I put in a ubiquiti network at home with a cloud key, security gateway, a poe switch for the cameras (DVR is in the cloud key), a couple of wifi access points. Seems to work great. Best part is the app where I can block and unblock every client on the network individually. I pi-holed all the ad sites at the firewall so they just get rejected. But the more ipad clients I block, the more books get read by everyone, and the happier we all are. I have been putting off getting a short throw DLP and may just put it off indefinitely. We have no TV currently.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 9:59 AM Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Cut the cord on cable last month. Went from $220/month for > phone/cable/Internet (undiscounted costs as we just went out of contract) > down to a little over $100/month for nearly the same content, and no more > land line. > > $60/month Internet (100/100) > $50/month YouTube TV > $5/month Tablo DVR > > This gives us a boatload of content through YouTube TV, over the air > broadcasts with DVR functionality with the Tablo (also a feature of YTTV), > and through various free applications like Pluto TV (400+ free channels). > > There’s minimal competition in this market, so if you want to pull the > plug on your provider they just shrug their shoulders and tell you “Bye!” > No effort for retention. > > Along with using Spectrum (Charter) for cable, we also moved from Verizon > ($200/month for 4 lines) to Spectrum ($56/month for 4 lines) for our > cellular service. Spectrum piggybacks on Verizon, so coverage is the same. > > -D > > > On Nov 13, 2019, at 12:23 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > OK so I was going to cancel my land line because all I get is spam > calls, and keep my internet. ATT tells me just internet would be more than > it costs as the portion of the bundle of voice+IP. BUT... they have a > special bundle (which is the exact same bundle) for 45% less than I am > paying now, and the total for Voice+IP will be less than I am paying now > for the internet portion of my service, and would be less than internet > service alone. Go figure. So I signed up for that. And they have some new > spam blocker you can activate so I did that. It's worth a 15min call (even > with all the impediments to getting a real person) to save $45/month. > > > > So then I decide that I don't have time to read the Wall Street Journal > much any more, so I was going to cancel that and maybe just keep the > digital subscription to read it on the app and online. But they have a > 6month bundle of print+digital, available to existing subscribers, that is > less than half what I am paying now for both, and is less than just the > digital subscription. Go figure. Sign me up! > > > > So 30min on the phone saves me close to $70/month going forward. > Reasonable return on my time I guess. > > > > -- > > --FT > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
