[Opinionated Blowhard]

This doesn’t surprise me. I have way more than I use in terms of a cable package and am about to cut way back. And my cable company—like pretty much every cable company—finds ways to up my bill by about $20 or $30 per month to rent equipment that is necessary for the service I am buying! Cable companies have been really tone deaf in this economy if they think they can keep screwing people like that and keep them as customers.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

We got rid of HBO and Showtime a couple months ago.
Haven’t missed either one.

[Col Frank Slade]

We dropped all the movie channels - HBO, Showtime, etc - Just kept basic service for sports channels, A&E, HGTV & home improvement channels.

[USNBandit]

I had Direct TV until recently. Their equipment was so prone to failure that you had to get the "protection package" to cover the tuners. What I didn't realize was that every time you execute that plan they added a year onto your contract. There was no way to get out without breaking the contract.

The only reason I got dish in the first place was that I hated the cable company.