
Star Wars geekery aside,
I've been ranting about this Dark Side
of "Look, Skycable..." since September last year.
I finally called DESTINY cable
at 2pm yesterday,
Jan.2, Wednesday;
less than 24 hours later,
by 10:30am today, Jan.3,
everything was properly installed.
I paid just P1,500.00
to cover the 1st 3 months of my subscription;
no more additional fees
for a silly cable converter digital box
or other installation charges.
So, it's only P500/month
to get all the Solar Channels,
including Basketball TV and Jack TV!
And my favorites:
Discovery, Discovery Travel and Living,
Fox News, Animal Planet, etc., etc.;
additional TVs with all these channels,
will cost just P50 each.
The only downside?
No StarWorld and StarMovies.
In contrast,
the treacherous SkyCable,
to which I've been loyal to for a decade,
already costs me P680 for the (tarnished) Silver Package,
plus P304 (P152 each for two extension TVs):
a grand total of P984.00/month.
(and I was charged around P2,000+
for the pretty, but pretty useless "Digital" Cable Boxes just last November)

NOW,
if I decide to get the so-called "Platinum Pack" upgrade
that the SkyCable idiots are so enthusiastically promoting,
(25+ additional channels including
Discovery Travel & Living and Discovery Channel~
which are FREE on Destiny),
I'll first have to upgrade to SkyCable GOLD,
which is P870/month, for the basic subscription;
then the P304/month for the two extra TVs.
then P350 for the "Metro Pack" (the Discovery channels),
and another P350 if I want the "HBO Pack" as well.
do the math:
P870 skycable gold + P304 extra TVs + P700 platinum pack =
P1,874 Monthly Total for SkycablePlatinum...
HAYUP!!!
and here's the kicker:
ONLY
my the first "main" TV will be under PLATINUM programming.
the other 2 extensions will remain in Basic Gold....
AND
if I want the other TVs at my house
to have this overpriced Platinum Pack,
EACH
of the other two extensions
will have to be considered as MAIN TVs,
THEREFORE,
if I were to have Sky Platinum for each of the TVs at home,
that will cost more than P1,500 per TV...
or a total of P4,500/month.
HOLD-UP ITO!!!
REACH FOR THE SKY...
BECAUSE SKY'S THE LIMIT...
ng babayaran mo!!!
Some idiots are paying for this so-called
"platinum privilege",
believe me.
If you don't want to waste your money
and be a certified Skysucker,
check out the map below to find out if
your part of MegaManila is already covered
by Destiny Cable, or just log on here!
