Cable vs. streaming options

[sk8pics]

@clairecloutier In addition to what the others have said, if you have Xfinity for your internet, Peacock Premium is included for free.

I’ve been happy with my decision to cut the cord. Saving around $45 a month, I think. I use basic Hulu and Paramount+, and then I get HBO Max as part of my cell plan. I will resubscribe to Apple TV+ when Ted Lasso is back.

The next thing I may do is downgrade my internet and see how well it works. I think that would save me another $30 or so a month. I have to see if they charge a fee for changing it and then just plan appropriately.

 

[DreamSkates]

Hubby and I dropped cable tv and use
an “antenna” that cost about$10. We get the major channels (nbc, cbs, abc, fox) and a few others.

We have internet through Spectrum. I subscribe to Peacock but only during the figure skating season. I subscribe to Paramount + for Star Trek. I subscribe to other services but only for a month or 2 as needed.

It’s easy to turn subscriptions on and off and save $.

 

[Evgeniafan]

Hubby and I dropped cable tv and use
an “antenna” that cost about$10. We get the major channels (nbc, cbs, abc, fox) and a few others.

We have internet through Spectrum. I subscribe to Peacock but only during the figure skating season. I subscribe to Paramount + for Star Trek. I subscribe to other services but only for a month or 2 as needed.

It’s easy to turn subscriptions on and off and save $.

Just about the same for me. Internet is $80.00, we have the antennae and I buy peacock for half the year. Roku tv and firestick. Its plenty.

 

[sk8pics]

I wish an antenna would work for me, but I would only get one channel over the air. Too many trees. But I like the trees and they help keep the house cool in the summer, so oh well.

 

[MacMadame]

We have Roku and get ABC, NBC and CBS shows if not those specific local stations.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

BTW, Disney has controlling interest in Hulu so you actually save money by bundling Hulu and Disney together and paying annually instead of monthly. You also get EPSN as part of the bundle. If you already have a subscription to one of them, you will have to cancel and then setup the bundle under the account that you want to pay out of. It will use the same account for all three. You can download the ESPN app but it also has a new banner under the Hulu account for ESPN if you don't want to bother with another app.

 

[Buzz]

One advantage of using an antenna is not worrying outages. LOL

Canada hit by massive mobile and internet outage

Emergency call hotlines, hospitals and government agencies are affected by the nationwide issue.

www.bbc.com

P.S.
I’m with Bell.

 

[jiejie]

We installed a good quality in-attic antenna connected to a preamplifier then to a splitter that feeds into three TV's. The equipment plus extra cabling cost us under $200 and we did the setup ourselves. We get about 40 over the air channels including all the local networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS) + a bunch more. All for free and as said above, independent of internet glitches.

For streaming, we have ATT high speed internet (not fiber) for $40/month then we have a monthly subscription to DirectvStream (not the satellite dish but the separate streaming spun off from ATT) Basic package for $75 month including the taxes, no contract. Invested in Roku's for the 3 TV's. We dumped ATT U-verse which with internet, equipment and other nuisance fees, was heading upwards of $230/month. For piles of channels we never watched and in standard (not high) definition. Blech. Should have cut the cable cord at least a year earlier. We have better quality, reliability all the things we want without the fluff, for half the price.