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Well,,, just got another annual Comcast letter of intent to increase cost of my Cable TV by a mere $14.00... that should put my cable TV monthly fee up around $180... Surely there's got to be a cheaper way ....any suggestions from the Crappie .com crew?
Yep. Get rid of cable. Go with high speed internet and buy an Amazon fire stick with a HD TV antennae.
A Netflix subscription is about $8.00/Mo.
Amazon Prime is about $100/Yr. and it will pay for itself three times over in complimentary 2nd day shipping.
Hulu Plus is another $8.00/Mo.
Figure your internet is $60.00/mo.+$20-$30/mo. for streaming services and you're looking at saving roughly $100/month compared to cable.
My Direct tv with dvr for 5 recordings at once and att service for internet is $145 per month.
Wow,,,,, that would save a bunch.....what high speed internet you using Wind? I use broadband by southern bell or ATT
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Originally Posted by Wind Knot
yep--the wife just made us get roku and a hdtv antenna. Cable is going by by never to be seen again lol.
I have ATT and I'm about to drop them for Comcast. I don't really like either, but Comcast is faster. ATT internet has been buggy for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeum
Can you watch current TV series on any of those internet services? My DirectTV bill is getting out of control. Cost about $180 a month now. My first house wasn't much more than that a month.
Yes. Sling TV will allow you to watch live TV. Channels are a LITTLE limited, but you get ESPN and ESPN 2. It's $20/mo. which is still cheaper than cable+internet.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcounty
You have to watch direct tv they will sneek in on you! lol I hit my 12 month deal last month and my bill went from 89 to 128! And that free three month hbo and all that they give you if you dont call and tell them to turn it off they will charge you for it the 4th month. There sneaky lol But I rekon thats the price we pay for tv
Cable and satellite companys all have a retention department. I've had Directv since 1996 but get my internet through cable. The cable company had a bundle package that would have saved me $50 a month to bundle cable and internet. I called Directv to cancel my service and explained why. They lowered my Directv bill by $50 a month if I didn't do the cable bundle. It's worth a phone call. Just sayin.
HDTV antenna and roku. But if internet keeps going up. I am going to just have the local tv channels I get with HDTV antenna. I will just entertain myself by doing more crappie fishing. I also have the old hard line phone that has went up had it for over 40 years it may go next also.:twocents
I had direct satelite for years. They kept slowly increasing my payments til I finally realized...I dont even watch tv anyways. I called and cancelled them. They had asked my reasons and I told them the monthly got above what I wanted to pay, and that I was satisfied with their business except for that. And that I never watched TV anyways. 2 hours later they called me back, wanted to "Lock" me into a rate of what I believe was $29/month and it would never increase and that I would get to keep all my channels. When I was told that I was real mad because I had been paying almost $100 for a couple years. I told em where to go and that I wasn't interested in the Lock in rate! Shot myself in the foot there lol. Thats been 3 years ago, still dont pay for tv. But I do enjoy watching tv the older I get hahahaha lmbo!
Cable one breaks it off in me every month, gota check out my other options also.
I bet between our internet, cell phone, Cable TV, and controlled climate storage fee for extra space, I could buy a brand new truck for less,,, I figured about $740 for all my services,,, crazy or what? I bet some folks mortgages are cheaper then that ....
We need to get Sat to tellus how to hook up for free.
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Originally Posted by scrat
My parents recently got ride of their land kine and got vonage....think it's like 10 bucks a month, I talk to them just about every day i can't tell the difference in call quality
If you haven't already check out roku's private channel list........thers a lot there to watch.
I had direct TV for about 10 years, 2 receivers. Every year when the bill went up I called retention dept and they put it back. Was always about $60. On the 10th year, they wouldnt forego the increase, so I cancelled and went with Dish. 2 recievers, HD, DVR, sling and the bill is $57 month. I've had it for 4 years and have had to call a time or two when they tried to increase it, but so far they have kept my bill at $57 .
I got a Roku with Amazon prime and Netflix pretty sweet Amazon is $8.99 a month and Netflix is $100.00 a year and you can watch anything you want pretty much and save a ton of money
Call Comcast and complain. They went up on mine a couple years ago and I told them I couldn't afford them anymore and was gonna switch to something else. They lowered my bill and even gave me more channels. Call and complain......Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeum
For several years, we had DSL broadband from ATT. It worked pretty well with my son watching Netflix while I worked on-line, but it struggled a bit when we would both try to stream video. Last year the ATT router went out. In the process of replacing it I learned that they had just added Uverse out here, so I got to upgrade. It has been great. I can watch Acorn Tv while Tommy watches Netflix and it is flawless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeum
That said, have you thought about keeping just the basic cable package, and filling in the blanks with Netflix, Hulu, etc.? Basic cable is cheap, and Comcast does it's best to bury the option, but they do offer it. Check out this link if you're interested.
Have you ever tried not watching television at all?
only when the power is off :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Tracker123
I called to get my cable hooked up for my new house. My house is sitting in the middle of 5 acres inside the city limits, neighbors on both sides have cable. They called me back and told me it would cost $900.00 to get hooked up. I actually laughed at them and told them no wonder they were struggling. I recon I'm about to get acquainted with a satellite company. Lol
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Originally Posted by Tracker123
I been doing this. Im way more productive around the house. And when it gets dark me and my ole lady goes to bed. (way more fun!!!) Its a beautiful life without the temption of tv!
I'm way too addicted to give it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowePro
Quit bragging.[emoji12]Quote:
Originally Posted by LowePro
I can't imagine ever going to bed at dark,,,, Unless I live out in the country,,,, Just too noisy in city limits to sleep at 8 pm.. but then again,,, I might be ready to fish by 5 am if I did,,, can't remember last time I fished at first light,,,lol
I should cut mine off.. I don't watch tv really, have to be up at 2:30 am to come to work, in bed by 7 or 8..