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[CatLoverDogsToo]

I canceled cable over a year ago and haven't missed it. We were primarily watching either Netflix or Amazon Prime. We did add Hulu a few months after canceling cable. 

[Shawnie]

I cancelled about 2plus years ago.  Cox Cable.  MOre money for less service.  Made me mad, so I ditched them.  And yes if you call and poor mouth them they will lower your bill a few bucks.  But that wasn't the point for me.  I have to admit that if there is a national/world crisis I miss CNN.  But you know what?  I think I am calmer for not watching all of that 24/7.  I can stream and I get local channels, all the networks, via a tv top antenna. I get all of those please come back offers and just ignore them.

[Spurt]

@Sue98

If you have to be careful because sometimes it will end up costing you just as much

You need high speed wifi if your going to streaming options, and if unbundle you are going to get hit there.....Then it depends on the channels you like to watch and what you like to watch...

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Sometimes you need to purchase an antenna to get local channels (and these are more expensive than rabbit ears-but its a one time charge).....Some buy Slingo and that depends on what you want....some add Hulu to that because Slingo does have a channnel they want...then some still cant get the channels they want so they get Netflix....and some of these services dont have sports so you have to get that separately.....

Now one thing peope haven't answered me is with sling/Hulu/Netflix do you still pay all the fees and muncipal surcharges that cable tacks on....that costs me $42 out of my cable bill and if you dont pay for the entertainment/sports surcharge and municipality fees that might be where you actually save---because there's no entertainment fee or sports fee surcharge or municipality fee.....

I pay $135 for my cable, which comes with one free box, any other box costs $3 extra a month--which I dont need. but our COA got a discount with a maverick cable company....I have the premium package and ultra sports (the sports extra costs me an extra $4.99 a month to get Red Zone NFL Network NBA TV and they add on other channels too that I dont really watch NASCAR, Outdoor Channel etc)

I know some friends that went the TV alternate route and they came back to cable because these alternate packages didnt have some of the channels they wanted........And it must depend on where you live because cable companies dont let you call and negotiate your renewal rate anymore---at least thats the experience here with AT&T, Spectrum etc...........

[Spurt]

Here's some articles to read........and cord cutting calculator..You need a very high speed internet....

https://cordcutting.com/cord-cutting-calculator/

https://www.debtroundup.com/does-cutting-cable-really-save-you-money/

[gidgetgh]

TV is our main source of entertainment. 

We would never ever cancel cable and I would never cancel internet. 

[Yardlie]

There are lots of those different new services around here. My sister and my nephew recently told me that they switched to different services. It might have been Sling tv. My nephew says that he bought a "package" where he pays something like $35 a month for a group of channels. He got to choose from different packages. I think he had to buy a new tv.

We recently called Charter and told them we were switching to a different provider. They lowered our bill $20 a month.  I took it for now until we look into all the different tv, internet, and phone services. We rarely even watch tv other than the news. It's a waste of money for us.

[beckyb1012]

I cancelled my cable in Oct. of 2016 when they were forcing me to get new equipment and pay even more than I was which was just around a $100.00 a month.  SInce I only watched about an hour a night before bed I said shut it down.  Never watch t.v. even on the weekends before 8:00 pm so I just put in a tape/dvd from my collection and then dose off.  Have not missed it at all.  Now several trips to the library every week that I would miss.  My preference all my life is library over t.v., even as a child. 

[nun ya]

No but I need to. Our cable company is the only one in our area. I pay $100 a month for just basic cable.

[Trinity11]

We pay $200.00 a month for phone, Internet and Cable. We enjoy premium stations and since I have been home a lot more the past two years, I think it's worth it.

[cherry]

WE got rid of the movie channels because I bought Acorn and Britbox and netflix.  I really like all 3 of them better than  the movie packages. We are big fans of British TV and roku..I still have comcast but a smaller package, I wanted to keep my pbs and create channels