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Bad service by the cable companies is just as bad at the landlocked home.
Number 1 reason we have Sat TV at the house!
"S/V Aramoana (Roger Chin & Eric Register)" wrote:
> At 11:50 PM 01/09/01, Aharon wrote:
> >TV is for people who don't have boats.
> >-Aharon
> >
> > > I have no TV for more than 7 years now. Your mind, spirit,
> > > body and family
> > > would benefit. If you are a news junkie, read newspapers.
>
> What I really miss is some of the shows on Life Network (such as "Tall Ship
> Chronicles") or Outdoor Life Network (such as "Lonely Planet"). We don't
> really watch the "mainstream" TV.
>
> Right now we only get 6 over-the-air channels. We're thinking of getting
> satellite TV (Bell ExpressVu). We would avoid the problems we've had with
> Rogers Cable (now Shaw Cable) at our marina in Richmond, BC. Seems like a
> lot of utilities (electricity, TV, phone) put us at the lowest
> priority. Even the newspapers won't deliver to the boat. By going with
> satellite TV, we'll never have to pay for another installation charge
> again. And we don't have to worry about the quality of the service. Since
> one neighbour had Internet installed on her cable TV line, another
> neighbour has such poor reception now that they've given up watching
> TV. Response time is several days, sometimes weeks.
>
> Another advantage is that if we're not at our home marina (anchored or
> docked), we'll still be able to watch TV. Although power might be a bit of
> a problem as TV's use a lot of power.
>
> Roger
>
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> Roger Chin & Eric Register
> S/V Aramoana, docked in Richmond, BC
> www.geocities.com/sv_aramoana
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