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Have any of you cut your cable tv? If so did you find a great alternative? I am paying $150 a month for cable/internet and it is a lot.

My cable company wants to switch me to their fibre network and lock me into a 2-yr. contract because they are doing away with digital programming.

What are my other options? People talk about streaming and using a Firestick or Chromecast, etc…

this is all new to me (I’m in my 60s) and I am not good with electronics! lol I have a flat screen HD tv but it is not a “smart tv”. Let me know your setup. Thanks!

[Cheri]

Cut cable. Use an antenna and get free over the air channels.

Get a Roku. Fill it up with as many channels as you can then weed out the ones that cost money.

Also don’t forget to get a library card and hook into their free networks. $0 cost.

[Julie]

Cut cable, kept the internet. Went from$225 to $75 a month. There’s plenty of free apps that you stream so there’s no need to purchase any other apps.

[Eric]

Cut it in 2004. Antenna gives 30+ channels. Plus no fee streaming on Pluto TV app and you tube, Amazon prime video

[Janet]

I recommend u go with ROKU while u still have cable. Give it a month to see if u like it & what if anything u use cable channels for.

I found the only thing I missed was local channels so I bought a cheap antenna.

[Polly]

I am 65 & had Comcast cable/internet for 25yrs. Finally got fed up with their price hikes, and ditched their cable, bought a Roku remote.

Had it set up in 20mins, and have never looked back. It’s SO much better.

I have subscribed to several channels, and also cancelled some when not satisfied with programming.

You can pick and choose, change your mind and subscribe again whenever you want, but even without any paid for channels the amount of free programming is literally Endless, and I promise you will be happy that you did. Just Go for it!!

[Stella]

I recently got rid of cable and just pay for internet. I got a Roku and pay for Hulu (not Hulu live) and Netflix.

I’ve saved a good bit of money. I’ve really enjoyed Hulu and all the free apps.

I will pay for Hulu live when football season starts. But, will get rid of that when the season is over.

You can get a Roku and just pay for internet. You don’t need a smart TV for that.

[Rachel]

Depends on what you are willing to give up. We have really good internet for $86 per month.

I pay $7 a month for Netflix with ads so my husband can watch movies.

I love to watch cooking and travel and history shows so I found people on Youtube that make that type of content for free.

I love it way more than a TV show produced by some people sitting in stuffy offices.

I watch everything on my phone and my husband uses his laptop screen.

[Kathleen]

Unless you’re working from home on a computer, you don’t need that big bill.

I’m unique in that I get about six free movies a week from the library and enjoy them in the evening.

My phone has the Internet so I do my business on that. Libraries have free computer use and you can print for ten cents.

I have a small smart TV and I think it’s a pain to hook stuff up and have fifty perfect commercials actually.

Occasionally I use it. I can’t help you much.

[Christine]

It’s all about managing your accounts and putting the ones you’re not super interested on hold.

I have a very dear friend and neighbor who shares accounts with me.

She pays for half of the sign ups, and I pay for the other half of them.

Currently we have Amazon prime (each individually), Max, peacock TV, and Paramount+, and Netflix.

I also personally have a Hulu account, a Disney account, and an Apple TV account that are currently on pause at the moment because there’s nothing super important that I want to watch on those those networks.

By sharing logins we each save about half of the cost.

The other thing that saves money is pausing one of your streaming services for a month or two, that gives you the opportunity to binge watch things on other any apps while not paying for the apps you’re not watching.

Once I’ve binged watched for a couple of months, I pause that one or those and start the others up again.

[Dona]

Cut cable around 5 years ago. Bought a Roku unit.

Still have to pay for internet but the cable prices are ridiculous.

I do pay for a couple extra apps like Hulu and Paramount but there are a lot of free apps as well.

No contracts on your own terms. Cable is such a rip off. I honestly thought it was obsolete like a VCR.

[Melody]

I dropped cable years ago. My Internet cost $45 per month.

My grandkids hooked up a chrome cast stick to my dumb TVs so I can stream Hulu and I have Amazon prime so that comes with some free streaming too.

I also have flat wall antennas so I still get all the local channels.

[Janet]

Go to: CordCutters FB page for great instructions & helpful ppl who can answer any questions.

I cut the cord 3 months ago. Cable is something we are all used to so it was a change in habit for me.

BUT that said I’m now in the groove. Black Friday has the best deals for streaming services.

Best part about them is u can cancel after a month if u find u don’t like their offerings & sign up at a later date for some things u want to watch.

SUPPOSE.tv is a great site to list what channels u must have & what apps carry that channel. Good luck!

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