You CAN reduce your cable bill

[buzzlady]

just by asking! I've seen people post here that you can. Figured why not try. Called and spoke to CS agent. Nothing she could do but she transferred my husband to someone else. After not "finding" a better package deal (we have phone, internet and TV), she said she'd give us $30 off per month for one year! Better than nothing.

This month we also changed our auto and home insurance co. and we are saving $1,200 per year for the same exact coverage! We went to an insurance agency - I was never able to get a lower price online no matter what company I got a quote through.

 

[amomma23]

Nice! We lowered our cable bill also. My husband called over the summer and said he wanted to cancel b/c it was getting too expensive. They knocked about $30 off of our bill and gave us some free premium channels for a year.

 

[torinsmom]

I did that this summer and saved $30 a month. Now I am going one step further and getting rid of cable tv altogether. I am going to stream Netflix and Huluplus through the Xbox. We already have Netflix, so it should be around $8/month. I pay close to $160 for cable/internet and this will reduce my bill to around $50/month, maybe less if I switch to a different cable provider.

 

[QueenElinor]

I did that this summer and saved $30 a month. Now I am going one step further and getting rid of cable tv altogether. I am going to stream Netflix and Huluplus through the Xbox. We already have Netflix, so it should be around $8/month. I pay close to $160 for cable/internet and this will reduce my bill to around $50/month, maybe less if I switch to a different cable provider.

This is what we do (only we get it through the PS3). Amazon Prime can now be streamed through the PS3, so I can get my Downton Abbey fix for free. But, I don't buy huluplus I just hook up the computer directly to the TV if I want to stream something from the networks. I think the only reason to have cable is if you watch a lot of sports, but we don't, so we don't miss it at all.

 

[Nayan]

I love my cable and that would be the last thing to go if I had to cut back on anything.

 

[torinsmom]

I love my cable and that would be the last thing to go if I had to cut back on anything.

I thought that too, but when I started looking at what I watch on cable, I can get it all on Hulu and over the internet. I will probably get an antenna too, for local news and sports.

 

[chimilady]

We called Dish to cancel when AMC left earlier this year and they lowered our bill and gave us a free Roku, which we were thinking about using anyway.

 

[Nayan]

I thought that too, but when I started looking at what I watch on cable, I can get it all on Hulu and over the internet. I will probably get an antenna too, for local news and sports.

That would never work for me. I worked hard to get NFL Network/Redzone added to our cable system so that's a must-have, along with my regional sports channels, soccer channels and other things I watch that I can't get anywhere else. After doing the math, to even get close to the viewing experience I have now I would only save $5 a year so cutting it really isn't worth it to me.

 

[torinsmom]

That would never work for me. I worked hard to get NFL Network/Redzone added to our cable system so that's a must-have, along with my regional sports channels, soccer channels and other things I watch that I can't get anywhere else. After doing the math, to even get close to the viewing experience I have now I would only save $5 a year so cutting it really isn't worth it to me.

Yeah, I have read that sports is a deal breaker for people hoping to cut cable. Not a problem in my house. I only watch a few games a year, and my son has no interest at all in sports. He has pretty much been watching Netflix and streaming from the internet for months now, so he could care less if I cut the cord. It is all on me.

 

[JB2K]

Yeah, I have read that sports is a deal breaker for people hoping to cut cable. Not a problem in my house. I only watch a few games a year, and my son has no interest at all in sports. He has pretty much been watching Netflix and streaming from the internet for months now, so he could care less if I cut the cord. It is all on me.

CBS programmming can also be a deal-breaker, since they are not part of the trio who has ownership in Hulu Plus (NBC Universal, Disney/ABC, and Fox), meaning you would have to connect your laptop to the TV to get CBS programming from their website.

Same for sports (Major League Baseball, in particular) as the majority of the 30 teams' games air on a dedicated cable network of some sort (Fox Sports, CSN, etc.). Though MLB.tv is available through many set-top boxes (PS3), you have to pay an annual fee (high $100s), plus, if you live in the same market as your favorite team (say, for example, a Phillies fan living in Southern New Jersey), those games are blacked-out.

 

[kim929]

You guys are lucky. I called our cable company back in Feb to see if they could match the deal with fios. Nope. They wouldn't budge on the price, and the price they did quote me was 20 more then what I was already paying... I'm glad they didn't, because I love having fios

 

[Nayan]

CBS programmming can also be a deal-breaker, since they are not part of the trio who has ownership in Hulu Plus (NBC Universal, Disney/ABC, and Fox), meaning you would have to connect your laptop to the TV to get CBS programming from their website.

Same for sports (Major League Baseball, in particular) as the majority of the 30 teams' games air on a dedicated cable network of some sort (Fox Sports, CSN, etc.). Though MLB.tv is available through many set-top boxes (PS3), you have to pay an annual fee (high $100s), plus, if you live in the same market as your favorite team (say, for example, a Phillies fan living in Southern New Jersey), those games are blacked-out.

It's like that with all the sports packages. All the local teams are blacked-out so you either get cable to watch them on your local RSN or you do without. I just choose to not do without .

 

[torinsmom]

CBS programmming can also be a deal-breaker, since they are not part of the trio who has ownership in Hulu Plus (NBC Universal, Disney/ABC, and Fox), meaning you would have to connect your laptop to the TV to get CBS programming from their website.

Same for sports (Major League Baseball, in particular) as the majority of the 30 teams' games air on a dedicated cable network of some sort (Fox Sports, CSN, etc.). Though MLB.tv is available through many set-top boxes (PS3), you have to pay an annual fee (high $100s), plus, if you live in the same market as your favorite team (say, for example, a Phillies fan living in Southern New Jersey), those games are blacked-out.

My son's Xbox has Internet explorer on it, so I just have to pull up the CBS website. The few sports games I watch are on my local station, which should come in with the antenna.