Cut the cord on cable last month. Went from $220/month for phone/cable/Internet (undiscounted costs as we just went out of contract) down to a little over $100/month for nearly the same content, and no more land line.
$60/month Internet (100/100) $50/month YouTube TV $5/month Tablo DVR This gives us a boatload of content through YouTube TV, over the air broadcasts with DVR functionality with the Tablo (also a feature of YTTV), and through various free applications like Pluto TV (400+ free channels). There’s minimal competition in this market, so if you want to pull the plug on your provider they just shrug their shoulders and tell you “Bye!” No effort for retention. Along with using Spectrum (Charter) for cable, we also moved from Verizon ($200/month for 4 lines) to Spectrum ($56/month for 4 lines) for our cellular service. Spectrum piggybacks on Verizon, so coverage is the same. -D > On Nov 13, 2019, at 12:23 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > OK so I was going to cancel my land line because all I get is spam calls, and > keep my internet. ATT tells me just internet would be more than it costs as > the portion of the bundle of voice+IP. BUT... they have a special bundle > (which is the exact same bundle) for 45% less than I am paying now, and the > total for Voice+IP will be less than I am paying now for the internet portion > of my service, and would be less than internet service alone. Go figure. So I > signed up for that. And they have some new spam blocker you can activate so I > did that. It's worth a 15min call (even with all the impediments to getting a > real person) to save $45/month. > > So then I decide that I don't have time to read the Wall Street Journal much > any more, so I was going to cancel that and maybe just keep the digital > subscription to read it on the app and online. But they have a 6month bundle > of print+digital, available to existing subscribers, that is less than half > what I am paying now for both, and is less than just the digital > subscription. Go figure. Sign me up! > > So 30min on the phone saves me close to $70/month going forward. Reasonable > return on my time I guess. > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
