This could be a gamechanger for cord cutters, sec plus app

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For $4.99 per month, the direct-to-consumer format will help users forgo the need for a television subscription in order to view live sports via the ESPN app and ESPN.com.

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4.99 is great if that includes all ESPN channels.

I will say that a lot of cable companies give large discounts for bundling TV and internet, so dropping TV wouldn’t save you a lot of money.

So yeah, you pay 4.99 for ESPN, but your internet goes up $50 a month.

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I hope it is truly $4.99 a month and NOT $4.99 a month based on a $59.88 yearly membership.

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The average is still under 10 bucks/month brah

This appears to be $4.99/mo for the junk that is not on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNNews, SECN, etc.

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I would seriously consider discontinuing my sling TV subscription.

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That should be fine assuming you don't mind missing stuff on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECn, etc.

Those things won't be on ESPN+.

What I'm not sure is how this effects ESPN3/WatchESPN....I'm wondering if ESPN is going to expect people subscribed to ESPN and SECn to pay 4.99/month to watch LSU baseball. That seems like something Disney would do.

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So yeah, you pay 4.99 for ESPN, but your internet goes up $50 a month.

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Maybe for some.

A year ago, I was paying $40 a month for slow arse ATT U-Verse internet (the fastest they offered for my area was 3mbs) and $90 a month for Dish Top 120+ (1 regular and 1 DVR receiver). I had Netflix and Amazon too.

I cancelled my Dish and shitty ATT. Then I got a good HD antenna for locals (one time $80), 30mbs internet service (pay by the month and no contract) for $50 a month, sling TV w/sports package for $30 a month (a la cart w/ no contract).

I went from $130/month to $80/month for the same thing plus much faster internet for streaming HD/UHD content.

Now, if the ESPN subscription included all ESPN and SECN content, I would go from $80 to $55 a month. With the money I'd save, I could upgrade my Blu-Ray Home Theater system to a 4K HTS next year around the time that more UHD content becomes available and comes down some in price.

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Maybe for some.

A year ago, I was paying $40 a month for slow arse ATT U-Verse internet (the fastest they offered for my area was 3mbs) and $90 a month for Dish Top 120+ (1 regular and 1 DVR receiver). I had Netflix and Amazon too.

I cancelled my Dish and shitty ATT. Then I got a good HD antenna for locals (one time $80), 30mbs internet service (pay by the month and no contract) for $50 a month, sling TV w/sports package for $30 a month (a la cart w/ no contract).

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Very similar to what I did

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Stuff that used to be free in espn 3 is about to cost $$

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None of it is "free."

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Serious question, why do you guys say this? Would it really make a difference if he labelled it SEC app or something?

I only pay for internet and to add cable would be like $40 more per month. I'll take paying for netflix and espn over paying twice as much for cable.