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jay0791 · April 28, 2019 6:46AM

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lawnmowerman · April 28, 2019 6:52AM

Speaking about canceling, I've been wanting to cancel my cable service for some time now. It's up to $205 per month just for cable service and internet. How is that even possible?

softparade · April 28, 2019 8:04AM

Cable TV will go the way of Blockbuster before you know it

KnightRider · April 28, 2019 8:53AM

@lawnmowerman said:
Speaking about canceling, I've been wanting to cancel my cable service for some time now. It's up to $205 per month just for cable service and internet. How is that even possible?

You should call or visit your cable company and ask for a better rate; if you haven't done so in a while, they'll likely give you a better deal. Even if you have no interest/intention of switching providers, all of the legacy cable/satellite operators are aware you have options these days (particularly the streaming options), so they have unpublished "offers" even for long-time existing customers in order to entice you to stay; all you have to do is ask. They may require you to agree to stay for 12 or 24 months in order to get the lower rate, but if you are planning on staying anyways, who cares?

I have Xfinity/Comcast, and I recently visited one of their service centers to exchange one of my cable boxes that needed to be upgraded. They'd been slowly raising my bill over the past 5 years or so, so I printed off a copy of my bill and figured I'd ask if they could get me a better rate. Once my turn (finally...) came up to talk to the service rep, I dropped my cable box and my bill on the table and told him "I need to exchange this box..." and then before I could continue, the rep did instead, after glancing at my bill, "and you probably want to see if you can lower your cable bill." It was surprisingly painless! He walked me over to his computer station and went through the various offers they have for existing customers. The net result was that, in exchange for agreeing to stay with Xfinity for 24 months, my total bill declined by $50 per month, and that was after upgrading one cable box to HD and adding the $9.99/month Sports Package.

lawnmowerman · April 28, 2019 8:59AM

Awesomeness! I appreciate all that info @KnightRider

jay0791 · April 28, 2019 11:42AM

Spectrum
once time warner

is the lost miserable company I have ever dealt with. No negotiation at all.
They want more and more $ and could care less about their customers.
Monopolies

lawnmowerman · April 28, 2019 12:04PM

@jay0791 said:
Spectrum
once time warner

is the lost miserable company I have ever dealt with. No negotiation at all.
They want more and more $ and could care less about their customers.
Monopolies

That's our provider so you know my pain

ahopkins · April 28, 2019 12:10PM

Comcrap is criminal. My wife and I cancelled their service about a year ago. I'm still alive a year later and we still watch TV just as we always have.

Aspie_Rocco · April 28, 2019 12:18PM

I have not had cable in over 20 years.
I miss all the live games and races, and that is all I miss.
Most games appear on YouTube now, and I have Netflix and Hulu for watching movies and shows.
I see what people pay for cable get sticker shock, then consider all the stiff I can buy while not having cable.

craig44 · April 28, 2019 1:53PM

@lawnmowerman said:
Speaking about canceling, I've been wanting to cancel my cable service for some time now. It's up to $205 per month just for cable service and internet. How is that even possible?

You may want to check out YouTube TV. Just switched over this month. 70 channels including MLB and unlimited recording. $50 a month with no contract required

lawnmowerman · April 28, 2019 3:57PM

@craig44 said:

@lawnmowerman said:
Speaking about canceling, I've been wanting to cancel my cable service for some time now. It's up to $205 per month just for cable service and internet. How is that even possible?

You may want to check out YouTube TV. Just switched over this month. 70 channels including MLB and unlimited recording. $50 a month with no contract required

Awesome. I'll check it out. Thanks!

ahopkins · April 28, 2019 4:36PM

@lawnmowerman said:

@craig44 said:

@lawnmowerman said:
Speaking about canceling, I've been wanting to cancel my cable service for some time now. It's up to $205 per month just for cable service and internet. How is that even possible?

You may want to check out YouTube TV. Just switched over this month. 70 channels including MLB and unlimited recording. $50 a month with no contract required

Awesome. I'll check it out. Thanks!

Yup, we have it, too. Awesome. And Netflix. I watch all local sports on You Tube TV.

NGS428 · April 28, 2019 5:49PM

@lawnmowerman said:
Speaking about canceling, I've been wanting to cancel my cable service for some time now. It's up to $205 per month just for cable service and internet. How is that even possible?

I use the PlayStation Vue streaming service. You don’t need a PlayStation to use it. It works on a Roku, etc. if you enjoy sports, Vue has most of it. I pay about $50 per month.

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/

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