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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it were up to me I'd get rid of our cable/internet/phone package right now. I rarely watch tv, only check the home phone messages once a month so I keep that unplugged because it's 99% phone harassment ie scam selling crap, internet I could just use my phone but it's too small so I rarely use it. Only one person has my number, my husband and he only calls me maybe once in a while on his way home. Verizon sold phone my number and I'm getting a few unwanted calls now that I block. But add another $150 for that, well half because my husband gets an $80 stipend for his phone through his work, we could be saving much more. One bill instead of two.

My husband is addicted to tv. Always has been. I honestly believe it's because he wasn't allowed to watch tv when he grew up. Or should I say they weren't allowed to watch what normal kids watch so for him, I just let it go but damn, that's $200 a month I could put into a Christmas savings account and be done for gift buying. Combine that with the $400 I save monthly for my own savings fund, I could spread a lot of Christmas cheer. KWIM.

Maybe when he retires we can cut this expense. [b]To get internet only they charge more than the entire package. It's disgusting.[/b] TV rots your brain literally. My husband needs a year round hobby.  [/quote]

This happened to me with Comcast.  For just internet it was $90 a month and they would not go lower unless I purchased a package with cable.  I had been a customer at this address for 3 years.  Finally when Verizon fios came to my neighborhood, I switched. [/quote]

I posted above about Sling and Hulu.  I found the opposite. Cable would be competitive without the additional fees. Our internet with Verizon just went up to $55, so by the time we added Sling or Hulu, it was close to a cable package. The $17/month broadcasting fees just killed the competitiveness.[/quote]

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