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Cable companies freak out after 1 million cut cord in 3 months
NY Post ^ | 1 November 2017 | Chris Mills, BGR

Posted on 11/01/2017 9:53:28 AM PDT by oh8eleven

Cord-cutting, or at least the speed at which people are ditching pay TV, is on track to be the biggest upset of the year. There’s finally a collection of cheap-ish streaming services widely available, and as you’d imagine, people are jumping ship from cable as fast as humanly possible.

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KEYWORDS: amazon; cable; cutthecord; hulu; internet; tv
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And like the NFL, the cable companies will ignore what the customers want and tell us to just shut up and keep on paying.
1 posted on 11/01/2017 9:53:29 AM PDT by oh8eleven
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in just one year- with no changes- our bill has creeped up almost $70 dollars- every month it was higher- and it’s still going up-


2 posted on 11/01/2017 9:56:32 AM PDT by Bob434
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The last cable customer is gonna have a huge bill....................


3 posted on 11/01/2017 9:57:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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Thing is, you still need the internet for streaming. And guess where hi-speed internet comes from? I cut the cord 4 years ago, but I still pay $50/month for internet thru cable.


4 posted on 11/01/2017 10:00:32 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're right, you're wrong - that's the end of the argument.)
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Directv used to be a good deal. Not so much any more. Since they merged with at&t it’s gotten even worse IMO.


5 posted on 11/01/2017 10:01:11 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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I went back to the antenna over 10 years ago. Just can’t understand paying to watch commercials. It’s like paying to wear clothes that advertise a product.


6 posted on 11/01/2017 10:01:56 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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Where else can you get a hundred channels of informercials?


7 posted on 11/01/2017 10:04:01 AM PDT by Tenlein
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Insurance next .... I don’t NEED nor WANT maternity care, etc.


8 posted on 11/01/2017 10:04:08 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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After treating its customers like inferior species of primordial life forms for decades, they expect loyalty?


9 posted on 11/01/2017 10:05:09 AM PDT by Spok
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Great news. Love it when a plan comes together.


10 posted on 11/01/2017 10:05:16 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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—tell me about it—have been three weeks trying to get my second receiver hooked up—even had a tech here for an hour who couldn’t get the job done—said it has gone completely downhill since ATT took over-—am headed to talk to Dish as soon as this is typed-—


11 posted on 11/01/2017 10:05:19 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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But not $120 for TV.

It's a fair trade.

At least at this point it is.

I'm at $94 for internet and landline. My "rurality" limits my options.

12 posted on 11/01/2017 10:06:18 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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I use Comcast, or they use me, whichever. Anyway, yesterday I cancelled my television service and just get the internet. I can use that to stream Amazon Prime, Netflix, and others.


13 posted on 11/01/2017 10:06:33 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Internet Service Provider prices are going to go up because no one will be using their content. Cutting the cord will be a Pyrrhic victory for many. Hopefully, competition will save us.


14 posted on 11/01/2017 10:06:38 AM PDT by Codeflier (Thank you for speaking truth to power President Trump)
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To: fella

“I went back to the antenna over 10 years ago. Just can’t understand paying to watch commercials. It’s like paying to wear clothes that advertise a product.”

You remind me of me.


15 posted on 11/01/2017 10:06:42 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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To: rellimpank
ALL YOU NEED IS SMART TV AND INTERNET.

STAY AWAY FROM SATELLITE, TOO !

16 posted on 11/01/2017 10:07:56 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: oh8eleven

I would cut the cord in a min if I knew how to get Fox news any other way and the Golf channel, my husband’s love.

Anybody know how to get these without cable?


17 posted on 11/01/2017 10:07:57 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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My most recent bill is $30 more than previous bills, with no premium service or pay-per-view.

I will be calling tonight to cut it even further.


18 posted on 11/01/2017 10:08:10 AM PDT by radiohead
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To: rellimpank

My dealings with DirecTV used to be great. But since ATT took over, customer service seems to have been outsourced to Bangladesh. I hate it.


19 posted on 11/01/2017 10:08:39 AM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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Landline here with 25mbit internet dsl.

Even countrywide long didtance at $62 a month.

TV is antenna.


20 posted on 11/01/2017 10:09:20 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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