my cox cable and internet bill just went to 247.00 for 2019 - please help me cut the chord

an OTA antenna will get you sports on the major networks if you can get a decent signal. add a $50 hdhomerun box to add the ability to watch live tv on any tv in the house and watch different shows on different tvs at the same time. throw in plex and you add DVR capabilities to your live tv.

a *ahem* particular reddit sub will get you ESPN for all LSU games and other sports.

i just called comcast again (once a year call) to get their Blast! (125/down, 15/up i believe) for $49/mo for another year (no tax). just beware if you have a data cap (1TB for comcast) that all these newfound streaming services will eat that up with the quickness so you may have to start paying attention to any tv 'left running'.

if you have prime and netflix you'll have movies and tv shows coming out of your eyeballs.

honestly, the only thing you won't like is the 'sketchy' espn feeds but they're almost always HD and there are almost always 20 different links (constantly changing).

why does she want bravo? more than likely most of what she would watch on there is already on prime or netflix anyway.

eta then make friends with a couple of us on here with decent plex libraries and you wont have to worry about HBO shows.

Dude, look up!

I do antenna for ABC/NBC/CBS/FOX.

If I were you, I'd look into PS Vue/DirecTV Now/Youtube TV to get Bravo for your wife.

Any of those streaming providers will give you credentials to plug into dedicated apps like the ESPN app, NBC Sports app, etc. if you want to watch within those standalone apps.

Without researching the others, one of the PS Vue tiers has all those sports channels.

But honestly, another option if you have other cable providers (AT&T) providing service, I'd just switch to them for their 2 year promo and then cut cord or switch back to Cox. The promo price Cox and AT&T offer for cable + internet is very close to the cost of internet and streaming services.

Hulu for Bravo.

I believe most if not all of the streaming services have bravo.

All offer free trials. I think the best thing to do would be to try them all out and see what works best for you.

All my cord cutting expenses were within my first year. Savings will be on the back end. Here is what I mean.

Catching locals via a service all depends on where you live. With Directv Now, I caught all locals while living in Baltimore but only Fox when I moved back to Lafayette. So, if you find a service that catches all your locals, perfect.

I pay $40/mo for GoBig package with HBO. Lifetime rate b.c. I purchased when Directv Now launched.

Without locals, I purchased a Tablo. Allows me to record OTA TV. Also allows me to view remotely. Both features where very important b.c. we watch a lot of sitcoms.

Paid $150 for device, $100 for 5 tbyt hardrive and $150 for lifetime subscription.

Next year, I will have no OTA expenses. Only the $40/mo Directv Now bill.

I live in a neighborhood that has two fiber internet providers. Not sure I would have done this without fiber.

Good Luck

There is a stickied thread, just for you.

Thats why the thread is stickied..... so threads like these wouldnt populate the board.

Keep in mind the price you are paying now is a bundle package. If you drop cable your internet will go and you will have a data cap. For me, my internet goes up $20 if I dropped cable so switching to PSVue or Sling wouldn't really save me much plus I'd have a data cap to worry about.

I have ATT Uverse at $49

I don’t include that in my overall TV bill because I would already have that regardless of my TV service.

Sling $49
Netflix $20
Amazon $10 ($119/yr)
Hulu $6

$85/mo

Will add HBO for a short time during GOT at $15/mo.

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What do I do about sports?

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ESPN+ Will get you all the games on their network. A cheap 40 mile multi-directional HD antenna will get you NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX for all the games they carry.

That is, unless you live out in BFE.