[cquick]

We love Brighthouse. In fact, that is a major factor in the place we decided to build here in TV. We thought about buying a preowned house and remodeling, but since we can get Brighthouse here south of 466A, we built a new house.

Of course, we lived in Orlando for 13 years before we moved here, so we were spoiled by Brighthouse's good service. And channel 13 news. We like to know what's happening with the weather and the news. Can't get that on any other cable company.

Originally Posted by cquick

We love Brighthouse. In fact, that is a major factor in the place we decided to build here in TV. We thought about buying a preowned house and remodeling, but since we can get Brighthouse here south of 466A, we built a new house.

Of course, we lived in Orlando for 13 years before we moved here, so we were spoiled by Brighthouse's good service. And channel 13 news. We like to know what's happening with the weather and the news. Can't get that on any other cable company.

Just so you are aware, brighthouse is being purchased by charter communications and has no plans to keep things "business as usual!" Just google it and you'll find all the info.

[Wavy Chips]

Well, since Brighthouse will be changing, here's what's on tap for Comcast: Published today -

Comcast is testing a new television streaming service for $15 a month. Will this lead to more people cutting the cable cord or is it just a sign that cable companies are acknowledging that they need to offer more services to cord-cutters?

On Sunday, Comcast CMCSA, +0.84% announced that the new broadcast television service, Stream, will be available to Xfinity Internet customers in Boston at the end of the summer. The service, which will also have HBO, will then be rolled out in Chicago and Seattle “with plans to make it available everywhere in our footprint by early 2016.” Consumers can sign up online. Critically, people will still need a Comcast Xfinity Internet plan, which starts at around $70 a month for Internet and local television channels (although there are limited-time promotions starting at $45 a month).

Has the TV cable-cutting revolution finally arrived? “No,” says Dan Rayburn, a principal analyst with business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. “For starters, it’s only going to roll out in beta this summer, in limited locations, with the goal of going live next year. But a lot can happen in that time. Remember how much credit the media gave Intel for their OnCue service which never even launched?” Intel INTC, +1.92% sold that media business to Verizon Communications VZ, +0.43% last year, effectively putting an end to its ambitions to start a cloud-based Internet TV service.

“Until we know what this service looks like, which channels it has, at what quality, supported on what devices and how many streams you can do at once, it’s too early to judge this at all,” Rayburn says. “Plus, this won’t have sports channels, which as we know, is a big driver of cable TV.” (In a statement posted online, Comcast said Stream will include thousands of on-demand movies and shows to watch at home or away, plus a cloud DVR service. “It’s unlike anything we’ve ever offered: no extra device or additional equipment required or even a TV,” it said. It’s an online-only service, but people could also connect their computer to a TV screen.

That said, there are many more ways to stream video content than there were a few years ago. In March, Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.02% cut the price for the Apple TV streaming box to $69 from $99. The most basic Roku device to stream content to your TV costs $50, Google Inc.’s GOOG, +3.10% Chromecast costs $35 and Amazon’s AMZN, +2.72% Fire TV retails at $99 with the slightly more basic Fire TV Stick at $40. Also last March, Sony Corp. SNE, +0.95% rolled out its new Internet TV service, PlayStation Vue, in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago and, as of last month, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The amount of time American households spend watching live television has fallen over the last couple of years. In the last quarter of 2014, adults spent 4 hours, 51 minutes watching live TV, down from 5 hours, 10 minutes two years before, according to a report by market research group Nielsen. Video streaming services, such as Netflix, have overtaken live TV in popularity, according to a report released in April by consulting firm Deloitte. Those latter households use devices to watch TV, “nearly 50 minutes more than a typical household with a TV,” it added.

And yet the cable television industry hasn't lost more than 1% of cable TV subscribers in any one quarter, Rayburn says. Online services, he believes, are a complement rather than disrupter to cable, which may explain why Comcast is now entering the fray. Netflix NFLX, +0.06% has more than 40 million subscribers in the U.S., paying $9 a month, versus HBO’s 30 million-plus customers in the U.S. paying $15 a month. Most Netflix customers want to watch live television and also have cable, Rayburn says. Time Warner Cable TWC, +0.92% has around 11 million video subscribers and Comcast has around 22 million.

I have also read that they are planning on throttling or offering limited bandwidth to internet customers without cable TV similar to what the wireless companies do. They are going to get your money one way or the other.

For instance, a standard video file streamed over Netflix is about 2GB, offering 50 free GB per month with $2 per extra gig or something to that effect would allow them to get the same from an Internet only connection as they can from a TV and Internet one. And the cable companies haven't exactly been quiet about it. Quite a few articles out there on that as well.

[jimbo2012]

Originally Posted by Brighthouse Cable Lysander

15 mbps is $58.00 plus it comes with home phone service free for 1 year.

Then I guess you owe me some money, your bill I just checked is $75

How do I get credit

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

Then I guess you owe me some money, your bill I just checked is $75

How do I get credit

Probably a new customer sign up incentives.............happens all the time and not just internet/cable providers

[jimbo2012]

Well if they can give us a better rate we are canceling the service, too many other choices.

[tuccillo]

I assume that is before taxes, fees, and modem/router lease?

Originally Posted by Brighthouse Cable Lysander

15 mbps is $58.00 plus it comes with home phone service free for 1 year.

[jimbo2012]

comcast has a $19 deal thru Tom from Village AV

[jimbo2012]

Brighthouse is history the sales rep comes on this forum, I tell him about the problems we have, fails to address those issues.

They were charging $65 a month for Internet, if you want to get overcharged they are the folks to use.

Moreover, at that price they only offer half the speed of Comcast for $19 a month.

[John_W]

Yesterday on this thread I had wrote that my Century Link internet and phone has never been out after four years. Here's a slight update, 30 minutes after I wrote that it went out. Two hours ago a Century Link technician just came and fixed the problem. Apparently a couple of days ago lightning struck our telephone line somewhere. Our system has a backup battery in the garage, so in case of a power failure such as during a hurricane, you won't lose your telephone. Unfortunately the lightning fried the battery just enough so that it worked for a couple of days but then gave out. Century Link came the next day and fixed it, no problem.