The SEC Channel starts up in August and one of their first broadcasts will be the Kentucky men’s basketball Big Blue Bahamas exhibition tour. 
I dropped UVerse and cut my entire AT&T bill in half. Now I pay only for Netflix and Hulu at $8 per month each. I’m saving quite a bit.
“It’s now possible to stop paying the cable bill and enjoy much, if not all of your favorite programming — at great savings.”
Longmire? Yes.
Game of Thrones? No.
My main problem with cable is the fact that I pay for hundreds of channels I don’t watch because its the only way to get the dozen I do watch.
Until there is a FreeRepublic Channel, there is zero need for a television set, let alone cable/satellite programming.
There is non-monetary savings. I’ve been without television for going on three years. If I want to watch tv, I have lots of DVDs or internet sources.
Getting away from the commercials, from the biased news, from the constant liberal messaging and the 95%+ crap programming is better for one’s mental, spiritual and even physical health. Now I control the content, timing and cost. And I’ve discovered the world of internet radio and yes, rediscovered these things called books. One of the best things I’ve ever done, even though people look at me like I’m a space alien when I tell them I don’t have cable tv.
Using the $100/mo. figure, my initial savings were $1,200/year.
We subscribe to Hulu (getting ready to drop that, too many "commercials") Netflix and Amazon Prime (mostly for shipping, but the TV&Movies included in Prime is really quite good.
We spend $8/mo. for Hulu, $8/mo. for Netflix and Amazon Prime is $6.67/mo. ($79 / 12.) So I'm really saving about $78/mo. factoring in the Hulu, Netflix & Amazon Prime subscriptions. That's still $936/year.
I didn't need to upgrade my Comcast internet service ($39/mo. for 25mb down/6mb up) so that remained the same.
I figure $936/yr. saved to watch the idiot box isn't bad! I have maybe two shows I watch/week (BlackList & 24 Live Another Day) which I get with my OTA antenna. If it weren't for my two teenage sons, I'd be perfectly happy dropping Hulu and Netflix altogether. I buy so much on Amazon I'd keep the AmazonPrime service.
BTW, we dropped DirecTV 2 years ago this August. Got a few Roku devices for the TV's and never thought about going back to DirecTV. I think devices like Roku which let you subscribe to the content you want vs. having to buy large bundled packages from Cable/Satellite providers is absolutely the future.
I dropped DirecTV February 17 2013 (final episode of Downton Abbey). Haven’t had cable or satellite TV since and haven’t missed it for a second.
I was paying $96 monthly (except for football season, when the NFL Sunday Ticket boosted the bill to something like $170 or so). So, I guess I’ve saved about $1800 or $1900 so far.
DTV sends me junkmail regularly, wanting me to sign back up. I just throw it in the trash.
The SEC Channel starts up in August and one of their first broadcasts will be the Kentucky men’s basketball Big Blue Bahamas exhibition tour.
We cut it completely - put up an outdoor antenna and can pull in a surprising number of high quality digital stations. The average quality is higher then DTV had for example. For most other stuff we can get it online, or go with dvd. The Public Library often has the latest DVDs for free but you may have to wait for them.
We do not miss DTV at all.
Anyone here use Roku? We’ve been thinking of doing that. Our DirecTV bill is $92 and we’re getting a discount because I complained about the high cost. We have not the basic package, but the one just above that.
How can I drop DirecTV and still get college football? If there’s a way, I’m in!
I dropped my landline phone and satellite TV and saved $200 a month. I just paid my car off a few months early and that’s $500 a month I now don’t have to worry about.
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I dropped DirectTV....the other day.
Sounds like that DirectTV ad scam.
“Watch hundreds of broadcast shows on your TV for totally free, no monthly bills. Free network TV. “
Yep, watch the three networks ABC, CBS and NBC for free, except commercials.
I have worked too hard to have to put up with that crap I had to when I was a teen.(before cable was available)
I haven’t watched or owned a TV in 15 years. I can’t even stand being around them anymore.
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I would consider dropping cable, but wheh you lose a huge fraction of live sports by dropping cable, that’s why all I did was adjust my Comcast package to Preferred Basic and with a new deal, saved myself US$35/month.
I fired the wire late in 2012, savings are now close to $2K, not including any rate increases which I never found out about.