I dropped cable a few weeks ago. I had AT&T and still use them for Internet. It takes getting used to, but I can’t afford to pay all that money for nothing! With all those channels, there were only two new shows I watched. Everything else was reruns and I can watch them (and Longmire and Major Crimes) online for free!
That was also part of our reasoning for dumping cable. We were only watching about 5% of the available programming, but paying for 100% of it. Didn't make sense from a consumer standpoint.
Someone posted a chart here recently which showed how much subscribers pay for each of about 150 different channels. Most are less than .10¢ a month, but still.....why am I paying anything at all for MSNBC, or Spanish language channels?
I've had the Roku box hooked up to one of our TVs for a couple of days now. It streams programming through our internet modem. Right now I'm only subscribed to Netflix, but I might add Hulu or Amazon Prime to get more programming.
It takes a little getting used to. It's more like watching videos on YouTube than watching broadcast TV, but I sure do like the fact that there are no commercials. Did you know that's how cable TV started out in the 70s?
We dropped satellite tv in June. 3 months now, haven’t missed it for a moment. well, i do miss nascar. But otherwise, i don’t miss it.