Hi All, Time for our Monthly Update! Some important stuff here! Upgrading Uplinks! RodeoTV being replaced! Grantham Fiber Going Active! New Rodeo Networks Website! Come See us at the Home and Garden Show! Referral Program! Upgrading Uplinks! Over the last 2 months we have been going through a process adding equipment and bandwidth to upgrade our networks. The final piece will be done next week and we should more than double the available bandwidth to all wireless customers and 10x the amount of bandwidth for the fiber customers. There MAY be a short period on Monday the 11th or Tuesday the 12th where the network is down for 10-30 minutes while we put these last pieces into place (Most likely we will try to do it during off-peak hours). This will alleviate the congestion we are seeing in the early evenings on some of the primary backhauls. All-in-all the network has been up MORE than 99.99% on the wireless side and our fiber optic side has been 100% in the last 45 days! RodeoTV being replaced RodeoTV has been a great alternative to Cable TV for the last 5 years, but alas the time has come to retire it and ride a new horse. RodeoTV will be dropped as of March 31, 2024 as the costs have spiraled out of control for delivering TV. To keep up with the rising cost of the primary network content, we would have to increase rates almost 30%!! Therefore we have been researching options for our RodeoTV customers. and we have a few. Our FAVORITE choice is FuboTV. Fubo has the most channels, and the most sports for the best price (as of this writing). Currently their package that is similar to our basic package has an introductory price of $69 per month, then after the first month it's $89. It has ALL the good channels PLUS lots of sports including PAC12, ESPN, and NFL. It also has MLB, NHL, and may be adding NBA shortly. We recommend this if you want TV. decent price and a good offering. They DO NOT offer Sunday Ticket, (more on that later), BUT, they do have plenty of football and lots of sports channels. (actually more sports than our basic tier). You can find them here : http://www.fubotv.com . FUBO has the Local ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX affiliates, and some of their sub-channels for each market. Next choice (and our second pick) is YouTubeTV. They have fewer channels, but cost a little less. For an extra fee you can get NFL Sunay Ticket. It's pricey, but has ALL the football games each Sunday. Fubo has MORE sports, but YouTubeTV has the NFL Sunday Ticket. (for an extra fee). We still like FUBO better because of the choice vs. price. YouTube does have the basic local affiliates. Currently they are running a special where the first month is $63 bucks then $73 each month after that. For the Budget Conscious consumer of tv, PhiloTV is a good option. It's $25 but a lot fewer channels, with limited sports. It's worth it to have some easy choices, but not as fully featured as the other two we mentioned. Philo does not have local channels and you would need a TV antenna to see those. ALL services have DVR, with varying terms and conditions. A couple have "Catchup-TV" or the ability to rewind, pause, fast forward, etc live streams. Your new TV agreement would be with the streaming company itself as Rodeo Internet/Rodeo Networks does not have an affiliate relationship with ANY of them, although in the VERY near future you will be able to sign up with Fubo on the Rodeo Website. We like that product the most and want to be able to offer folks a TV product somehow through Rodeo. While we really didn't want to stop delivering our own brand of TV, the market has gotten to the point where it is too expensive and the profit margins are shrinking. We FULLY expect that even these budget conscious streaming platforms will be near $100 next year. coming into line with "regular" cable costs. Also, Warner Bros, Disney, Discovery, and Fox have started a new sports streaming service that is going to disrupt the TV market. That App Disney/FOX is available now or VERY soon for streaming sports. Fubo is suing the partnership for Anti-Trust reasons because they are locking up all the rights to sporting events and trying to block out competitors (allegedly). The WORST choices, in our opinion, are Dish Networks "Sling" product, and DirecTV's product "DirecTV Stream". Neither one have the channel options or features for the price that is competitive with the others. we COULD have developed an affiliate agreement with these companies but chose not to simply because there are better value, support, and service providers in the market. We are thankful for those customers that partook in RodeoTV for the last 5-6 years and we appreciate you very much. We can help you transition to one of the streaming services if you need us to, just call our main number and request tech support or sales. Grantham Fiber Going Active! Our new Fiber Project will be active on April 1!!! We are VERY excited about this as this opens up hundreds of new subscribers for Rodeo and a very cool fiber network!!! The area is in Clarkston, roughly from 6th Street in the east, to Chestnut in the south, Fair street in the port, and 13th street in the west. These homes can have either underground or above ground fiber with several "speed" plans starting at $39! This is such a great deal we have some special offers listed below, and a WAY ANYONE can get FREE internet for a month. New Rodeo Networks Website Rodeo is getting a new website with more information, and services for our Rodeo Networks Customers. The new website should be out by April 1 (Hopefully). When it is active you will have the ability to communicate with the tech support crew, request new services, and find out about network status by neighborhood. The old site, which has served us well is being retired after 10 years to be replaced by a new one with more features. Come and See us at the Home and Garden Show! We will be at the Home and Garden show at the Lewiston Fairgrounds March 15, 16, and 17. We will have a booth there, and will be giving away some goodies, you can spin the "Wheel of Prizes", and meet the crew of RodeoTV. The Home and Garden show opens on Friday at 2:00 and runs all weekend. We'd love to see you there! Rodeo Referral Program! We have two specials going on with respect to referrals. If you live in the Grantham area and have not converted to fiber or ordered your fiber, IF you do so between now and March 15, you will get FREE installation and FREE hardware. AND If you are an existing Rodeo Customer, and you refer someone to us in the GRANTHAM FIBER AREA, you can get a FREE month of internet! (And so does your referral!) All you need to do to participate in EITHER of these programs is email Rodeo at info@rodeointernet.com <mailto:info@rodeointernet.com> with the name, phone number, and address AND your name and phone number. There are terms and conditions that apply (limit one per household per six month window, must be in the Rodeo Service area, and other details). AND If you log on to Yelp, Google, Facebook, or Instagram and leave us a 5 star rating and nice words, we appreciate you by giving you a 10% discount on your next month internet bill. (You need to send us the link to your comment and the rating you gave us - has to be 5 star and nice). (Terms and conditions apply, offer is good for 1 household per year, 1 time, 1 month. and other details). Send us your great rating to info@rodeointernet.com <mailto:info@rodeointernet.com> We love all our customers, and appreciate you VERY VERY much! See you at the Home and Garden show! Your Rodeo Networks Team! http://www.rodeointernet.com O: 509-769-3030
