[knarf]

But not $120 for TV.

It's a fair trade.

At least at this point it is.

I'm at $94 for internet and landline. My "rurality" limits my options.

[George from New England]

Landline here with 25mbit internet dsl.

Even countrywide long didtance at $62 a month.

TV is antenna.

[Red Badger]

https://internet.hughesnet.com/?s_clid=f71be45130d05ee2c0b72d63bb722f60&hnkw=Hughes%20Net&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=p%3AB%7Ca%3AHN%7C%5EB%7C%23D%7Cd%3ACore%7Cm%3AExact%7Csid%3A11937&utm_term=Hughes%20Net&utm_content=p%3AB%7Ca%3AHN%7C%5EB%7C%23D%7Cd%3ACore%7Cm%3AExact%7Csid%3A11937%7Ck%3Ahughes%20net

[Basil Duke]

I dropped cable service several weeks ago - saving me $85 a month. Unfortunately, my internet service (through the cable provider) still takes a $70 bite every 30 days.

[bgill]

$140 here with crappy cable and internet. Waaay too much but “ruality” limits our options, too.

[Boomer]

I'm on my 3rd 5 year plan with Magic Jack; an Internet phone device that plugs right into the router and phone. I have multiple wireless phones working off the one device using the same number.

At around $100 for 5 years worth of phone service that pans out to about $1.66 per month and only have to deal with the bill once every 5 years.

I cut the cord a couple of years ago but have seen my high speed Internet bill steadily rise. At present it's about $68 a month which is the same cable company I used to pay for TV. Combined with Kodi and an app or two; TV, Internet, and Phone are all covered for under $70 a month and unless I'm watching something streaming live; no commercials. I really like that part. The only downside is if the Internet goes down; so does my landline but I keep a pay by minute cell phone which I pay $100 per year to maintain since I don't use it that much. For most calls I use the Magic Jack phone line. My Internet company doesn't like that I use another phone service but so far there's been nothing they can do about it. They would rather me pay them a couple hundred bucks a year instead of the $20 a year I pay now. I figure I'm paying a premium price for the Internet; what I do with it as long as it isn't hurting anyone or something weird like pedo stuff - I should be able to use it as I see fit.

I highly recommend using a VPN service if anyone is planning on watching TV via the Internet simply because it's a safer more private way of being on the Internet in general. People use IP addresses for lots of nefarious purposes like hacking your system or router. There is a downside though; my 50 MB download speed drops to 20-25 MB download speed when using the VPN which is still fast just not as fast. Most times I don't even notice the difference because there are bottlenecks all over the Net which slow access times down to less than 20 MB. If you shop around you can find a VPN for $50 for two years of service.

Internet sites are becoming more of a pain to stop ads than anything else. A lot of them want me to turn off my ad blocker or whitelist their site so they can push ads. I get that they make their money from ads which allows them to maintain the site but it's still irritating sometimes. Oh well; round and round we go. :)

[smileyface]

Me too and I am not rural. Cannot get that combo from small carrier to save $, and I do not want to switch to the Disney-associated product....