I’ve been doing this for years, and always got a good deal.
This year couldn’t.
So, I dropped cable. There are a few good shows the kids like, and I told them they can buy seasons from Amazon if they want. Far cheaper, and direct feedback (and monetary support) that we are buying family friendly programming, and getting rid of the rest.
My setup:
- TW high speed, new customer price negotiated.
- Ooma VoIP (in place of landline phone. Ported
Home number, have had for many years) - if you want my discount code for new customers, let me know
- TiVo - Moving from Roamio Pro to Bolt. Bolt supports OTA. Can stream to Phones, Tablets, etc. via WiFi to multiple devices. Also have 2 TiVo Minis, integrated with Roamio/Bolt via Moca networking. A little expensive but great integration.
- TiVo supports streaming ( Amazon, Netflix, etc)
- Old laptop connected via HDMI (thru Denon AVR) with compact wireless mouse/touchpad, can do pretty much anything with this, including Pandora, Prime Music, stream movies, pictures, music from NAS
Felt good to call and cancel cable (TV), I hope we stick with it
Well, the difference is canceling Cable TV vs cancelling EVERYTHING — which means you are then out hunting for internet.
I have BasicTalk, it’s cheaper than the cable company’s offering of cable based phone.
The issue of local channels is also there, but that’s $10/mo. People will have different preferences.
Bottom line is . . . you have to have a high speed source of internet and cable is usually/often it. We have to be careful how we phrase this. “Shut off Cable!” doesn’t mean shut off cable. It means keep cable (for internet) and have no cable tv channels.