manton
manton

NBA preseason starts tonight! Because Hulu Live and YouTube TV have dropped the regional sports networks, we’ve cancelled Hulu and switched to Spectrum TV, where we get internet anyway. No cable box, since they have an app for our smart TV, iOS, etc. 🏀

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gdp
gdp

@manton The Spectrum app can be very frustrating at times. We have a cable box downstairs but use the Apple TV app upstairs and it sometimes decides to go on strike. Spectrum’s response is usually, “Yeah, we know. We’ll let our engineers know. Again. Sorry ‘bout it.”

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manton
manton

@gpittman Good to know. I have my nitpicks with the Hulu app too, and my first impression with the Spectrum app was positive. But I don't ever look forward to calling Spectrum support. I will put off calling them for days even when there is a problem rather than be on hold endlessly and asked to reboot devices.

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scottjeffries
scottjeffries

@manton Are the costs comparable?

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manton
manton

@scottjeffries Similar pricing. I think we're going to save about $15/month (although we'll lose some features too like cloud DVR and Hulu shows).

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hawaiiboy
hawaiiboy

@manton We're kind of lucky in Hawaii, Spectrum is the latest descendent of Hawaii's old Oceanic Cable system and most of the employees have been around since then, so we get to talk to someone local who who treats you with enough respect to make it feel OK.

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