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dixiegrrrrl

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4. We dropped tv, got 70.00 savings

Reply to bvf (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 6, 2015, 04:59 PM

Aug 2015

dropped AT&T smart phone contract, saved another 70.00

So now we have one cell we buy minutes for every 90 days at a cost of 30.00, and one landline.dsl combo for 65.00.

When you are not commuting/working, a home desk top meets almost every need.

Cutting the cord, we ended up with much much more free or nearly free stuff to read and watch than we every did before.

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Media stocks getting hammered as pay-TV subscribers cut the cord [View all] dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 OP

I reached the point about three weeks ago bvf Aug 2015 #1

I have them irisblue Aug 2015 #2

My objection to Hulu Kelvin Mace Aug 2015 #3

Anothter major consideration Old Codger Aug 2015 #12

I have that same problem with Hulu Politicalboi Aug 2015 #28

So does cable. Far more than Hulu, and yet tens of millions pay for it. whatthehey Aug 2015 #25

Not me, I thought it was going to be like Netflix Kelvin Mace Aug 2015 #39

We dropped tv, got 70.00 savings dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #4

Cutting the cord was one of the smartest things I have ever done. Seeker. Aug 2015 #20

There ya go! - ruffburr Aug 2015 #29

i'll bet shanti Aug 2015 #33

I cut the cord awhile back Go Vols Aug 2015 #5

Good! It is well past time the M$M die off. They obviously don't care about their audience or truth. Rex Aug 2015 #6

People can't afford cable anymore romanic Aug 2015 #7

"the rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor" - Leonard Cohen nt msongs Aug 2015 #8

K&R Go Vols Aug 2015 #9

I would but...baseball. Xithras Aug 2015 #10

mlb.com is the best way to watch FlatBaroque Aug 2015 #11

It took 50 years for my complete bvf Aug 2015 #13

Baseball....What is this...Baseball, you speak of? Katashi_itto Aug 2015 #18

ACTUALLy you can... yuiyoshida Aug 2015 #19

I'm watching Free Speech TV online (www.freespeech.org), Paladin Aug 2015 #14

We cut the cord 2 yrs ago. PasadenaTrudy Aug 2015 #15

I cut the cord with extreme prejudice... hunter Aug 2015 #16

can't stand Hulu but Neflix and antenna TV works for me Skittles Aug 2015 #17

The second I can watch msnbc on demand, that cord is toast! Stardust Aug 2015 #21

You know that msnbc runs its programming on its web site, eight? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #22

No, I didn't know that! I'll check it out-- you may have just saved me a bunch o' money. Thanks Stardust Aug 2015 #24

The internet provides a lot of topical shows dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #27

I'm over a decade ahead of 'em. Triana Aug 2015 #23

What about the contract that still has to run out? I have about 6 months left. jwirr Aug 2015 #26

You will have to pay it now or wait 6 months till it is gone. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #30

Thank you. I have patiently paying off my bills lately so I guess I can look at this as paying off jwirr Aug 2015 #31

i have direct shanti Aug 2015 #34

Thanks for the info. jwirr Aug 2015 #35

hah shanti Aug 2015 #32

One of my big reasons for keeping it would be great grandchildren who visit and want to watch. jwirr Aug 2015 #36

yeah, there's that shanti Aug 2015 #37

Mine are getting to that. I only live 2 blocks from the library so we often walk their - they have a jwirr Aug 2015 #38

Good, I hope they all go bankrupt. nt bemildred Aug 2015 #40

Forcing people to pay for something that they won't ever use is a bad business model Yavin4 Aug 2015 #41

Exactly.. sendero Aug 2015 #42