Old North State Community Association Volume 19 , Issue 3, March 2020 Old North State Living www.oldnorthstateup.org www.myoldnorthstateup.org 336.461.5344
[email protected] Serenity Unspoiled Understanding Television Service Options Within Community By: Olin Giles Now that Randolph Telephone has announced that they are exiting the TV business later this year, a number of people have asked what other options are available. While I was never a Randolph TV customer, I recently switched from a satellite-based TV service (DirectTV) to a streaming TV service by AT&T called ATT TV Now (www.atttvnow.com). I March 8 made this change for cost reasons. Daylight Savings Time Begins March 17 Overall, I am pleased with the change. Today, however, I would definitely choose St. Patrick’s Day YouTube TV over ATT TV Now. I believe that YouTubeTV, a Google company, March 23 (https://tv.youtube.com) is a superior offering at a much more favorable price. Let me ONSCA Board Meeting 9 am at Clubhouse explain some of the basic concepts behind streaming TV and what I recommend. April 15 Streaming TV is the future of TV. With internet service increasingly delivered by high Tax Day speed fiber optic networks, it makes perfect sense to deliver TV channels over the same April 16—20 internet network. While Randolph provided TV service over such a network, they simply Men’s ACC Golf Championship didn’t have the customer base or scale to negotiate favorable pricing from the various TV channels/networks. Randolph did an admirable job, but in the long run, their efforts were April 12 doomed to fail.