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maartena

Elmo

Premium Member

join:2002-05-10

Orange, CA 23 recommendations maartena Premium Member Cut the cord..... DirecTV when I cancelled in Jan 2014: $115

DirecTV if I had kept it in 2017: $130.

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Total cost from Jan 2014 up to June 2017, with $5 price increases each year: $5,100



Streaming services purchased instead:

- Netflix: $11.99 (4k version)

- Hulu Commercial Free: $11.99

- Amazon Prime (paid yearly and has other advantages, but roughly $8 a month)

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Cost per month: $32

Total cost from Jan 2014 up to June 2017: $1,344



Total money saved so far: $3,756.



Laughing all the way to the bank: Yours truly.



I did splurge and bought a brand new Samsung 8-series 60 inch 4k TV and a Samsung soundbar and surround set last year, costing me roughly $1600. I might not have done that if I kept DirecTV.... either way, even with that spending, I still have over two-thousand dollars in positive cash from NOT subscribing to any pay TV.



I may be spending a little more on CBS All Access for a few months as my "floater sub", and I have put myself on a $50 limit on entertainment total, and with $32 on streaming services that leaves me $18 a month for a "floater" sub (one that I only subscribe to when there is something on I want) and/or a few movie rentals.



Also, don't be fooled that this is going to stop.... a mid-calendar year price increase (July) isn't going to prevent them to raise the price again come January when the usual price increases happen.



Please prepare to bend over a little more. Again. undergod1

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join:2008-04-28

Rego Park, NY 14 recommendations undergod1 Premium Member while others are lowering prices they are raising them Verizon and Optimum have lowered some of their prices the Charter moron CEO has raised.. i would love to see that company go down in flames.. and the Board of Director only can blame themselves for hiring an idiot.. Tom Rutledge does to cable what Martin Shkreli did for big pharma....

ham3843

join:2015-01-15

USA 1 edit 9 recommendations ham3843 Member Somebody's got to pay for Tommy Boy Rutledge's 98$ million salary

Tommy Chopper Rutledge the 98$ million dollar wonder boy.



Come on folks you know that it's important to pay for the genius CEO running the showTommy Chopper Rutledge the 98$ million dollar wonder boy. »www.youtube.com/watch?v= ··· -sRZBiHo ISurfTooMuch

join:2007-04-23

Tuscaloosa, AL 9 recommendations ISurfTooMuch Member Naivety at its finest "It's like watching a friend in an abusive relationship," complains another. "You've been loyal, while they keep hitting you."



Does anyone expect some kind of loyalty or fair treatment from a cable company? My God, what is this guy smoking? The only way to deal with these companies is to do everything to minimize the amount of money you give them.

Anon84aa1

@rr.com 7 recommendations Anon84aa1 Anon Retransmission Consent Eliminate Retransmission Consent and allow TV subscribers pick out-of-market replacements from any DMA in the country.

ham3843

join:2015-01-15

USA 6 recommendations ham3843 Member TRUTH from South Park!



Does this character look EXACTLY like Tom Copter Rutledge or what? »www.youtube.com/watch?v= ··· nCkrfjO0

tshirt

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join:2004-07-11

Snohomish, WA 5 recommendations tshirt Premium Member I wonder... ... are LOCAL BROADCAST NETWORKS a tier?

broadcast TV surcharge is going up to $7.50 next month from the current $6.05

I have Comcast who also has this fee, just thinking if I ONLY wanted the locals and nothing else I should be able to order it. wasn't that the original point of CATV, to extend the reach of a quality local signal? so somewhere in the franchise history that must have been the basis of limited basic

My thought is ordering nothing but the broadcast locals in full HD* should be able to qualify as one leg of a double or triple play package.

*as broadcast existenz

join:2014-02-12 4 recommendations existenz Member Give it another year or so... ...and the OTT services will have most cable channels, true competition. Unfortunately the CableCos will then rip a new one for those not savvy enough to go OTT. briansgs2

join:2013-04-25 3 recommendations briansgs2 Member will only last so long Sounds like they're a company losing subscribers to cell providers, and like the TV industry raising pricing to make up for the lost will only last so long. tmc8080

join:2004-04-24

Brooklyn, NY 2 recommendations tmc8080 Member earn the damn money vs the monopoly way



fee increases without value are much like this ball busting scene from young frankenstein »www.youtube.com/watch?v= ··· 1467jfxy



imagine that MANY times over imagine that MANY times over