Cutting the Cord
Recently on yahoo, I read an article titled "Nearly 800,000 U.S. TV households 'cut the cord,' report says."
Greg and I will be part of the figures for 2010, so adjust it to 800,001 households.
We still use Cox Cable for Internet and the absolute basic of basic channels. We cut the cord and cut the bill by 100 dollars! Instead of paying 169 a month, we dropped it down to 64 a month (with the bulk of the remaining bill being Internet fees).
Greg made a comment one day that we're more likely to be found in our office area than in the front room watching TV.
When we did watch TV, we were using the DVR. Yes, we turned in the DVR to Cox Cable when we cut the cord, then we dusted off the good old TIVO and resumed our season passes to the shows that we like. Cost of TIVO? Zero. Greg bought it when it first came out - one charge, that's it. We also have Apple TV if we want to see a specific movie and there's always Hulu.com in the Internet (free).
Add in the iPad and what do we need Cox Cable for? I'm happy with cutting the cord/cost of cable. It's totally ridiculous for the cable bill to match our energy bill! (We're working on the energy bill; so far we have all new energy efficient windows... and it's still a future plan to get a new ac/heater unit.)
How many of you are willing to cut the cord?
Greg and I will be part of the figures for 2010, so adjust it to 800,001 households.
We still use Cox Cable for Internet and the absolute basic of basic channels. We cut the cord and cut the bill by 100 dollars! Instead of paying 169 a month, we dropped it down to 64 a month (with the bulk of the remaining bill being Internet fees).
Greg made a comment one day that we're more likely to be found in our office area than in the front room watching TV.
When we did watch TV, we were using the DVR. Yes, we turned in the DVR to Cox Cable when we cut the cord, then we dusted off the good old TIVO and resumed our season passes to the shows that we like. Cost of TIVO? Zero. Greg bought it when it first came out - one charge, that's it. We also have Apple TV if we want to see a specific movie and there's always Hulu.com in the Internet (free).
Add in the iPad and what do we need Cox Cable for? I'm happy with cutting the cord/cost of cable. It's totally ridiculous for the cable bill to match our energy bill! (We're working on the energy bill; so far we have all new energy efficient windows... and it's still a future plan to get a new ac/heater unit.)
How many of you are willing to cut the cord?
Comments
Given we have fiber optics to the door from our local ISP, we can get the cable equivalent via IP if we want, but I just haven't felt motivated to do so.
It also allows me to run all three phone lines here via the fiber at a third of the cost as the telco wires.
I look at Hulu and the shows on the internet. I really don't miss cable, though I worried I might.
So good for you for cutting the cord!
As an aside: Out of all the people who visit, I am always so touched when I see that you've come by to read my stories and leave such nice comments. Really appreciate it.
Good for you-- it's a big savings!
Happy weekend,
jj
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