadband and phone through them too, and no way am I dealing with changing our providers for those - there are levels of hassle to get equally shitty service that are simply not worth it.
I don't want to live with downloads. I don't care how uncool and dorky it is, I like coming home, turning on the TV and pressing play on the video to see everything that was on the previous evening, without commercials, and without thinking. For the most part we only watch TV when we're eating dinner, which is kind of awkward upstairs, and the rabbits get their time out of their cages, which they can't do if I'm upstairs.
The TV-free snobs amongst you can scoff as you like. I've heard it all before and I'm past caring.
ivory_goddesshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6389015.stm
Basically, starting next week, Sky 1 won't be available to cable subscribers in the UK.
Sky 1 is the main cable channel that I watch. Both flavours of Stargate are mid-series. Disaster!
I'm aware you can download everything from the net these days, but have previously been too lazy to bother. Regular readers will remember that I just bought a new comfy sofa, so watching stuff on the actual TV set is a lot more comfortable than downloading and watching in the computer room.
Seeing as Grey's Anatomy seems to have disappeared off Living for the time being, I don't think I'm watching anything current on any cable channel other than Sky 1, so if Virgin/Telewest/whoever my cable provider is this week won't give us a reduction in the bill when I call them on Monday, I might cancel the cable, get a Freeview box for More4 purposes, and learn to live with downloads. The bastards will still own us because we get our broadband and phone through them too, and no way am I dealing with changing our providers for those - there are levels of hassle to get equally shitty service that are simply not worth it.
I don't want to live with downloads. I don't care how uncool and dorky it is, I like coming home, turning on the TV and pressing play on the video to see everything that was on the previous evening, without commercials, and without thinking. For the most part we only watch TV when we're eating dinner, which is kind of awkward upstairs, and the rabbits get their time out of their cages, which they can't do if I'm upstairs.
The TV-free snobs amongst you can scoff as you like. I've heard it all before and I'm past caring.
