Comments on: Why 193,000 people stopped paying for TV last quarter

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:39:43 +0000

Bravo!
Cable companies “double dip”. They charge us, the consumer and they charge the advertisers as well. While I hated to pay to watch commercials, useless stations and micro-manage my bill; that is not what prompted me cut drop my service.
It was the way companies treated me!
Every one I had ever used eventually got me so angry I would cancel my service. Comcast, Direct TV and now Dish Network all tried to add false charges to my bill and then treat me like “I: was the crook when I called them on it.
I there defense, they [almost] always removed the charges, but it is dishonest and just another waste of my time.
Been cable free for 4 months now and loving it. Will save enough for a brand new laptop in no time.
Bye Bye cable and good riddens!

By: Ryan Lawler

Ryan Lawler — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:48:09 +0000

Ralph, it’s possible to get NFL Sunday ticket online — it’s just expensive.

By: Ralph Vincent Ferraren

Ralph Vincent Ferraren — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:52:46 +0000

I would do it in a heartbeat if it weren’t for sports programming. http://www.cabletvcompanies.org/ And with football season coming up, my only option to get that sports programming is Comcast. So I’m essentially stuck until some other vendor comes up with what I want.

By: Mike E.

Mike E. — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:14:02 +0000

If you have a 4 year old, the kids programming is pretty good. I recently called Comcast to drop TV service and cut back to just phone and internet, and they offered me a 1 year promotion for a triple play package with a lower tier TV offering that is cheaper than their phone/Internet combo. My 3 year old is now watching more PBS. A good thing.

By: GNS

GNS — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:25:06 +0000

I did the same. Here in San Diego I get all the major networks including Fox. The main trade-off is live sports. I’ve found some work arounds online but they can be a moving target.
http://cordcutterguide.com/

By: MariettaGator

MariettaGator — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:04:25 +0000

My Comcast bill exceeded my electric bill. Cut the cord and couldn’t be happier with the 2 dozen HD channels I get over-the-air plus Netflix streaming. I can watch Fox News on my iPhone and download (free) episodes of my favorite cable series like Breaking Bad & Sons of Anarchy.

By: MariettaGator

MariettaGator — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:00:02 +0000

Atlanta area, I dropped cable two years ago for over-the-air HD and Netflix streaming. Couldn’t justify a cable bill that exceeded my electric bill…

By: TheTransplant

TheTransplant — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:09:44 +0000

So, they didn’t want my $1400 per year for programming from the 80′s? Good god, then I am even more glad I cut the cord.

HD local programming is free… between Netflix and Hulu, you can pick your own bad programming, rather that letting some idiot at Showtime or HBO do it.

Long live the internet- Death to cable and satellite ripoffs. Cut the cord.

By: Geoff Burnaska

Geoff Burnaska — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:53:50 +0000

EDIT.. how many of these people are just canceling cable tv, and using a splitter from the internet line to get free basic cable… I did that for 3 years.. and then my provider changed to all digital and only 1 of my tv’s worked

By: Geoff Burnaska

Geoff Burnaska — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:51:24 +0000

how many of these people are just canceling internet and using a splitter to get free basic cable… I did that for 3 years.. and then my provider changed to all digital and only 1 of my tv’s worked