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Need some advice 

Post#1 » by valleyman33 » Wed Aug 7, 2024 7:54 pm

I live in the Salem area. Just found out that Xfinity wants to charge me $245 a month for package that includes Root Sports and the Big 10 network. This is about $65 more a month than I'm paying now. Can anyone recommend another service that has local channels and Root Sports and Big 10 Network. Have been on a couple of sites and is kinda confusing to see what package has what channels. Thanks for any help. :D
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Re: Need some advice 

Post#2 » by dunlop212 » Wed Aug 7, 2024 10:01 pm

Get an antenna and a DVR. On a typical football weekend that will get you the ducks game (most of their games are broadcast for free OTA), a couple of top ten national matchups, and several NFL games. All the blazer games are available on YouTube as 10-minute highlights (usually too much of the current team). How much sports can a guy watch? Even if I was rich, I would still feel stupid paying $200 for cable TV.
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Re: Need some advice 

Post#3 » by tester551 » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:27 am

valleyman33 wrote:I live in the Salem area. Just found out that Xfinity wants to charge me $245 a month for package that includes Root Sports and the Big 10 network. This is about $65 more a month than I'm paying now. Can anyone recommend another service that has local channels and Root Sports and Big 10 Network. Have been on a couple of sites and is kinda confusing to see what package has what channels. Thanks for any help. :D

Just go to Sling TV.

Why do you want Root Sports?
If it's only for Blazer games - you can use a VPN to route the feed through an area where the games are not blacked out. Then you can just stream the games directly from NBA Broadband.
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Post#4 » by Case2012 » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:38 am

there's countless sites you can use for free. I haven't paid for cable since 2015 and I watch every game.
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Post#5 » by valleyman33 » Fri Aug 9, 2024 3:57 pm

Thanks for the advice. Guess I'm not as tech savvy as I thought I was. :D
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Post#6 » by Pattycakes » Fri Aug 9, 2024 4:02 pm

Case2012 wrote:there's countless sites you can use for free. I haven't paid for cable since 2015 and I watch every game.


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Post#7 » by valleyman33 » Fri Aug 16, 2024 12:38 am

I'm so glad I did not opt for the outrageous package that Xfinity wanted to charge me, now that Root sports is out of the picture. Thanks again for the advice guys. :D
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