Streaming is much less expensive
[QUOTE=EdFNJ;1907377]YoutubeTV is excellent as they provide cloud DVR service and 85 channels but at $65/month + Internet (about $50 on low side) + tax it's pretty close to cable service. I have Xfinity 400Mbps (actually get close to 500Mbps) internet and still got quite a bit of buffering on YTTV when I "borrowed" my kids account for a week when they switched 2 months ago to try it out. Xfinity, as much as I hate them, for example is 125 channels with 100Mbps service for 2 TVs is only ~$130 including tax using your own modem or another $15 with theirs. Either way you need a cable modem to buy or rent. I still don't see the real bargain in streaming services YET as they really aren't that great of a bargain. You save a few bucks but not a great deal and, like cable, they do go up in price as YTTV did last July from $50 to $65.
The cost comparison here is not really valid. It assumes you won’t pay for internet if you don’t stream. If you are going to have internet no matter what, the cost comparison should only be of the tv services. Streaming is much cheaper.
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