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CHOOSE: DO YOU PAY FOR CABLE/SATELLITE TV

  • YES

    Votes: 15 42.9%
  • NO

    Votes: 20 57.1%

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Hell no I stream everything now between Netflix, Hulu and free sites I pay a smooth $19.99 a month and I refuse to go back. :arrogant
 

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Yes because the streaming services don't offer the shows or channels I like at this point.

Maybe in the future I will "cut the cord".
 

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Nope. Honestly, the only cable program I watch is 90dayfiance and I can see it free online so *shrug*.
 

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Same here but I'm trying out a service where I get over 500 channels for $20.00 a month. It's pretty good so I'll be cutting the cord and going with this service soon.
What service is that? I’m so ready to cut the cord.
 

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What service is that? I’m so ready to cut the cord.

Its called ILML tv. You can get all the cable channels, premium channels, and pay per views. If you have a firestick you can download the app and you can get a 3 day free trial to test out the service. Its looking like the best option you can get for $20 a month.
 

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What channels do you like to have?

Between the paid channels and some channels like Discovery, etc. that have their own paid streaming channels. The last time I checked I would have to pay for Netflix, Amazon and Hulu plus tack ons for HBO, Showtime, etc, and the cost was nearly $80.

Plus, we still tend to watch on tv, not our cells or tablets, it just wasn't ideal. Our streaming tv has spotty service for Amazon which is annoying. I have hope but not holding my breath at the moment.
 

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I have Philo which is a streaming service for $16 a month.

  • A&E
  • AMC
  • Animal Planet
  • AXS TV
  • BBC America
  • BBC World News
  • BET
  • Cheddar
  • Cheddar Big News
  • CMT
  • Comedy Central
  • Discovery Channel
  • DIY Network
  • Food Network
  • FYI
  • Game Show Network
  • HGTV
  • History
  • IFC
  • Investigation Discovery
  • Lifetime
  • Lifetime Movies
  • MTV
  • MTV2
  • Nickelodeon
  • Nick Jr.
  • Oprah Winfrey Network
  • Paramount Network
  • PeopleTV
  • Science Channel
  • Sundance TV
  • Tastemade
  • TeenNick
  • TLC
  • Travel Channel
  • TV Land
  • Velocity
  • VH1
  • Viceland
  • WE tv
 

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I currently have cable, phone, and internet I pay $174 with spectrum. I have pretty much every channel out there including the NFL packages. The streaming services don’t have enough content for me to cut the cord although I would like to cut the cord I need more options.
 
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$150 for cable and internet. Charter Spectrum.

It was almost $200, but when I called them to cancel, they gave me a $30 discount for the next year to keep me. I appeased them for a lil while, but when we move, it’s going bye bye.
 

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You'd think the cable companies would lower their prices to try and lure some people back in. Most people around me got rid of cable in the last 2 years or so. These companies have to be seeing a noticeable decrease in business.
 

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Same here but I'm trying out a service where I get over 500 channels for $20.00 a month. It's pretty good so I'll be cutting the cord and going with this service soon.

I'm not feeling their website set up and I can't find any information on other sites. Let us know how it works out for you.
 

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I'm not feeling their website set up and I can't find any information on other sites. Let us know how it works out for you.

Its working great for me. The channels are clear and you can pretty much watch whatever channel you want. The only thing I would need to buy is an antenna for if I want to watch the local news since it already has the network channels.
 

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You'd think the cable companies would lower their prices to try and lure some people back in. Most people around me got rid of cable in the last 2 years or so. These companies have to be seeing a noticeable decrease in business.

Verizon tried to offer a la carte packages that mimicked streaming services. Works great if you tended to like everything within one or two genres but it got pricy if you picked multiple categories.
 

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I cut the cord this year. Cox cable got too expensive — $150 and I didn’t have all the paks, any sports and only 2 pay channels. Signed up for DirectTV Now with the HBO add-on for $40 a month.
 
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Nah, I got rid of my tv, now i use a projector to save space last year and now I watch mainly youtube and Netflix with my friends account.
 

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Yeah, $189 for Spectrum tv/phone/internet bundle.

I hate it. The service is always out. Thinking about going back to Dish.
 

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Nope

I got Netflix and Hulu(through Spotify you can get Hulu and showtime all 3 for 4.99, only if you’re a student)
 

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I have DirecTV Now, which is the online streaming version of DirecTV. I have the "Just Right" plan which is 85+ channels. I have local channels too, even though they are not listed in the guide as they should be. I only pay about $59.95 flat, and it comes with 20 hours of DVR, which is enough for me. It's not absolutely perfect, but it works great for me, and I plan to stick with it until YouTube live gets a few more channels I enjoy. Then I'll likely switch over.
 

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Just turned in my cable boxes the end of September with Verizon. I kept my internet and had to keep my land line for now for my alarm system until I change that over to another service so now I pay $116 month no contract. Prior I was paying $158 a month for basic cable. I am in the process of looking into purchasing a firestick
 

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Nope. I just use the internet for Netflix (mom's account lol), Youtube, etc. I used to use Hulu for free when I had the student discount through Spotify but my year subscription ended and I am no longer a student so I need to figure out how to work around that, because I need to watch Living Single lol.
 

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You'd think the cable companies would lower their prices to try and lure some people back in. Most people around me got rid of cable in the last 2 years or so. These companies have to be seeing a noticeable decrease in business.

They see it and they will find a way to screw us.

I suspect it's easy for cable companies to determine which households stream TV based on their data use. My bet is they will either start limiting data usage, or charging more for usage above "X" amount per month. If I'm not mistaken, Comcast has already implemented this.
 

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I am using SlingTv, Netflix and free sites.

Can you PM me the sites you use? I had to get CBS streaming service to catch up on Criminal Minds and Big Ban Theory because I couldn't find my old go-to site. I plan on deleting but need some reliable sites first.
 

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Hell no. We have a jailbroken fire tv. We stream whatever TV shows/movies we want. We only pay for internet, Amazon prime and a VPN.
 

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They see it and they will find a way to screw us.

I suspect it's easy for cable companies to determine which households stream TV based on their data use. My bet is they will either start limiting data usage, or charging more for usage above "X" amount per month. If I'm not mistaken, Comcast has already implemented this.
That’s exactly what Xfinity did to me. I thought I had unlimited internet so I tried Directv Now but received an email halfway through the month about going over the limit. They said the first time it’s free but any other month if you go over it’s $10 per 10GB I believe. So by those calculations if I had kept their service I would have paid more per month than I would have if I’d signed up for a tv package with them.
 

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