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Your Monthly Cable & Internet Costs

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  1. 1. What do you currently pay per month for total cable, internet, satellite, streaming media costs (excluding smart phone)?

  2. 2. Which of the following services do you currently use?

    • Basic Cable TV
      53
    • Premium Channels (HBO, Starz)
      26
    • Extra Sports Channels
      11
    • Satellite TV
      15
    • Dial-up internet
      0
    • DSL
      29
    • Cable Internet
      68
    • Netflix Streaming
      40
    • Apple TV
      0
    • Hulu Subscription Service
      6
    • Walmart Video-on-Demand
      0
    • Satellite Internet Connection
      5

  3. 3. The last movie you watched was through what service?

    • Basic Cable TV or Satellite (or non-subscription TV)
      14
    • Premium Cable Channels (HBO, Cinemax)
      19
    • Netflix
      32
    • Apple TV
      0
    • Walmart Video-On-Demand
      0
    • Traditional Video Rental (Redbox)
      4
    • Hulu
      2
    • YouTube
      4
    • Some other internet streaming method
      9
    • Other (home collection, at friends, etc.)
      15

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slangofoil   50

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Around $125 a month for Verizon FIOS (fiberoptic) cable, internet, local and long distance calling, plus I think 250 minutes of international calling per month. No premium channels, but plenty anyway.

I'm the USC petitioner.

Timeline:

10/06/2005 Met in Ireland while I was on a study abroad

03/15/2010 K-1 NOA1

05/27/2010 K-1 NOA2

09/10/2010 K-1 Interview

09/22/2010 POE

10/01/2010 Wedding

10/27/2010 AOS/EAD/AP NOA1s

12/22/2010 EAD/AP Approved

04/05/2011 AOS Approved - no interview

04/09/2011 Green Card received

01/24/2013 ROC NOA1

06/28/2013 ROC Approved - no interview

07/05/2013 10-year Green Card received

08/19/2014 N-400 NOA

12/06/2014 N-400 Interview

01/09/2014 Naturalization ceremony

My husband is now a US Citizen! Our journey is over!

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Rebecca Jo
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We have the service we can afford, not the service we want. If we added expanded cable to our service, the bill would be about $40 more per month. We have two providers in our area, but the other on

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I have the bundle package that features cable (w/HD, DVR, HBO, etc.), phone (unlimited domestic everything), and internet (not sure of speeds but it's pretty good) for around $140/month. Some people

Alex & Rachel
Alex & Rachel

$60-70 for cable internet... it's our only choice in the area, though! Netflix for all our TV/movie watching. If there's a TV program we really like, but which isn't available for Netflix, we usuall

rsn Experienced

rsn   135

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24.99 for a year - cable internet....I forgot the speed rating but when I tested it last it seemed to be able to +/- 1.9mb/s down and maybe 600k/s up

I killed tv about 8 months so we stream from netflix....(maybe 1.5 hrs a day?)

2 mbps down? Ouch. What service are you unfortunate enough to have?

$34.99/month for 12 mbps down (bursting to 18-20 mbps) and 1 mbps up. No cable or satellite. We watch all our shows via OTA & (mostly) the internet.

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K1: 01/15/2009 (mailed I-129F) - 06/23/2009 (visa received)

AOS: 08/08/2009 (mailed I-485, I-765, & I-131) - 10/29/2009 (received GC)

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Usui Takumi   1,562

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2 mbps down? Ouch. What service are you unfortunate enough to have?

$34.99/month for 12 mbps down (bursting to 18-20 mbps) and 1 mbps up. No cable or satellite. We watch all our shows via OTA & (mostly) the internet.

actually i just tested it via speak easy to an SF location its about 19 down at the moment and 3 up. To Chicago its more like 8 and 1.

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$60-70 for cable internet... it's our only choice in the area, though!

(L) Netflix for all our TV/movie watching. If there's a TV program we really like, but which isn't available for Netflix, we usually just suck it up and buy the DVDs. I really have no patience with commercials. My husband also uses Redbox for new games and the occasional new movie, but things are appearing on Netflix so quickly these days!

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07/11/2006 - First met

08/22/2008 - K1 Visa in hand

12/27/2008 - Marriage

05/20/2009 - AOS complete

10/06/2011 - ROC complete

04/20/2012 - Annaleah born!

