We pay $272 per month to friggin Comcast up north for triple bundle (TV, phone we never use, and internet) with a DVR and three cable boxes that communicate with the DVR, so we have four TV’s. In the Villages we have a digital antenna and use our phones (Xfinity Mobil) for internet. We also still get dvd movies in the mail from Netflix to watch movies in the Villages.
Everything is about to change. Netflix is stopping its DVD mail service September 29th and our Comcast contract up north is about to expire. Going forward we are going to have Comcast internet only at both homes for about $50/month each and subscribe to YouTube streaming and Netflix streaming along with our existing AmazonPrime account. The total cost for that set up will be about $200 per month and we will have high speed internet at both homes and we will be able to stream TV through YouTube and watch content through both Netflix and Prime at both homes. We will still have local Chanel’s in the Villages through our antenna as well. We will save about $70 per month and have a Hugh upgrade in our Villages home. I have ordered 5 Roku devices for all of our televisions, at both homes, so we will only have to learn one new interface that will run everything. We selected YouTube for our streaming service because it has about 100 channels, an excellent cloud DVR service, and will allow us to use it at both homes. The only thing that will not be optimal for us after these changes will be difficulty watching my favorite sports teams without expensive additional subscriptions.
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