You won't believe what hard work it is in this country to set yourself up with an internet and television provider. I finally decided I had had enough of the Cable Company and the television picture that keeps breaking up. I thought if I hung on long enough it had to get better, but the last couple of weeks it has been bad and last night my patience ran out.
So today I have been out and about looking at all the deals, and for someone as easily confused as I am it has all been very tiring and complicated.
I went first to the Dish Network and their tv deal was quite reasonable, as they have got a special offer going trying to attract all the disillusioned Cable Company customers. Their total monthly price for two televisions is normally $61.99, but for 12 months I can have it for $36.99.
I told them my reservations at having a dish was that I know I can lose transmission in bad weather, and I have this obsession about tornadoes, I want to know exactly where they are, especially when they are bearing down on Shawnee. So it was suggested I buy an antennae for about $30, and if the transmission is knocked out I could switch to the antennae, which will pick up the local channels and let me know what the weather/tornadoes are doing. So I decided to sign up with Dish, and then went to the appropriate shop and purchased an antennae.
The Dish Network recommended an internet company, one I knew because they provide my cell phone and minutes. So I went off there (you see what a lot of running around it all was), and I thought their monthly price of $45 a month was quite reasonable. BUT, their internet speed was 3.0 (whatever that is, but I deduced it was half the speed of 6.0, which is what the Cable Company provides) so I wasn't sure.
At this point I felt I could probably benefit from some advice and went on Skype to look for a loved one, but no one was around. So I then went to the Cable Company to find out how much they would charge me for the internet alone, when it is not part of a special deal with the tv. And that was a bit steep at $112 a month (with the television as well I was paying about $148).
To summarise - I signed up for Dish Network and that was installed this afternoon, together with the antennae. And the Cable Company - for the moment at least - is providing the internet. Tomorrow, en route to the hospital I will take the Cable Company's tv paraphernalia back to them, and apprise them of the situation.
This evening I went out for a meal with Pattisue. We used to have a Korean restaurant in town run by a very nice couple, but it closed down and has been closed quite a while, but they reopened this evening, and I was pleased they had quite a lot of people in.
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