taters Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 A little help here. I'm tired of paying for high cable service. I really only watch discovery channel baseball golf hbo, movies. Is their a service out there that I can get and cut out the cable companies ? Ty Link to comment
BerndM Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I am like you. I pay WAY too much for my Time Warner cable here in SoCal. The wife & I routinely watch around 20 channels, the other 200+ channels is mostly crap IMHO. I pay about $140/month. Ridiculous, but this includes HD, DVR and pretty impressive (mostly) Internet access of around 30mb/sec. I just yesterday re-checked out Dish and Direct TV but even though they will save me some $$ on the TV thing, they are not as convenient as cable and they offer no Internet. So, I'm right back where I started. Bummer. Link to comment
moshe_levy Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I watch cable less and less also, and more and more I stream in from Netflix and Youtube. I get all the nature shows I can watch in a sitting, for a fraction of the price of cable. But I still have cable. I'm just not sure why anymore. -MKL Link to comment
Selden Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Y'all are reminding me that I need to ride over to my local Comcast office to see what can be pruned. For a start, we have unlimited long distance, even though we rarely use it. I would love to be able to cut back to basic phone, internet, and a half dozen favorite channels, but I suspect that it's not possible. Like the rest of you, I think that 90%+ of the channels in my CaTV package are dreck. Link to comment
Mike Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 It depends how serious you are. Over the air (antenna) is a viable choice, but it's not going to get you HBO or the golf channel. I switched to DirecTV and saved a bit, but just recently dropped my movie channel package in favor of Roku, a little box that allows me download movies over my Internet connection. Any "premium" content is going to cost you, but I sense that a lot of people are waking up to the fact that they're being gouged. Link to comment
Burt Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 A couple months ago we switched from Comcast to ATT U-Verse. We have our phone, Internet, and TV through them now. We save about $30 a month, and have more channels. Link to comment
taters Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Just talked to a friend who installs tv and sound systems. His take. They have you by the shorthairs. You can drop the phone service but that's it. Streaming takes a long time especially at peak hours. Great for 4am if u r an insomniac. Guess I'm stuck Link to comment
moshe_levy Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Streaming doesn't take any time, and the only time I ever had to wait for buffering all year (watch nearly every day) was the Super Bowl. All you need is a good fast connection. -MKL Link to comment
Fubar Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Until we can get "a la carte" services in our Fios/cable/satellite services, this is going to be a problem. Congress shot down the opportunity for that a few years ago. I have hundreds of channels with Fios and most I've never watched even once. In fact, I have scores of channels I've never HEARD of after nearly fours years with them. I cannot complain about the service or the quality, but wish I could eliminate about 2/3 of them. Link to comment
Rinkydink Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 A couple months ago we switched from Comcast to ATT U-Verse. We have our phone, Internet, and TV through them now. We save about $30 a month, and have more channels. I'm curious how that is working out for you... Link to comment
upflying Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Or this? http://gizmodo.com/5366161/life-without-cable-or-satellite-tv-is-easier-than-you-think Link to comment
AviP Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 My triple service (phone, internet cable) bill went up to $160 and I was pissed. So I cancelled cable completely and got the bill down to $85. I found myself spending a lot more time with wife and kids and it was great. Then the calls started. Lots of calls from the cable sales guys. Anytime I put the phone down after a personal call, it rang and the cable sales guys were trying to get me back. Finally I relented and got cable back for $110. I do find myself going back to the old ways but at least I'm not programming favorites anymore. I do have Netflix and do watch it a lot (in spurts). Eventually I did go back Link to comment
BULLman Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 On my HP Touchpad, there is an app called VideoFlood HD. Allows you to watch different shows on many different networks. I watch them via a WiFi connection. Check it out. Link to comment
Jaguar Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I ditched the cable company years ago. Put up an antenna outside. I'm limited to a few local channels, but I don't pay a monthly cable bill. I signed up far a life time subscription to Sirius satellite around six years ago, so I listen to that 95% of the time and watch the six o'clock news on TV. We have no home phone. I pay ATT around $100 a month for two cellphones (me and the wife) and internet access. So, basically, I'm paying $100 a month for all my services. In this day and time, I guess I should be happy with that, but I'm always looking for a way to cut it back. Link to comment
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