Streaming and cord cutting

[seascape]

I made the move and dropped my cabke internet and moved to T-mobile. I now only have the Disney Bundle, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Paramount Plus and Max. That sounds like alot but The Disney Bindle and Paramount+ come for free with my regular Amex Platinum Card and Peacock and SXM are free with my Charles Schwab Card.

Now, I have tested the service and had no issues streaming 4k content on 2 TVs and using 2 Cell phones at the same time. Cable companies continue to increase their charges year after year but Tmobile will never increase their $30.00 a month charge for the 5g service and it provides great service. That is probably why Comcast lost interbet subscribers the last 2 quarters and will continue to lose costomers.

Consumers are becoming smarter on their video purchases and dropping cable and cable internet. Comcast, Spectrum, and Optimum are in big trouble as consumers wise up to their over priced services. I was paying $1,440 a year for plain cable and internet service and now will pay just $360 a year for high speed internet. That is a significant savings and almost covers the cost of my plain and Charles Schwab Amex cards, which pays for my Disney Bundle, Paramount+, Peacock and SXM. Taking all my other credits into account, I am saving thousands a year by dropping cable.

 

[Twilight_Roxas]

May i recommend Tubi?

 

[Phroobar]

I'd also suggest Pluto TV.

Does Charles Schwab Amex cards still offer that benefit? All I could find is this:
$240 Digital Entertainment Credit
Get up to $20 in statement credits each month when you pay for eligible purchases with the Platinum Card® at participating partners. This can be an annual savings of up to $240. To view participating partners, visit americanexpress.com/platinum. Enrollment required.ǂ

 

[MisterPenguin]

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[TP2000]

I cut out all Cable when I moved into my new house last year. I was flabbergasted at how new houses today are pre-wired for all sorts of technology and nearly future-proofed against becoming outdated. My home was wired for high speed internet, with pre-wiring in the walls and ceilings for massive screens and top notch audio setups and lightning fast WiFi setups.

I now just let AT&T bring the world to me via 4K streaming, and I get to pick and choose what I pay for and watch.

No Cable needed. And I haven't yet had a day where I missed having Cable TV. The world has changed.

 

[seascape]

I agree Pluto and Tubi are good free ad supported television (FAST). I also forgot to include that Netflix is free with T-mobile. The only 2 stations I will miss are CNBC and Fox Business. As for the credits Amex gives $20.00 a month covers the Disney Bundle and the free Walmart+ membership includes Paramount+. So think of this if you have T-mobile cellular and get their 5g internet, then you can have 2 cell lines, high speed home internet and all the streaming services above for $110 a month for T-mobile and $695 a year for the Amex card. That is a total of $2015 a year, when I was paying $1,548 for just cable TV and internet and $960 for my cell bill. Plus, if I really wanted I could take the T-mobile service with me between my 2 homes and save even more by shutting off my other internet service. Comcast is in trouble when everyone realizes the last wire of service is too expensive vs wireless.

 

[Phroobar]

I use Frontier FIOS with just internet and VOIP land line. It's been great for $79 a month instead of $270 for phone/cable tv/internet before. My house is wired with CAT6 and eero wifi6 mesh. It does kind of sucks when the entire thing goes down and I have to call Frontier to fix it.

I have Netflix, Disney+ and Prime. I also have a Tablo DVR for over the air antenna stuff. (MeTV Svengoolie) I use it via the Rokus in the house. I also have a NAS with all of my dvd/blurays ripped to it.

Tablo TV - Watch & Record Live TV. Subscription Free.

Tablo is your portal to free TV. Watch and record broadcast TV from your antenna and free streaming channels via the Tablo app on any device in your home including smartphones, tablets, streaming devices, and smart TVs.

www.tablotv.com

 

[seascape]

I use Frontier FIOS with just internet and VOIP land line. It's been great for $79 a month instead of $270 for phone/cable tv/internet before. My house is wired with CAT6 and eero wifi6 mesh. It does kind of sucks when the entire thing goes down and I have to call Frontier to fix it.

I have Netflix, Disney+ and Prime. I also have a Tablo DVR for over the air antenna stuff. (MeTV Svengoolie) I use it via the Rokus in the house. I also have a NAS with all of my dvd/blurays ripped to it.

Tablo TV - Watch & Record Live TV. Subscription Free.

Tablo is your portal to free TV. Watch and record broadcast TV from your antenna and free streaming channels via the Tablo app on any device in your home including smartphones, tablets, streaming devices, and smart TVs.

www.tablotv.com

My wife love Roku's because then every TV is the same. I also arrange the apps the same on all my TV's at both homes. I also use FIOS internet for my second home with phone service for just about the same cost as you.

 

[LSLS]

I was being charged nearly $1,300 a year for just internet, switched to that T-Mobile Gateway, and other than having to get a replacement gateway (because the original had issues), I'm getting almost identical speeds to my cable internet. I'm with you, I think Cable went too hard on pricing once streaming became a way of the future, and may have destroyed that part of their business as well.

 

[mysto]

Ah the cable company.

Yea the pricing was a hassle. To get a good rate you had to have an "introductory rate". Every couple of years you had to call them and threaten to quit to get the intro rate back. And the post-intoductory rate is a secret, you had to call them to learn what that rate would be after the introductory period.

But what punted me out the door was the DVR. I need to time shift. They would program their DVRs so that when I would push stop it wouldn't stop, but bounce BACK into the commercials. It would advance towards the commercial/show transition at a snail's pace then accelerate away from it at lightning speed. I was fighting and cursing at the thing at each commercial break. Plus when I'd call them about it they would claim it's not happening. I'd get a new DVR that would work fine until they pushed an update, then sure enough it would start bouncing into the commercials again. Clearly intentional, and no option to control it. Forcing you to watch commercials amounts to an additional hidden fee.

I remember when the coax was being run into my childhood neighborhood. People were concerned it would lead to monopoly. My cable companies were certainly arrogant enough that they must think they still have a monopoly.