Got rid of cable

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moparker

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Spectrum was our provider or, as I call them. Spectrum up your rectum. They did a big bait and switch on my wife. Total lie about how they would lower our bill and everything would stay the same. Streaming now. Hulu. Hard to teach an old dog new tricks but, I’m getting there. F’m.
 
Xfinity digital cable tried that with us, I never had them. The sales guy tried to have it installed without my approval, he got himself in trouble.

Screw them.

We are thinking about Hulu, we already have optical Internet.
 
Contemplating the same here, we have Shaw satellite. Well over $100/month. But with streaming getting better we're looking at options. We currently have a Roku stick as well that has just added streaming.
I'm a tv/sports junkie, so need the live TV.
Cheaper is good and that's where streaming is at.
 
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I have directv no discounts of any kind. Internet speed is slow out here so I have to have satellite. We're also to far out for cable. It's one of the cons for living in the country but I'd take it over living in town anyday
 
Hulu is good with sports. Saving 70 a month.
 
got rid of cable tv a good wile ago.. using an iptv box. 20 bucks a month for thousands of channels. also pay for netflis, my cell phone plan has hulu, dosney plus and espn streaming that i can watch on the tv. also stream youtube to the tv. check out pluto tv too. has a bunch of goot tv shows on it..
 
Had direct and i dumped them a year ago it wasnt worth the 100 bucks. Netflix and free streaming through my internet saves me a ton
 
Had direct and i dumped them a year ago it wasnt worth the 100 bucks. Netflix and free streaming through my internet saves me a ton
What does Netflix cost? Streaming may be free but the internet is not, unfortunately my internet service is to slow for Streaming so I'm stuck with my satellite dish
 
We switched a couple years ago. We have Roku at each TV,, Hulu and Netflix.

Hulu Live just went to $85.00/mth. Netflix is now $14/mth.

Not real cheap, but it's better than giving my money to the cable company!!
 
Haven't turned on a television in ten plus years... Not even when I'm on the road and have one in my hotel room... Just don't need it... Between sports figures & TV "Stars parading their trash lives & lack of morals.. Telling us how to live our lives while they do the opposite...
News stations that tell more lies than politicians... I won't support any of it...
 
We switched a couple years ago. We have Roku at each TV,, Hulu and Netflix.

Hulu Live just went to $85.00/mth. Netflix is now $14/mth.

Not real cheap, but it's better than giving my money to the cable company!!
What does the movies cost you from Netflix
 
Haven't paid a TV bill in 10 years.... I stream online
 
No cost other than the monthly Netflx fee.

We bought the Roku "sticks" for something like $30 and they have movies and live stuff and loads of channels.
 
I haven't had cable in about 25 years and no satellite in almost as long. We've had an antenna off the roof for a very long time now and we get about 30 or so stations. I recently figured out how to stream and now we have probably over 2500 free channels there. All I'm gonna say is, if you're PAYING for something, they saw you comin.
 
Haven't turned on a television in ten plus years... Not even when I'm on the road and have one in my hotel room... Just don't need it... Between sports figures & TV "Stars parading their trash lives & lack of morals.. Telling us how to live our lives while they do the opposite...
News stations that tell more lies than politicians... I won't support any of it...
So you don't keep up with worldly events, drag racing or other car stuff, no westerners, sounds boring to me
 
So you don't keep up with worldly events, drag racing or other car stuff, no westerners, sounds boring to me
You didn't not need TV for that. You happen to live in a place where Internet sucks, so you need TV. Like you said, it's a trade off.
 
I haven't had cable in about 25 years and no satellite in almost as long. We've had an antenna off the roof for a very long time now and we get about 30 or so stations. I recently figured out how to stream and now we have probably over 2500 free channels there. All I'm gonna say is, if you're PAYING for something, they saw you comin.
Unfortunately where I live I'm surrounded by trees and our antenna quit working years ago. And as I said earlier with me living in the country our internet speed is not the best. I'd rather live in the country anyways
 
I'm paying stupid money for Dish, but I didn't nt have internet at the house. Been going over some rough numbers, and I'll probably be dropping satellite and Amazon Prime, get some Internet and start streaming th same shows I have in my DVR.
 
So you don't keep up with worldly events, drag racing or other car stuff, no westerners, sounds boring to me
I've found that I'm actually happier if I don't find out about those things. News is mostly doom and gloom. Today's headlines: Japanese Earthquake and tsunami. Isreali war. Ukraine war. I quit when it was all Covid, bashing Trump, bashing Biden, bashing Sanders. Everything else is just reruns, remakes, or reruns of remakes. I just stick to buying a few movies here and there, and never buy a movie I'm not willing to watch more than twice.
 
Unfortunately where I live I'm surrounded by trees and our antenna quit working years ago. And as I said earlier with me living in the country our internet speed is not the best. I'd rather live in the country anyways
We live way out in the sticks deep in the woods and our antenna works purdy good. But we stream now so it almost doesn't matter. We rarely watch local channels anymore anyway. .......and just FYI, I wasn't posting to you, I was responding to the OP, but since you quoted me, I took you off ignore to see what you said. Back on ignore you go.
 
I'm paying stupid money for Dish, but I didn't nt have internet at the house. Been going over some rough numbers, and I'll probably be dropping satellite and Amazon Prime, get some Internet and start streaming th same shows I have in my DVR.
We kept getting ripped by Doosh and then inDirect for a couple years. I swapped between them. They'd offer the moon to get our business, then never offer any type of deals for established members and they always went up every single year without adding to their lineup. I may be a dumb redneck, but I'm not a stupid one, so we dropped satellite altogether a long time ago. All our TV viewing now is 100% free including local channels off the antenna. I'd bet we have over 2500 free channels we're getting now. We have so many we'll never watch them all. With streaming TV, if people are paying for something, they need their head examined.
 
My internet net is 24 a month and 14 for Netflix. No other charges
 
I dumped Cable 4 years ago. It seemed like they went up a little every other month. We had Cox Cable. We have had AT&T Cell phone service for years, and we were always pleased with it. AT&T bought one of the Dish networks, and they tried to talk me into that. I did not want a dish. Anyway, we were in the local AT&T store talking about a phone upgrade and a very nice lady told us we should switch to AT&T TV. I said I didn't want a dish, and she said it isn't a dish. It is all streaming. My neighborhood had already been plumbed for AT&T fiber optic internet. So I bundled cell phone, Internet and TV with them for about half of what I paid for cable. The internet is great, the TV channels work just like cable, I have unlimited DVR, I get an AT&T TV app for my phone that allows me to watch TV anywhere and while watching TV I don't get charged for using data. Plus, they gave me an updated and improved phone plan. I've had it for 4 years now. It works great, and there have only been a few dollars worth of price increases in the last 4 years. Plus, they give me free HBO. You should look into it. Add to that free streaming Smart TV Apps like Pluto, Crackle, and Tubi, and at any given time, I literally have thousands of movies and old TV shows to watch. And don't forget that if you have Amazon Prime, you get their free TV app and that YouTube has lots of free movies with ads.
 
We live way out in the sticks deep in the woods and our antenna works purdy good. But we stream now so it almost doesn't matter. We rarely watch local channels anymore anyway. .......and just FYI, I wasn't posting to you, I was responding to the OP, but since you quoted me, I took you off ignore to see what you said. Back on ignore you go.
Oh, I'm sorry about that. Why am I on ignore?
 
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