Have You "Cut the Cable" Yet?
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
I have Bright House as our cable provider, and recently we had to put digital adapters on all our TVs (5) in order to continue to watch cable after their digital conversion. The best part is we also have to pay $2 each for these boxes.
After getting my latest with all these charges it's nearly topping $200 with internet, TV, phone, etc. I'm just about done. Obviously internet is a necessity, but after taking a tally of what people actually watch in this house, I'm not seeing much reason to have cable TV at all.
Nearly all the shows people here watch are either available for free online, or through a much cheaper service like Hulu, Netflix, or Amazon. Add a HD antenna to that and I'm not really sure what we'd be missing out.
I'm curious to know if anyone else has "cut the cable" and any pros and cons you have found.
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Reply #22 Wednesday, July 9, 2014 7:27 PM
OK, who is your service provider? Cable or satellite? What Internet speed? What state?
We have the cable company Charter here in Eastern Missouri...
I'm looking at their website, and their most expensive package is $137...it gets you internet (advertised at 100 Mbps), phone, and TV with a 200+ channels and a bunch of premium stuff (like HBO, Cinemax, etc.)....
We just get internet which is $40 alone ($30 if you get phone or TV)...I can't tell you the actual speed we get because I'm travelling, but it's more than fast enough for anything we ever do...I know at my old place it was like 45 Mbps when Charter advertised as 60 Mbps a few years ago...
Reply #23 Wednesday, July 9, 2014 10:26 PM
I cut cable and land line several years ago. Do not regret it at all, period. HD Antenna, Internet, AppleTV, Hulu, and Netflix. All is well.
Reply #25 Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:06 AM
Quoting Seleuceia, reply 15What cable providers do you guys have?? I'm seeing a lot of quotes of $200, but here you can get TV+phone+internet for $90 a month...
I have Comcast. 200+ channels of TV, On-Demand service, HBO and Encore movie channels, and 25 Mbps all for around $120 per month.
And yet you're continually crying 'poor'...
In Oz we have about 24 free-to-air channels of TV [no cost], I never really found a reason to add 'Foxtel' [cable TV] to the mix at x-dollars a month, so the only expenditure is for Broadband ADSL [internet] with phone at about $90 a month. If there's something I GOTTA have/see I buy it on DVD [SOA, True Blood, etc]...
Reply #27 Thursday, July 10, 2014 7:44 AM
I live in Czech Republic, so I never really had a cable, but I did not buy a new TV set since the last one broke down some five or six years ago. Never regretted the decision.
Reply #28 Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:36 AM
I 'cut off the cable' about eight years ago. I also replaced my land line with a cell phone (voice/text only). I have broad band web service access via PC. Switch back and forth between Netfilx and Hulu plus, depending on what shows I'm currently following. I'm patient so I never have subscriptions to both active during same month. Total package runs about 55/month. It moves when I move - no disconnect/re-connect fees. Mobile phone, web, and shows viewed over web = 55. Whats not to like?
Reply #29 Thursday, July 10, 2014 11:10 AM
Cut cable six months ago and never looked back. With Netflix and Hulu streaming there's plenty of content (and no commercials on Netflix). After subscription fees we save about $60 Per month. It's been a good deal for us.
Reply #30 Thursday, July 10, 2014 2:23 PM
I had Charter for phone, internet and TV. Was paying about $180 but when it was time to renew they upped it to about $210 for the exact same thing. I told them if they would make it under $200 I would keep it. They said no and I said goodbye. I still have the 30mb service, though with my modem I get 60-80mb most of the time and my internet phone I now use is only about $9 per month. Another $9 each for Netflix and Hulu+ and we've been quite happy these past 2+ years. In retrospect, I feel almost "dumb" for not doing this a lot sooner!
Reply #31 Wednesday, July 16, 2014 12:23 PM
And you've gotta listen to this exchange (don't have any valuable items nearby when you do - you're likely to start throwing things & might make a mistake):
Someone attempts to 'cut the cable'
Reply #32 Wednesday, July 16, 2014 12:42 PM
^ I was looking for that exact sound clip. Kudos, Daiwa! 
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Reply #21 Wednesday, July 9, 2014 7:11 PM
Just
Already.