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Cutting the cord

phoenixbrd — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:46:22 GMT

Dear Friends....I'd be appreciative if you would share your experience with cutting the cable cord. We are currently paying over 2500/per year to Time Warner/Spectrum for poor service and 5 tv channels that we watch. They are increasing the bill this month by over 13/per month.

My husband has suggested Sling, but It will help if you would share any experience/input. We will keep the internet with Spectrum for $75/per year and add Sling for $35/per month....have more channels and save over half of our bill.

We have wanted to do this for some time, but the familiarity with what we know has not inspired us to take action. This last rate increase puts my hair on fire.

Appreciate any input...we are going to move on this over the next few days. Thanks

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Mom2Dogs — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:50:43 GMT

@phoenixbrd We are in the same position as you with cable. There is a Spectrum program that allows you 15 channels (I think) to pick from instead of paying for a lot of channels that you don't watch.

Right now it's only for new customers but we were told they are working to have it available for current customers.

We are also in need of a new TV in the family room and will be able to get rid of the box if we purchase a Samsung Smart tv...there is an app that allows viewing with out the box that we rent. We have several TV's in the house and each one has a box that we rent.

It's a racket....

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:54:06 GMT

@Mom2Dogs Yes, we checked on that selecting a few channels and found we really didn't save much money. The Samsung Smart TV might be a good alternative. Thanks for your input...and you are right, it's a racket!

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SloopJohnB — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:54:17 GMT

@phoenixbrd We cut the cord almost 3 years ago now and haven't looked back. Was getting tired of our cable company raising their rates every year. We have more than enough channels to watch and don't miss the cable or the cost one bit. 📺🔌

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:56:39 GMT

@SloopJohnB Great...and good for you! I am looking forward to this move. Are you using a streaming service...which one?

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traveler — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:28:39 GMT

Cordcuttersnews.com

lots of advice

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SloopJohnB — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:02:33 GMT

@phoenixbrd No, actually we don't. We bought an indoor antenna for each of our TV's, upstairs and downstairs. We get all the local channels, plus numerous other channels. More than we even watch. I realize it may not be for everybody, but it is plenty for us. 😊

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kaydee50 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:02:47 GMT

We are unlikely to ever "cut the cord." Our internet/cable/phone is a little over $200/month. When RCN raised our rates significantly, I called and got a "loyal customer" reduction to only $10 more than our old bill.

I don't understand streaming, etc. And the "streaming" services as I understand are also raising their rates.

I want to be able to turn on my TV and choose what I want to watch and not think about which "streaming" service carries which channel.

To us, cable is worth it.

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:08:25 GMT

@SloopJohnB Thanks for sharing. I wish we could use your solution. In our valley antennas don't work because of the surrounding mountains. I'm happy that you are able to use the antennas!

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:09:27 GMT

@traveler Thanks for the resource....we will be checking it out!

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:14:50 GMT

@kaydee50 I understand your choice. We have been reluctant to check out alternative choices for the same reasons. We used to be able to negotiate a better price...no longer. I'm glad that you have found a solution that suits you!

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SloopJohnB — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:13:33 GMT

@phoenixbrd Oh, I see. Yes, we are pretty much all on flat terrain, except of course for where "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot." 🎵🎶😞

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patbz — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:20:10 GMT

Cable cutting not an option in our mountain location. We have to view it as the cost of our entertainment; in addition to satellite we have Netflix, Disney, Amazon and STARZ. We usually pick one of our options to entertain ourselves at home ( don't usually go to movie theaters ( especially last 18 months).

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Miss Pepsi — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:28:45 GMT

@phoenixbrd wrote:
@SloopJohnB Thanks for sharing. I wish we could use your solution. In our valley antennas don't work because of the surrounding mountains. I'm happy that you are able to use the antennas!

I cannot use Antenna's either because I am too far away from major citys. I did cut the cord and my Amazon Firestick allows me to get one local news channel which I watch only during hurricane season. Barring that I have Amazon Prime, Netflix and Philo so I went from paying close to $200.00 per month to $35.00 per month with more tv than I really should be watching anyway.

I didn't watch Network TV before so I don't miss it.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:39:31 GMT

@phoenixbrd I suggest going to the Electronics Forum and putting "Cutting the cord" in the search area. There should be quite a bit of info there. I know I've written several posts on the subject there.

FYI, I subscribed to Sling and rarely found anything I wanted to watch. Nothing late at night. So I subscribed to YouTubeTV which is more expensive but I like it so much better.

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On It — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:58:15 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@phoenixbrd I suggest going to the Electronics Forum and putting "Cutting the cord" in the search area. There should be quite a bit of info there. I know I've written several posts on the subject there.

FYI, I subscribed to Sling and rarely found anything I wanted to watch. Nothing late at night. So I subscribed to YouTubeTV which is more expensive but I like it so much better.

Do you have a way to record from YouTube TV? I have looked at the channels and like the line-up. I am very low tech, so afraid to let go of the cable sure thing. Getting set up may be above my skill level.

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Meowingkitty — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 22:39:58 GMT

We cut the cord 2 years and couldn't be happier. DirectTV was going to raise our rates by $65 a month and that was it for us. I counted what offi was paying for and between the 65 shopping/infomercial channels, music, religion and kid channels I wasn't getting any value. We have Hulu Plus for $65 a month which is pretty close to cable. With Amazon Prime, Hulu and Roku which is free there is more than enough to watch,

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 22:31:08 GMT

@Miss Pepsi Good deal...I think your rates may be cheaper than here...we couldn't put that bundle together for $35, but I'm glad you have been able to do this! We looked at Philo and we are currently also paying for Netflix. Sounds as if you are covered!

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 22:34:30 GMT

@Kachina624 Thanks for your input on Sling....that's what I'm concerned about...having lots of channels and nothing we want to see. That's what we have now with Spectrum at a premium cost..

I will do a search for others sources of information on this subject...thanks!

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 22:37:00 GMT

@On It I didn't know that You Tube has a "line-up". I'll check it out. I do a lot of research and I'm frequently on YouTube....it has been an amazing source for my interests that are somewhat obscure. Thanks for the idea!