Cancelled my cable TV service/Cutting the cord

[Kitties]

I just called and got my cable bill reduced. Will see if it really does go through. I don't trust them fully when I talk with them on the phone. It's about 35 dollars less, for one year. I have cable, internet and phone bundle. I prefer to keep a land line due to my step father's hearing impairment and he uses a caption phone.

They tried to give me a package that would give me the channels I mentioned they took away but then that would have only been about a 10 dollar deduction and I said I'd keep what I have. I really do hate to be without TV because I have it on for company a lot of the time. Too much actually.

All these new ways to view TV are over my head and I just don't get them.

 

[HipGnosis]

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Roku devise is a one time cost (under $100) you only pay more for the most popular channels like Hulu,HBO and Showtime....At one time they advertised over 2,000 channels to choose from..
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And there are thousands of unadvertised free channels. Most of them don't have current content, but they are there. A web browser is the best way to find them, learn which are best (which is subjective) and how to add 'private' (which is a misnomer/marketing) channels.

 

[Cap'nSacto]

I just called and got my cable bill reduced. Will see if it really does go through. I don't trust them fully when I talk with them on the phone. It's about 35 dollars less, for one year. I have cable, internet and phone bundle. I prefer to keep a land line due to my step father's hearing impairment and he uses a caption phone.

They tried to give me a package that would give me the channels I mentioned they took away but then that would have only been about a 10 dollar deduction and I said I'd keep what I have. I really do hate to be without TV because I have it on for company a lot of the time. Too much actually.

All these new ways to view TV are over my head and I just don't get them.

I took that step first, too. They reduced my bill by about $20, and threw in HBO and Starz "free" for 3 months, but when I got an email from them about the one-year "contract" I called and cancelled TV, kept internet. Just don't like the idea of some contract between me and the cable company. I don't have one with Bel-Air Market or PG&E...nothing beyond paying them for what I take or use.