re: Cox bill going up to $265 this month

Cut the cord about a year and a half ago.

Use Cox for Internet

SlingTV + Netflix + Hulu + HBO Go + BlueRay + Chromecast

All we ever need for 2-3 hours of TV we do watch.

I guess it depends on your setup but I canceled cable and got vue. That's why I don't need it.

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I stressed several times for her to tell me what my actual bill will be with all taxes and fees, and she told me $61 and change. Says the minibox is free (normally 2 or 3 bucks a month).

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Well, the bitch lied.

My first month after dropping all that shite was $66, so I figured she was close enough. I didn't realize I had a $13 credit, so I'm actually paying $80 now.

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If the bill comes in higher, I'm going to drop them and switch to the small local company in my town.

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This I just did. They will be here Monday, and my bill will be $66 taxes and fees INCLUDED.


Now if they are lying too, I don't know what I'll do. Might have to start my own ISP.

This new regional sports fee bullshite Cox has is about to push me to Vue.

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Internet by itself would have been $70-something, but if I add basic cable the bill drops to $62.

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You can probably expect that to go to 100+ in 12 months.

I got internet by itself (100 GB down) for 65/month for 12 months....and it only goes to 80 after 12 months...for now 80 is the non-promo price.

ETA didn't realize this was a dinosaur....I'm prophetic

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Not sure which version I have but I just downloaded directly onto my TV last night so I'm assuming it's the latest version. I think I have it downloaded correctly but when I try to unzip exodus it asks where to download it to and I have no idea.
I'll try to post pics later.

I took care of my parents yesterday. They are too old and set in their ways to change. They have DirecTV plus AT&T for Internet and phone. They were paying right at $239.00 a month.

I was able to put together a package for them that combined all services for $155.00 a month, saving them $84 a month, or a little over a grand a year.

Not if you get vue. The $35/mo I pay for vue is great for all of the live shows, but the access to the streaming services is worth it alone also. My Internet is $65/mo and vue is $35/mo. So for $100/mo I get something like 75 live channels, DVR, up to 6 TVs streams at once, and access to a plethora of streaming services. Throw in free local channels OTA and it is a much, much better deal than traditional cable and were not even talking about Netflix and Prime memberships.

Eta

Didn't see the post dates

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And a lot of them add in commercials that you can't skip.

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In a one hour network show, 18 minutes are commercials. I use the DVR to skip one-third of the show.