re: Can someone help me cut the cord like I'm a 3 year old?

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50_Tiger

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You sound like a cable exec.

I have a few questions:

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I pay 131 a month for Internet/Television free DVR

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Is $131 what you're actually paying per month, or is that the advertised price for your package? Cable companies like to tack on fees like nobody's business. Is your DVR lease free, or is the DVR "service" free, or are both free? Cox was charging me about $20 for leasing and anther $20 for DVR "service".

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If I were to cut the chord I would pay 75 a month for internet only (200mb)

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Is that the speed you currently get in your $131 package?

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Add Hulu and Netflix on top of that.

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Are you not already paying for either of those? A lot of cord-cutting "detractors" like to add Netflix fees on top of the cord-cutting fees, but conveniently forget they were already paying for it with their cable package.


If you are actually getting 200mbit internet plus TV for $131/month out of your pocket, then that's a pretty good deal and cutting the cord may not be best for you right now.

In my case, I started cutting when my cable/internet bill got over $200, and the absolute best that Cox would offer me at the time was something in the neighborhood of $160 to get the handful of channels I actually wanted. So now I have all the channels I need with Sling for $35, plus $66 (taxes and fees included) for internet and I'm saving $60/month. I might pick up a month of Hulu here and there to catch up on some shows, or I might drop Sling for a few months (I really only need it for football). All told I'm easily saving $700/year.