Cable Decisions

[Orioles1954]

I only have FIOS because of Orioles baseball....plain and simple. With the lack of moves or direction from this moribund organization, have you considered "cutting the cord" in protest? As much as it completely pains me, I'm seriously considering this option.

[clapdiddy]

Could never abandon my team, but I could see why you would consider it.

[Aristotelian]

Dude, just get mlb.com and use Opera web browser with built in VPN.

[Going Underground]

If you have Comcast,the fee for MASN is around $5.03. So you are paying this to Mr. Angelos as long as you have cable.

 

$5.03 Regional Sports Fee

[MDtransplant757]

I can't cut my cable if I wanted to. However, MASN and MASN 2 are included in my basic package. Couldn't get rid of them if I wanted to, and I don't want to get rid of them. 

[Frobby]

21 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Dude, just get mlb.com and use Opera web browser with built in VPN.

Which is technically illegal, right?

[Going Underground]

3 minutes ago, MDtransplant757 said:

I can't cut my cable if I wanted to. However, MASN and MASN 2 are included in my basic package. Couldn't get rid of them if I wanted to, and I don't want to get rid of them. 

It is included but in most markets you pay the additional Regional Sports fee.

[MDtransplant757]

Just now, Going Underground said:

It is included but in most markets you pay the additional Regional Sports fee.

Not in mine. I checked. 

[wildbillhiccup]

29 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Dude, just get mlb.com and use Opera web browser with built in VPN.

I'm pretty sure what you're suggesting is illegal. Just sayin'...

[Aristotelian]

23 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Which is technically illegal, right?

Only in Belarus and a couple of other countries, as far as I know. 

[Larry18]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Which is technically illegal, right?

Doesn’t pass my smell test. Which is the legal equivalent of my scouting eye test. 

[interloper]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Which is technically illegal, right?

You're still paying the full price for MLB.tv, and just skirting around the blackout restrictions. If you call that illegal, then that's a pretty strict definition.

[Orsulak4Prez]

2 hours ago, wildbillhiccup said:

I'm pretty sure what you're suggesting is illegal. Just sayin'...

This debate seems to come up every year and I seem to recall several people saying it's illegal and citing relevant verbiage from the terms. I'll research it again, but that has been enough for me to stay away from it.

I totally cut the cord this year, but I'll probably listen to the games on the SiriusXM app. I have subscribed to DirecTV and/or Comcast pretty much only for MASN and decided it's not worth the money for how little I use it. If they would just get rid of the stupid blackouts I'd be set. I'd even pay for a streaming MASN service during the season if it existed.

[Es4M11]

I cut my cable package back significantly just recently. Lost MASN in the process. I honestly don't care. Cut out going to the games last year. I will just listen to the games on the radio going forward. Not giving Angelos any more of my money.

[theocean]

MLB.tv is rad. I highly recommend it. $25 for MLB.tv and $10 for a VPN. Save your money and go to a few extra games.