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In reply to the discussion: Have you "cut the cord" on EXPENSIVE cable TV? Why or why not? A PBS guide [View all]Atypical Liberal
(5,412 posts)Probably 4-5 years ago.
I just could not justify the expense, mainly. It's like $65 a month for internet and basic cable. My mother pays around $120 a month for internet+cable+HBO.
I just don't see that much value in it. First of all I hardly ever have time to sit down and watch TV, but when I do it has to be on my schedule, not someone else's. So I DVD it or Netflix it on demand.
But there are just too many damned commercials. I'd sit there flipping channels endlessly until I found something interesting, and then 2 minutes later it's commercial time again, so I'm flipping through channels again and find something interesting, and then I'm flipping between interesting channels trying to dodge commercials. It's just not worth it. I'd rather get the DVD and watch it when I feel like it with no commercials.
Now we pay about $30 a month for cable internet and about $16 for Netflix.