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john_and_marlene Mentor

john_and_marlene   162

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We have cable internet/TV with all the premium channels/phone and satellite TV for the foreign channels. If we don't order PPV our monthly bill is about $290.

05/16/2005 I-129F Sent

05/28/2005 I-129F NOA1

06/21/2005 I-129F NOA2

07/18/2005 Consulate Received package from NVC

11/09/2005 Medical

11/16/2005 Interview APPROVED

12/05/2005 Visa received

12/07/2005 POE Minneapolis

12/17/2005 Wedding

12/20/2005 Applied for SSN

01/14/2005 SSN received in the mail

02/03/2006 AOS sent (Did not apply for EAD or AP)

02/09/2006 NOA

02/16/2006 Case status Online

05/01/2006 Biometrics Appt.

07/12/2006 AOS Interview APPROVED

07/24/2006 GC arrived

05/02/2007 Driver's License - Passed Road Test!

05/27/2008 Lifting of Conditions sent (TSC > VSC)

06/03/2008 Check Cleared

07/08/2008 INFOPASS (I-551 stamp)

07/08/2008 Driver's License renewed

04/20/2009 Lifting of Conditions approved

04/28/2009 Card received in the mail

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one...two...tree   2,762

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We have cable internet/TV with all the premium channels/phone and satellite TV for the foreign channels. If we don't order PPV our monthly bill is about $290.

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bora bora Experienced

bora bora   1

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We paid almost $100 in Florida for our cable and Internet. We had the basic 80 channels and speedy Internet.

11/2004 - Met in Brazil

09/2006 - Apply for K1

03/2007 - K1 approved

04/2007 - Apply for AOS & EAD

07/2007 - EAD approved

01/2008 - Conditional Residency approved

11/2009 - Apply to remove conditions

02/2010 - Permanent Residency approved

11/2010 - Apply for Citizenship

03/2011 - Citizenship approved

07/2011 - Moved back to Brazil

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sachinky   465

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We get cable and internet through DISH. It's around $60 per month. We don't have any premium channels or DVR. It's easy enough to find the shows you missed, online.

We also use Netflix (now downgraded to Streaming + 1 DVD) -- we also visit the dollar theater and the $3 bin at Big Lots quite often.

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03/27/2009: Engaged in Ithaca, New York.
08/17/2009: Wedding in Calcutta, India.
09/29/2009: I-130 NOA1
01/25/2010: I-130 NOA2
03/23/2010: Case completed.
05/12/2010: CR-1 interview at Mumbai, India.
05/20/2010: US Entry, Chicago.
03/01/2012: ROC NOA1.
03/26/2012: Biometrics completed.
12/07/2012: 10 year card production ordered.

09/25/2013: N-400 NOA1

10/16/2013: Biometrics completed

12/03/2013: Interview

12/20/2013: Oath ceremony

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Dr. Obvious Experienced

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We don't have cable or dish or whatever, only streaming Netflix.

Internet is $29.99 a month promo rate and $44.99 a month after it is up (no contract). However, my husband gets a reimbursement for internet from work of $15-$25 a month. It depends on the monthly rate what he gets.

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Comcast and Verizon(FIOS) both offer packages now for $99 a month for Cable, Internet and Phone Service with a 2 year agreement. I've had both over the last 4 years. If it wasn't for enjoying my Flyers and Phillies games, I'd probably go with directv, Clear internet and magic jack, but Comcast doesn't offer their sports channel to satellite providers.

 

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Comcast and Verizon(FIOS) both offer packages now for $99 a month for Cable, Internet and Phone Service with a 2 year agreement. I've had both over the last 4 years. If it wasn't for enjoying my Flyers and Phillies games, I'd probably go with directv, Clear internet and magic jack, but Comcast doesn't offer their sports channel to satellite providers.

Be thankful you didn't go with clear wire. They are consistently ranked as the worst ISP in the country.

K1: 01/15/2009 (mailed I-129F) - 06/23/2009 (visa received)

AOS: 08/08/2009 (mailed I-485, I-765, & I-131) - 10/29/2009 (received GC)

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Marilyn. Grand Master

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TV and internet is included in our $950/month rent.. it is cable internet and TV through Time Warner.. it is basic Cable TV, no HBO or Showtime etc...

We use Netflix Streaming and the free Hulu

we just got a HDDVR so we are paying an extra $22 a month now...

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