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Old 01-29-2022, 06:23 PM
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Sounds like the economy of it depends on whether you need to view sports or not. My husband started complaining about the Comcast bill the year after we moved here. The first thing he said he'd do if I died would be to cut Comcast, and after hearing that at least once a day for several years, I agreed to try it. Also, I couldn't get my head around the fact that the TV/Internet bill was running more per month than the electric bill in an all-electric house. Son sent a Roku device. It was a cinch to install and the AudioVideo guy installed an attic antenna so we could watch local news.

We don't follow sports but have been happy with Netflix, Amazon Prime, and some of the choices on Roku ever since cutting the cord seven years ago. Also, it's easy to sign up with other "pay" channels, such as Acorn, and just as easy to drop them when we've seen the programs we want.