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To: CodeToad
There is far more content outside of cable. There is far less cost. In our case $160/month went to $27/month.

I'm very interested in cutting the cord. What do you end up paying the $27 for? And what kind of over the air antenna do you use to get local TV? Thanks for any tips - and happy New Year!

32 posted on 01/01/2017 10:36:14 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Menehune56

$10/month Netflix.
$7/month CBS All-Access.
$7 KlowdTV for OANN news.

So, $24/month total.

We had Hulu for $8/month but didn’t find much on it we watched. Good service overall, just nothing we found interesting.

CBS has NFL (which we no longer care to watch), live CBS national channel, CBS News, and CBS past and present shows.

Local channels, we simply stream by going to their local web site. Many channels have live streaming now.

NBC and ABC also have streaming, but we watch nothing on those networks.


48 posted on 01/01/2017 10:55:17 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Menehune56

P.S. SlingTV (from Dish) is also available for $20/month basic lineup or $35/month for the better channel selections.

It is now available on Amazon Fire TV devices.

It gives many channels you might miss from cable.

I might try it. It has a 14 day free trial going on right now.

Also, these “channels” are not the channel surfing thing of cable. They are little apps that you click to start an then they present you with shows. It’s a different way of surfing or watching but I think most people will find it more interesting as there is simply many times the content available than on cable. Channel surfing is nearly impossible with that much content to selecting shows instead of channel flipping is more useful.


50 posted on 01/01/2017 10:59:32 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Menehune56
I'm very interested in cutting the cord. What do you end up paying the $27 for? And what kind of over the air antenna do you use to get local TV? Thanks for any tips - and happy New Year!

I cut the cable less than six months ago, but I couldn't beat their internet connection, so I kept that.

I got several streaming services that had me around that $27 bucks a month figure, and a digital antennae for local news.

Next thing I know, XFINITY comes back with economy cable (40 channels, national and local news included), no contract, no rental fee, just a flat ten bucks a month.

I couldn't beat that, so for now I have cable tv that I don't watch anyway ;o)

106 posted on 01/02/2017 3:32:47 PM PST by papertyger (The semantics define how we think.)
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