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re: Can those of you who have ditched cable help a guy out?

Posted on 11/5/18 at 9:15 am to
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 11/5/18 at 9:15 am to
First thing you need to do is go to this website - www.suppose.tv

It aggregates all the satellite and streaming services and the channels they offer. For streaming, what works in one place may not work in every place because not all locals are offered by every service in every market. On that site, you enter your zip code, then click and drag the channels you want in your service and it lists out which ones are best for you.

All the streaming sites also offer a one-week free trial to test them out. DirecTVNOW also has promotions regularly for a free Roku Stick or Apple TV if you pre-pay a certain number of months. I like YouTubeTV and DirecTVNow best, in that order.
Posted by kage
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Member since Feb 2010
4068 posts
Posted on 11/9/18 at 12:04 pm to
The problem now is that the cable companies with high speed internet have priced that so it's almost impossible to find internet fast enough for streaming and then something like youtube tv, hulu, sling, etc for a much better price than cable and internet.

I switched from Comcast to Uverse, instead of streaming, a few months ago only because going to AT&T fiber and their cable was basically the same price as either hi speed Comcast internet/AT&T fiber, and I get more channels than youtube tv, which is what I was going to go with. I was paying about $190 for Comcast and am paying $120 for Uverse. Internet and youtube tv would have been $120. It's hard to find internet fast enough for streaming for less than around $80/month.

I do have a 1 year deal with Uverse, so next year that price will go up, but when I unbundle from cable, they're going to try to raise their internet price. I had Uverse before Comcast and when I switched to Comast from Uverse and back to Uverse from Comcast, neither company would negotiate any kind of deal. Comcast said go ahead and leave and Uverse tried to get me to put up a satellite for Dish, which wasn't happening, but neither would make any concession for me to keep the same services for a better price.

I'm in Atlanta and we were supposed to have Google fiber by now, but I doubt it's ever going to happen at this point.
This post was edited on 11/9/18 at 12:09 pm
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