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Cable TV or Streaming services?

Cable TV or Streaming services?

  • Cable TV

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Streaming

    Votes: 5 100.0%
  • Total voters
    5
YouTube TV - $35/month (grandfathered, it's $40)
Internet - $65/month
Amazon Prime - $10/month (new stupid $120/year on my next renewal)
MLB and NHL - each around $120/season

Even if I had cable I'd still get Amazon, MLB and NHL so they sort of don't count really. YouTube TV was the only service I found that has live local stations, all of them, I really wanted that feature. Besides, it's Google and they already know what I watch...
 
Dannydet, for $30 per month internet, what speeds are you getting and which company?

I kept internet and very basic cable (for now) otherwise internet only is too high and higher than my current internet+basic cable pkg.

I'm using Netflix, Amazon Prime, and PlutoTV as well as some Roku apps/free stuff on my smart TV.

(I had a month free DirecTV Now promo from my Smart TV/Roku but didn't renew it. Didn't even watch it that much and the antenna had a much clearer picture than DirecTV Now.)
 
I dropped cable TV but kept the high speed internet service. It was when the cable TV had moved more of my favorite channels to a higher-priced tier...finally decided that I had enough other glowing rectangles in my life. Replaced the cable TV with a Roku & don't miss it at all.

Dannydet said:
Who else has cut the cord for TV viewing?
I was paying $135 a month for cable TV, and switched to streaming using PSVue @ $45 a month, and internet only at $30 a month...
So far so good and money saved!
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Mediacom highspeed internet, Roku and Chromecast.
Between Netflix, Amazon Prime and a few other paid yearly subscription services, always something good to watch.
If internet drops out due to bad weather, activate hotspot on phone and back in business.
 
Dannydet said:
Tube517, I'm using WOW for internet, at 30 mbps, $30 a month with no buffering issues on 2 tvs and 2 phones.
I'm using a dual band modem router by Netgear. 5G going to both tvs, 2.4G to everything else
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Nice. WOW isn't available in my area. I would have been very interested. Thanks!
 
I pay $59 per month for Mediacom 100mbps. Probably way more than I need but never had buffering issue. Bought my own Motorola modem from Amazon and Linsky duel band router from WallyWorld.
 
We live in the sticks and when I first heard about cable TV, it was hard for me to grasp the concept. Didn't make it to my neighborhood till early 80's.
 
Antenna and freesat (UK) with some Chromecast. I had Virgin cable to tier tv and 200MBPS broadband, but I moved to a non-cabled area so had to go to fibre broadband (usually 24MBPS). money saved £45 per month. And I don't miss all the sport and porn channels as I never wanted or watched them.
 
I am actually enjoying DTVNow since I got in on the Go Big for the Try Me price when they rolled out the service. It was pretty awful when it started a year and a half ago but they are really improving it and adding local channels to the line-up too.I still have my digital antenna for those inaccessible channels though. $40 a month for reruns doesn't really hurt my feelings as much as cable's higher prices did.
 
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