WAY overpriced. I’d happily pay $3/mo for my choice of 10 channels.
We cut cable 6 months ago, one of the best things we have ever done, you would not believe how the family dynamic changed (for the better).
I propose a $100B subsidy for the industry. It’s too important to suffer like this. People will die without it.
They just need a stimulus package bailout...
Up your alleys.
We went commando an ditched it ALL. Now we have Netflix through our Wii and Hulu through our computer and are perfectly happy.
Thats gonna leave a mark
Netflix, HULU and others must be making an impact...Amazing what happens when you want to pay for only what you want to see...
I would gladly pay 50% less for 90% less channels, if I kept the channels that I wanted. This deal of packaging different channels so that you have to pay the top subscription rate is for the birds.
Defund the Left, drop cable/satellite tv.
we cut down significantly on our cable
just get basic and Foxnews now which trimmed my bill by about 40 bucks a month
i get my internet from the same provider so the bill is still higher than i would like but this is far better than what i was paying before
A couple of years ago there was a move afoot to try to get the cable companies to provide an “ala carte” kind of service.
You would pay, let’s say, $30 a month for up to 8 channels from list A and up to 3 channels from list B.
Cable companies fought it tooth and nail and insisted on keeping packaged programming.
You reap what you sow.
I think eventually, all show production will move to an internet transmission model.
I got rid of cable 8 years ago
When you have an effective unemployment rate of around 15%, doesn’t it seem logical that people would cut back on dicretionary expenses and pay for TV would be one of them?
I live in the hills [Hollywood] and get no reception since Mount Wilson is blocked. So I have to pay $65.00 for basic cable.
It’s not worth it as I rarely watch TV.
When I can find another way to watch, I’m dumping my cable.
You would think the laws of supply and demand would kick in at some point but they don’t seem to.
Not fast enough to suit me. We cut the smut cable years ago.
They’ve got to unbundle the garbage. Customers don’t want 200 channels of drek just to get the 4-5 shows they like.
Times are tough, everyone is cutting back on expenses. The high cost of cable TV service can buy more needed groceries. We’re all cutting back, we even disconnected the home phone and went over to Magic Jack, its great, no annoying telemarketing. You have to realize that the computer also acts as a TV. There are many webb sites that provide movies and missed TV shows.
I would love a menu of channels to choose from, instead of a comprehensive lineup. The lineup is a way of displaying the logos of all the available channels, and making you feel like you are getting a good deal. But I will never watch BET or MTV. I also don’t like CNN or any of its derivatives, and I don’t like MSNBC or CNBC. I won’t watch Bloomberg, because it makes money for people named Bloomberg. But the reason they won’t unbundle the choices is that CNN and many others would simply go out of business due to lack of income.