[Peter from Rutland]

You’re absolutely right. The cable companies have a monopoly on the towns they serve. I am stuck with Charter Communications for cable service and that’s it. I cannot believe this has not been broken up yet in this day and age.

[Brookhaven]

You’re absolutely right. The cable companies have a monopoly on the towns they serve. I am stuck with Charter Communications for cable service and that’s it. I cannot believe this has not been broken up yet in this day and age.

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We dropped our cable TV and landline phone and went to a combo of over-the-air, internet, and skype. Saving over $100 a month, and not missing anything.

One dirty little secret is that the highest qualilty HD TV is over the air, not cable. The HD the cable sends out is compressed. Not nearly as good as the free over the air HD. Watch a football game in HD on cable, then flip to the same game on the local over the air channel. The difference in quality is pretty dramatic.