Ummm...Hey MSNBC....

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17. I've cut the cord months ago.

I pay less monthly for virtually the same service and have additional money at the EOM.

I looked at all the channels and internet service I was getting with cable. The price kept going up. Twice a year in fact. Just a few dollars so one barely noticed, but after a decade, it really added up.

Then I summed up how much monthly I would pay by going to fiber internet (my locale is lucky enough to be one of the places in the country with unlimited high-speed fiber), and using an online service like Hulu+ with LiveTV and/or YouTube TV. It was much cheaper, there was no "two-year" contract, and the pricing was fixed for several years. So I won't really face significant pricing increases until Summer 2026. Also, everything is included in the monthly price quote. No 'hidden fees' or charges where they advertise say, $70 monthly, and then tack on additional taxes and access/service fees so that you are really paying over $100 monthly for that $70 service.

I pay $100 less monthly, and I get triple the internet speed/bandwidth with fiber, and nearly all the channels with BOTH Hulu and YouTube TV. The channels I lose (about 2 or 3) I haven't even accessed in several years, so no big deal for me.

Plus, my ISP HQ is local (only a few miles away) versus my cable company HQ being thousands of miles away.

My cable company is begging for me to come back, but I said, umm.. no. Unless you are going to knock $150 off the monthly price, no way.