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re: I begged Cox to find a way to cut my $304 cable bill.

Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:35 pm to
Posted by JasonMason
Memphis
Member since Jun 2009
4935 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:35 pm to
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I have HBO and the sports package.


Why are you paying for the sports package right now?
Posted by Harry Caray
Denial
Member since Aug 2009
21045 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:36 pm to
Along those lines I should say all of my YTTV access has been via Roku, PS4, or Chromecast with very little issues. Playstation Vue used to have some video issues that drove me up a wall but I've enjoyed YTTV with no glaring issues coming to mind.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
30229 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:38 pm to
Did they at least give you a reach-around while they fricked you? Damn, man.

Att fiber + YoutubeTV + netflix is $130/mo for me. The Att fiber includes HBOMax, too.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:39 pm to
PS4, Apple TV, and chromecast have all worked perfectly for me as well as apps on Samsung and apple phones. I’ve had it for about a year now but only used it on my phone on the go for a while. We moved and instead of changing my service, I dropped cable to use this full time. After about a week, I just sat there wondering why the hell I didn’t do it earlier.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:42 pm to
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Att fiber + YoutubeTV + netflix is $130/mo for me. The Att fiber includes HBOMax, too.


Similar here. Google fiber gigabit + YTTV + Netflix is about $136/month for me. $147 if you include amazon prime. I also get HBOmax from AT&T but through my cell phone plan.

My uverse TV+internet was about $200.
This post was edited on 6/18/20 at 3:43 pm
Posted by LSUintheNW
At your mom’s house
Member since Aug 2009
37026 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:43 pm to
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What a racket.


quote:

304 cable bill


Sucker....
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20733 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:44 pm to
I cut the cord almost 3 years ago.

Best decision ever.

Never looked back.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
61084 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:44 pm to
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$304 cable bill.


WTF?
Posted by ThatsAFactJack
East Coast
Member since Sep 2012
1614 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:44 pm to
Similar

ATT FIber+ Hulu Live + Netflix + Disney+ = $117/month
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
83171 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:45 pm to
Jones has to live chat easily every 6-8 weeks due to random charges on the bill. What's funny is we are chatting them re: the bill being too high, and they hound you multiple times at the end about adding things that raise the bill.

The dude yesterday definitely wasn't American. I think he said something to the effect of, "Don't you like saving money??"
Posted by SelaTiger
Member since Aug 2016
21969 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:45 pm to
You have to leave Cox or threaten to leave Cox in order for them to work with you. I had to do it several times. Last time they went up $25, I called and said I was ready to drop it after they said there wasn’t much they could do. Then she puts me on the phone with someone else who says “looks like we have this promo going on now.” They gave me the same package I had plus the HBO’s for $5 less than before they jacked it up on me. They’re basically like a flea market. But when you tell them you want to drop them you have to be ready to do it. Also, it says in the title you begged. Mistake there. You are the boss, act like it.
This post was edited on 6/18/20 at 3:56 pm
Posted by Slippy
Across the rivah
Member since Aug 2005
7859 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:46 pm to
I just don't have the energy for change, baws. So much effort. frick effort. The status quo is comfortable.
Posted by MrJimBeam
Member since Apr 2009
13095 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:48 pm to
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I just don't have the energy for change, baws. So much effort. frick effort. The status quo is comfortable.



It's really not. Just cut the fricking cord. It's next to no effort to add YoutubeTV. You don't even have to talk to anyone. You just download it like anything else. It's easy AF.

But by all means, continue to get buttplugged by Cox for an extra 1500 or so a year.
This post was edited on 6/18/20 at 3:49 pm
Posted by Harry Caray
Denial
Member since Aug 2009
21045 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:48 pm to
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I just don't have the energy for change, baws. So much effort. frick effort. The status quo is comfortable.

Yea well at the rate you're paying you ain't gonna have enough change for energy soon
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
33922 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:48 pm to
Dude you know what you signed up for. That’s your own damn fault
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
20400 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:48 pm to
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I just don't have the energy for change, baws. So much effort. frick effort. The status quo is comfortable.


This is why poor people stay poor
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:49 pm to
You have no spine.
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
Member since Jan 2016
10689 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:50 pm to
You're better off looking for alternatives like an attic antenna in combination with You Tube, Prime, Hulu or Roku, etc. Lots of info in Tech.
We dumped Direct a few years ago because the quality/time we were watching was not worth their price increase.
They hounded us to renew for over a year with incentives before giving up.
Glad we did it.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
83171 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:52 pm to
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It's really not. Just cut the fricking cord. It's next to no effort to add YoutubeTV. You don't even have to talk to anyone. You just download it like anything else. It's easy AF.



My concern is just that I will have to still pay for Cox internet, and we use Cox home phone for the alarm system (my SO refuses to bend on this and switch to mobile). So by the time we pay both of those to Cox and then pay YouTube TV, is there still a savings?

The home phone is more expensive when not bundled with TV, so that would go up. Probably same for internet.
This post was edited on 6/18/20 at 3:53 pm
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
61619 posts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 3:53 pm to
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I have HBO and the sports package. I have 5 receiver boxes. No other frills.


5 boxes? What is that, like $40-$50 right off the bat? Get some Rokus or Fire Sticks for the rooms that don't have your DVR boxes. Most networks now have apps that will let you watch their stuff if you get them through cable.

You are also paying for the sports package when there are no sports. You should have dropped that a month or two ago. Does Cox not let you alter your package month to month? Spectrum let's me add and drop extras whatever I want whenever I want so it seems strange to me that you'd be stuck with a sports package that essentially can't be used right now.
This post was edited on 6/18/20 at 3:58 pm
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