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hunter

(40,823 posts)
9. Satellite and cable are dead to me.
Tue May 29, 2012, 03:19 PM
May 2012

My life is better without them.

My inexpensive unlimited internet connection is too slow for broadcast quality video but plenty fast enough for books, music, web browsing, and Democratic Underground.

I'd rather read a book than watch television anyways. There are more free books than anyone could read in a lifetime easily found on the internet:

http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Free_eBooks

I bought an older model Kobo for less than a month's typical cable or satellite bill and I love it.

I'm especially fond of gutenberg.org and feedbooks.com

Occasionally I'll turn on the television in a motel or some other place I'm staying but it's always 57 channels and nothing on.



Yep, I can watch youtube too.

We have a good selection of broadcast channels in our city, all the big English and Spanish language networks including PBS, so if I just want to turn on a television and see what's on, I can still do that.



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