The next decade....what's in store?

More channels...same channels

Years ago when I was living here, I had all the cable channels that Grenada Cablevision offered (not many by Jamaican standards). This included the movie channels and so on. After a while, I realize that working 6 and 7 day weeks did not make watching tv possible. Sports, yes. Movies no.

So I downgraded, saving money in the process.

When I started working here again, I went for the Value Package which has the basics - the networks, ESPN, Tempo, BBC World, Fit TV etc. One day I went into the cable office to sign up for more channels. This was helped on by the special the cable company ran every weekend for a month and I got to watch some nice movies. But in the office, I looked on the price, looked on my work schedule and said "nah".

When they cut off the cable day before yesterday (I>yeah, embarrassing init?) and I went into the office to pay, I said "cho, what di hell" and got the Gold Package which includes Discovery Health, the merged WB channel, BBC American and a few others, plus three movie channels - HBO, Cinemax and Black Starz. I already had Sportsmax...that was a must.

I didn't ask how much my monthly bill will now be (it was EC$85 which included a whole EC$20 alone for Sportsmax but that was just NOT debatable cause I must see my cricket). I just closed my eyes and signed.

We'll see how long I keep it on for! I have had it since Thursday and I keep watching the same channels!

Posted by yamfoot at February 16, 2007 07:40 PM