Bump. Rush laid out a good argument as to why people are cutting the cord. Millenniums can't afford cable. ESPN charges cable $7 for each subscriber. Comcast had recently raised their regional sports fee and broadcast fee by $2. Now we hear that ESPN is laying off most of their liberal talent. That's because half the people like me no long want to watch this crap. They're basically alienating half their audience (like me). Then we add in the box rental fees, and cable plus internet is over $200.
Cutting the cord - Options for moving away from cable tv
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Dangerdoggie
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ESPN just needs to focus on e-sports exclusively
This is OFN, but Google is getting into the game for cable-cutters (only major markets at first, though). They will target budget subscribers.
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/youtube-tv-skinny-bundle/
The channel line-up isn't bad, but has holes, as mentioned in the article. No Discovery or History channel. These are pretty standard channels. I didn't spend the time checking into what else is missing from a standard cable line-up. I would like to cut the cable, but want to wait for the packages to mature.
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/youtube-tv-skinny-bundle/
The channel line-up isn't bad, but has holes, as mentioned in the article. No Discovery or History channel. These are pretty standard channels. I didn't spend the time checking into what else is missing from a standard cable line-up. I would like to cut the cable, but want to wait for the packages to mature.
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this pisses me off. i still don't understand why they made aereo.com go, it was just a restream of your local channels you can get for free over the air, and you were paying for the cloud dvr capabilities 12 bucks a month. was such a good service, fuck the courts for destroying them.
Ludicrous Speed
Veteran XV
This is what I have seen. If I cancel a basic level of tv cable my internet costs much more. With my level of cable I miss ESPN and ESPNU for football. So I just subscribed to sling during football season. I liked sling but with the bundle crap it is tough....
ESPN is like crazy liberal.
dan lebatards show is completely unlistenable. he never talks about sports, it's social issues only, and if someone in sports is involved in a social issue then he'll touch on it. fucking shitshow.
This is exactly how they will contain cordcutting in many areas. If I cancel my cable bundle, my internet will almost double in price. This makes it pointless to cut the cord or buy an IPTV service. On top of this, it looks like the FCC will allow the cable companies to keep milking free money from antiquated cable boxes for the foreseeable future.
Hopefully 5G will start to shake things up.
They all are. I'm not saying I'm ultra conservative but what they do is at crazy. All the whole "Boston is racist...oh we were just making jokes" crap is stupid.
There are so many plugins for Kodi these days you can watch anything you want minus live sports.
Had an Amazon Fire TV on order but cancelled it. Why? The current box has been out since December 2015. That's basically a year and 4 months. I can wait a few months for a refresh. The biggest problem with the Fire TV seems to be the remote breaking or the box dying just after the warranty is up (1 year). This is a case where it's probably best to buy the insurance for $10.
My Sony stereo (blue ray) has an Amazon Streaming App. Laurie watched a movie on it last night and everything worked perfectly, no buffering. That's because I have two Ethernet cables running from the computer room to the TV. If you're looking to cord cut, you'll want to order an HD Antenna, and see if you can run two Ethernet cables (one for your set top box, one for the blue ray or gaming system), otherwise the signal goes over Wi-Fi.
On Comcast, my slowest speed internet (Performance) is $65 a month and that will have no taxes. It's 25mbps down and 5 up. For most streaming set top boxes, they say the minimum is between 10-12.
The $50 Fire Tablet (7 inch) is working. There is some delay when processing commands (loading) but for a $50 tablet, it's good. There's books, movies, and music for free using Prime. They still try to up sell unlimited subscriptions and movies you have to pay for (rent). You can go on the Amazon web site, browse free titles, "buy" them for 0.00, and they will load to the tablet a few minutes later. This could be cool for a flight, load up the tablet with content, and watch it in the air.
But yes, the only thing you're not getting is live sports, and honestly, I don't miss it that much. NFL will be on the major networks OTA and all my major channels are coming in crystal clear.
My Sony stereo (blue ray) has an Amazon Streaming App. Laurie watched a movie on it last night and everything worked perfectly, no buffering. That's because I have two Ethernet cables running from the computer room to the TV. If you're looking to cord cut, you'll want to order an HD Antenna, and see if you can run two Ethernet cables (one for your set top box, one for the blue ray or gaming system), otherwise the signal goes over Wi-Fi.
On Comcast, my slowest speed internet (Performance) is $65 a month and that will have no taxes. It's 25mbps down and 5 up. For most streaming set top boxes, they say the minimum is between 10-12.
The $50 Fire Tablet (7 inch) is working. There is some delay when processing commands (loading) but for a $50 tablet, it's good. There's books, movies, and music for free using Prime. They still try to up sell unlimited subscriptions and movies you have to pay for (rent). You can go on the Amazon web site, browse free titles, "buy" them for 0.00, and they will load to the tablet a few minutes later. This could be cool for a flight, load up the tablet with content, and watch it in the air.
But yes, the only thing you're not getting is live sports, and honestly, I don't miss it that much. NFL will be on the major networks OTA and all my major channels are coming in crystal clear.
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consultant
Veteran XX
From the comments on the page looks pretty shitty...
This.
Cable TV is finished. It's just a matter of the folks that are too lazy to switch away from it to Netflix and other streaming services to either die or finally say enough is enough.
The problem with Comcast and the rest is that their strategies have always necessitated price increases, likely to keep stockholders happy. Granted, Netflix and others don't have to pay the amortized cost of building the cable infrastructure, but with something like 25% marketshare, I can't imagine that it costs Comcast remotely close to $80/month/subscriber to provide internet, and $200+ for TV on top of that. All they do is constantly try to figure out the max they can charge before people will leave by constantly adjusting pricing against their churn rate.
This shit is pretty clear with Google FI, for example -- I was paying like $80/month just for service on Verizon Wireless (most basic plan). Switched to FI and that dropped to $40/month, for frankly better service. With a new phone on top of that, it's still only like $65/month.
These dinosaur cable companies are too used to charging whatever they want. I'd love to see more competition get into the market to correct the insane pricing.