LOWEST COST RECOMMENDATIONS left column: low end user reqmts right column: high end user reqmts
USER REQUIREMENTS |
Lowest Cost Bare Bones |
Little TV Little Movies Some data |
Little TV |
Moderate TV |
More TV |
High video |
RECOMMENDATIONS HOME PHONE |
Purchase phone; Wired or basic cell |
Purchase phone; Wired or basic cell |
Purchase Smartphone |
Purchase Smartphone; |
Purchase Smartphone |
Wired + Cell + PC (skype) |
RECOMMENDATIONS HOME TV |
Roof/Attic Rabbit ears |
Roof/Attic |
Roof/Attic |
Cable/FIOS: |
Cable/FIOS: |
Triple play |
RECOMMENDATIONS HOME INTERNET |
None |
Yes: DSL is lowest cost |
Yes - Cable for only data |
Yes- cable or FIOS |
Yes - Cable or FIOS |
Yes- Triple play cell smartphone + tablets |
RECOMMENDATIONS MOBILE PHONE |
Cell prepayed talk minutes only |
Purchase Smartphone + tablets |
Purchase Smartphone + tablets |
Purchase Smartphone+ tablets Prepayed talk +prepayed data |
Smartphone + tablets |
smartphone + tablets |
RECOMMENDATIONS MOBILE DATA/VIDEO |
none |
none |
Purchase Smartphone tablets;high wifi usage |
Purchase Smartphone + tablets |
smartphone + tablets high minutes + high data plan |
Smartphone + tablets high talk + high dataplan |
left column: least costly; right column: most costly
NOTE: the option to use AEREO was killed on 6/25/2014 by a supreme court rulling 6-3 that AEREO was violating copyright law by publicly performing copyrighted works when it re-transmitted the TV broadcast channels.