We were in your position 3 years ago with Comcast raising our bill every 6 months.
Code Toad advised me to cancel regular Comcast and to go Comcast business with a blazing fast internet. We did and the cost/mo for two phones and the internet is a little over $100/mo.
We have Amazon Prime and get a lot of our tv watching for free. We pay about $5 a month for CBS, Acorn tv and Brit Box is another $5/month. We contribute $5 to our PBS and get a ton of stuff via Prime. We are SF Giant fans and pay Sling tv $25/ month for the SF Giants. Sling Blue does not carry ABC/Disney and their pro football thug stations. So none of our money go to their trash. We pay about $120/mo in non baseball time.
For some reason, when we have a California blackout, Comcast Business internet continues to work during the blackout. Also, our cul de sac is loaded with college kids. When they come home for a weekend or holiday, our old Comcast and our neighbors’s AT&T Internets slows to a crawl. Ours never slows down.
Thanks Gramps! That’s very helpful. Made my day, actually.