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Another Post to Cut the Cord (TV/Internet)
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:17 pm
I remember seeing a post about “cutting the cord” a few days ago.
-What Internet provider do you use? Mbps? And Cost per month?
Here's my idea, let me know if there are better options.
Current situation:
-Cox Advanced TV ($64)
-Showtime Package ($16)
-DVR ($12)
-Cox Preferred Internet ($56)
-Modem Rental ($7)
Bundle Price: $132 after taxes. I believe my price will change come this May though.
My Idea:
-Purchase New Modem so I don't rent Cox's POS
-Drop Cable but keep Cox Internet at $60 (Wish Verizon or Google Fiber where in BR!)
-Apple TV
-Hulu Plus
-Use Family Netflix Account
-Purchase an antenna from RadioShack
The only thing I'll miss is Showtime. Any thoughts?
-What Internet provider do you use? Mbps? And Cost per month?
Here's my idea, let me know if there are better options.
Current situation:
-Cox Advanced TV ($64)
-Showtime Package ($16)
-DVR ($12)
-Cox Preferred Internet ($56)
-Modem Rental ($7)
Bundle Price: $132 after taxes. I believe my price will change come this May though.
My Idea:
-Purchase New Modem so I don't rent Cox's POS
-Drop Cable but keep Cox Internet at $60 (Wish Verizon or Google Fiber where in BR!)
-Apple TV
-Hulu Plus
-Use Family Netflix Account
-Purchase an antenna from RadioShack
The only thing I'll miss is Showtime. Any thoughts?
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Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:20 pm to texastiger921
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:21 pm to texastiger921
Get two cans and tie a string between them.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:22 pm to Traffic Circle
Which cans do you think would be the best?
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:23 pm to texastiger921
quote:
Which cans do you think would be the best?
Soup cans. That's what I use.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:30 pm to Traffic Circle
Green bean cans are the best, FWIW
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:39 pm to texastiger921
Just a FYI, if you get cable internet, then basic cable will still work. Won't be HD, but still.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:46 pm to Fight4LSU
Yep, I cut cable through cox about three weeks ago and still get channels 2-24 on my main tv and for some reason get all the way up through 65 on the other tv. Maybe they'll catch on at some point but I believe they'll just keep giving you the local channels without an antenna, at least for a little while.
Posted on 3/8/14 at 8:41 am to jammintiger
You will also lose Espn, tnt, nfl channel etc. If you are a big sports fan cable cutting is tougher to do.
Cable cutting is much easier if tv shows and movies are your main thing as you can simply do the hulu/Netflix thing.
Cable cutting is much easier if tv shows and movies are your main thing as you can simply do the hulu/Netflix thing.
Posted on 3/8/14 at 8:58 am to 632627
This.
But the sports networks are starting to stream games more and more, so this won't be the case much longer.
Maybe by that point the telecom industry will realize that their business model is flawed.
But the sports networks are starting to stream games more and more, so this won't be the case much longer.
Maybe by that point the telecom industry will realize that their business model is flawed.
Posted on 3/8/14 at 9:00 am to texastiger921
that is all you need. you can mirror your laptop with apple tv so you can stream any show you want from certain websites. showtime shows included
Posted on 3/8/14 at 9:02 am to texastiger921
For espn and nfl use someone else cable account that has these. Both have windows apps that you can use
Posted on 3/8/14 at 9:16 am to texastiger921
quote:
(Wish Verizon or Google Fiber where in BR!)
There's your answer. You are settling for less while wishing for more. My wife and I have discussed this many times. It's a cost/benefit analysis. Bottom line: We like cable TV and we keep our old AT&T phone line for emergencies. We are total electric and if the power goes out we still have an old phone that will work when nothing else will. So yes, we could save about 100 bucks a month by dropping Cox cable and and our land line but it's not worth it at least from our perspective to do so.
My perspective as an IT professional: As people continue to drop cable TV and these streaming options become increasingly popular, bandwidth is going to be clogged and performance is going to suffer while internet service prices increase as service providers have to spend more to increase bandwidth. Yes, fiber will create a new threshold of performance but it's going to take many years for a nationwide fiber network to be installed.
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