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   Hello Rob!   
      
    RM> Back then (late 80's) I was paying $20 a month for about   
    RM> 25 channels. These days I get more channels in the basic   
    RM> package, I think I heard 69 channels, although if I could   
    RM> choose I'd probably be happy dropping 3/4 of those as   
    RM> useless to me to save a few dollars.. These days it's up   
    RM> to over $100 a month.   
      
   Not long ago, I helped a friend reconfigure their Bell TV     
   package to something more reasonable.  Originally, he was     
   paying over $150/mo with Bell's higher tier package.  To make a     
   long story short, I dropped him down to the StarterTV =$25/mo     
   and we just added the specific ones he wanted a la carte, $4ea.     
   He ended up with something just under $50/mo   
      
      
    RM> As I said, this is their basic package, no extra cost in there   
    RM> for any specialty channels added.   
      
   No "starter" offering with Rogers?   
      
      
    RM> Generally Rogers (was Shaw.. was Star Choice..) gives you   
    RM> more for the same money than you'd get from Bell. Bell's   
    RM> packages are often a little cheaper at first but there are   
    RM> extras you'd pay more to have added if you wanted them   
    RM> from Bell. Some included premium type channels at no extra   
    RM> cost and Time Shifting so you can get a show from 3 or 4   
    RM> different time zones each day instead of just one,   
    RM> separate feeds from the West coast to the East coast.   
      
   True..  Bell's time-shift is an added feature for $X/mo.  But     
   my friend didn't need that. His habit was to just watch     
   whatever is available in the designated time-slot. He didn't     
   really use the PVR at all.   
      
   I have to wonder how many people with Bell TV are overpaying     
   simply because they don't use or need the "extra" tools - don't     
   realize they can pay less?   
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