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TexasBushwhacker

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15. It just reminds why I don't have cable

Reply to PatrickforO (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2015, 03:34 PM

Jul 2015

I have an antenna. It picks up the regular networks, plus a lot of digital networks. Some are pretty good. I can get older DVDs from the library and newer ones from Redbox. If I want to stream something online, I can do that at the library too (or MacDonald's).

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TIRED of being nickel and dimed. [View all] PatrickforO Jul 2015 OP

Talk about paying more for less DFW Jul 2015 #1

Screw cable. NorthCarolinaL Jul 2015 #2

Having over the air tv as I grew up dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #13

I remember those roof NorthCarolinaL Jul 2015 #18

You already have netflix angstlessk Jul 2015 #3

Comcast is bullshit. Initech Jul 2015 #4

I pay less for more. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #5

Yep. The only TV commercials I see regularly are posted here on DU as youtube videos hunter Jul 2015 #12

Another blessing of the inter tubes is.. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #14

Why pay for anything above basic internet at all? There are hundreds of sites online that stream for underahedgerow Jul 2015 #6

That's the way to go. Tobin S. Jul 2015 #8

Everything that's on Hulu and Netflix is on the links I posted, and they're free. And again, Adblock underahedgerow Jul 2015 #11

I feel your pain lostnfound Jul 2015 #7

Time Wanker is as bad. Smarmy letter they sent saying they're raising my rates FOR NOTHING Triana Jul 2015 #9

We dumped Comcast when they bumped MSNBC to a higher tier several years ago. femmocrat Jul 2015 #10

It just reminds why I don't have cable TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #15

Cut the cord... 4_TN_TITANS Jul 2015 #16

agree with underthehedgerow hopemountain Jul 2015 #17

I got rid of cable, I mostly use netflix anything else relevent I find in the DU Lounge. mackerel Jul 2015 #19