Yep. Thats something that I considered as well. Also, when I do call them, they might be willing to offer me lower rates for the next year. Then I move to Korea for a year and cancel anyway.
On Nov 17, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also keep in mind that if you really do cancel and hold out for a few > months, you will be moved into the "offer them a really low low price" > group if you ever want to restart. > > On Sunday, November 17, 2013, Bruce Sorge wrote: > >> >> Thats good info Cam. I already have Netflix and Amazon Prime. To be >> honest, most of my Niners games have played on regular networks this >> season, and I can live a Sunday or two if I dont see them play. Hell, that >> just gives me a reason to go to B-Dubs and have chicken and beer. I checked >> into Hulu Plus and thats only 7.99 a month. The Filipino Channel is only >> 13.00 a month. Add everything together and its about 50.00 a month. Not >> too bad really. And I saw on Hulu that all the shows we watch are there >> with current episodes, so that works. And it looks like they have an >> extensive array of Anime (my wifes addiction). So now we just have to >> discuss it and see if its something that we want to do. But from first >> blush it looks like a real money saver for us. I already have a laptop that >> sits around here doing nothing and already own the Chromecast dongle for >> the kitchen tv, and I have a PS3 for the living room tv, so the hardware >> investment is already done. And you cant count cable internet since I have >> to have that anyway. A good deal overall I think. >> >> >> Bruce >> >> On Nov 17, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Cameron Childress >> <[email protected]<javascript:;>> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: >>> >>>> So right now I pay about $200.00 a month for DirectTV >>> >>> >>> We cut the cord maybe 6-9 months ago and haven't ever even considered >> going >>> back to cable. We have a digital antenna for broadcast stations, plus >> Hulu, >>> NetFlix, and Amazon Prime (via AppleTV and/or AirPlay). We also buy >> seasons >>> of shows like Walking Dead and American Horror Story on our Apple TV and >>> get them the following day. >>> >>> Each of the pay services (Hulu / Netflix, etc) will have holes in seasons >>> and shows so you really end up needed to get more than one to fill in the >>> gaps but if you are saving $200/mo that goes a REALLY LONG WAY when you >> are >>> paying a-la-carte. >>> >>> Also - if you know anyone who has Hulu or Netflix or even Cable, you may >> be >>> able to fill in some gaps for free if they are willing to let you log >> into >>> their accounts on your devices. This is how many people I know get things >>> like HBOGO, which you still cannot get without having cable. >>> >>> Some shows are really only available on the web too. CBS, for example, >> has >>> The Good Wife, which my wife enjoys watching. We pull it up on a laptop >> and >>> stream it to the AppleTV via AirPlay. She was frustrated by jumping >> through >>> all the hoops at first but now it's like second nature to her. >>> >>> In my opinion cutting the cord is a huge money saver. You will end up >>> having to hunt a little bit more to get all the content you want without >>> cable, but almost everything is available out there somewhere. Plus you >> get >>> to give the middle finger to the cable companies. >>> >>> -Cameron >>> >>> ... >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368694 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
