Cutting the Cord

[Dukefrukem]

This thread is dedicated to the frustrations of cable and the movement among MCers to cut the cord and go 100% streaming.

What are you paying for cable?

I am was paying $137/month for Comcast which is reasonable. I've never paid over this amount in the 2 years I've been subscribing.

• 1 HD/DVR Box
• 2 Digital boxes
• 30 MB Internet
• Digital Voice
• Sports Package

I noticed my bill for last month went up $5 so I called to find out WTF? The guy said that my "DVR Trial" ran out and my bill would be $157 next month $140 is my limit, I refuse to pay over that.

My negotiation period isn't until November either. I'm playing hardball- the last time I called to cancel they gave me the sports package and the DVR but they never said that my bill would go up after a year. Now its impossible to get back down to my rate even canceled the Sports Package and the DVR. (I lose Red Zone if I cancel the Sports Package- that's the only freakin thing I want out of Comcast)

I'm working with someone on Twitter- hopefully will work out.
If not, I'll have to cancel TV everything- being a sports fan it's going to kill me.

[number8]

I haven't had cable in about 3 years.

[Spun Lepton]

I cut the cord 2 years ago.

[Mysterious Dude]

I dropped cable in January when Comcast moved Turner Classic Movies into a more expensive tier. I wasn't even watching it that much, to be honest, but to not even have the option was unacceptable. Apart from The Daily Show, I was watching mostly trash.

I still get internet from Comcast, and the price went up when it was no longer packaged with cable (now $80/mo), but it doesn't look like I can get a much better deal from any competitors at the moment.

I watch a lot of shows that stream on Netflix through the Roku, and I think I will probably get Hulu Plus somewhere down the line. I watch The Daily Show online, in the morning instead of the evening.

[Sycophant]

Haven't paid for cable since it stopped being a promotional rate of $5 a month on top of my Internet almost 5 years ago.

I subscribe to Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Prime, and about one in five times, they actually have the thing I want to watch. I rent a lot of things through Amazon.

And I watch Community, The Daily Show, and Craig Ferguson for free on their networks' sites.

I bought season 3 of Louie on Amazon to receive it for $1.89 an episode as it airs. First time I've done it, and I'm pretty satisfied with it, since there aren't many shows I deem worthy of such.

[D_Davis]

I pay $1 for the Discovery channel, in addition to my internet.

I just lowered my internet speed, and now pay $50 a month to Comcast.

If it's not free on Roku or Amazon, and not easily downloadable, I don't watch it. And I don't watch sports.

TV is very unimportant to me.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I cut the cord back in April and made it until mid-June. Now I just have the basic channels and a free DVR on top of my internet. I pay $107/month, and I think that's fair. I just didn't want to sacrifice sports. I'd rather cut something else out. I love watching Tigers games and Red Wings games with my kids (and just on my own). Months of no Tigers, even though it was likely a blessing with the way this season has gone, was too much to swallow for me.

[Dukefrukem]

I haven't had cable in about 3 years.

IF/When I cancel, I will go 100% streaming with Roku, PS3 and PC.

However, the cost almost doesn't seem worth it at that point either. Sure I'll have TV on Netflix and Amazon and maybe I'd think about Hulu Plus... but I need a decent internet connection for that.

To get only internet from Comcast now, it would cost me $70/month

NFL is $300/season = $50 /month
MLBTV is $24.99 = $2/month
HULU is $7.99/month

Now we're already talkin about $153/month with no TV channels... Doesn't feel worth it.

[number8]

To get only internet from Comcast now, it would cost me $70/month

Wow Comcast is fucking awful. I pay $45 for a 50Mbps service with Optimum.

EDIT: Total, I mean. I of course split that cost between 3 people.

[Dukefrukem]

Wow Comcast is fucking awful. I pay $45 for a 50Mbps service with Optimum.

AND I live in an area where Fios, Charter, Cox... doesn't exist. Comcast has a monopoly in my area.

If someone signs up for "Verizon Fios", Verizon sends a DirectTV truck to your house and puts up a dish unbeknownst to the customer.

[Fezzik]

There is only one reason I haven't cut the cord: data caps.

If I streamed everything, I'd go over my data cap and if I do it enough, Comcast will cancel my account (they've threatened to once already).

It's really as simple as that for me,

[Dukefrukem]

There is only one reason I haven't cut the cord: data caps.

If I streamed everything, I'd go over my data cap and if I do it enough, Comcast will cancel my account (they've threatened to once already).

It's really as simple as that for me,

You stream over 280 GB a month?

[Hugh_Grant]

Our homeowner's association pays for basic cable. That's enough for us not to cut the cord. Well, enough for me. I'll admit it: I'm a television addict. I think my husband once suggested getting rid of it, and I freaked out.

[Robby P]

Just cut my cable two days ago. Our internet is paid for so all I'm paying is 8 bucks a month for Netflix. Cable is such a scam.

[soitgoes...]

I haven't had cable in about three years, and I don't miss it a bit. Sports was the hardest thing to give up, but amazingly I'm still alive after all these years. $40 for internet, and all is good.

[Fezzik]

You stream over 280 GB a month?

That was my question as well. It doesn't seem possible, but according to my account I've done it three times in the last 12 months.

How much data does streaming a movie take?

[shaun]

HD streaming is usually 3-4GB per 2 hour movie. SD is 500-700MB.

[Dukefrukem]

I stream like a mother fucker and I've never passed 110GB. That includes torrenting, steam/online gaming, streaming shit from my phone in the morning, Netflix, Amazon, Sirius.

[Lazlo]

The problem with a la carte is that the good stuff that most of us watch is the expensive stuff that the lesser stuff that everyone else watches helps pay for. I just worry that we'll end up paying almost as much for fewer channels.

[EyesWideOpen]

I just looked at mine for the last two months and I'm averaging 200 gbs a month. My biggest day was 30gb.

[EyesWideOpen]

Great news! Now I can stop paying for my mom to get HBO so I can use her Go account

[Skitch]

The latest firmware update allows it to act as a casting receiver so you can mirror the screen of your Android or Windows phone on the TV. Windows 8 computers can also recognize it as a second monitor.

Sweet! I would def use that feature! I will look into it.

[number8]

CBS joins the fray: http://www.cbs.com/all-access/upsell/

I wouldn't pay $6/month to watch CBS shitshows, but this is definitely a good sign.

[Dukefrukem]

CBS joins the fray: http://www.cbs.com/all-access/upsell/

I wouldn't pay $6/month to watch CBS shitshows, but this is definitely a good sign.

If that included football I would!

[Dukefrukem]

Nope.

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