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[quote=Anonymous]bloomberg had a huge special on the economics of the cable industry last friday.

essentially, sports is the dam that keeps subs from flooding out of cable.

people aren't really cutting cable - they are 'shaving cable' - dropping to lower tiers.

However since many people get broadband via their cable sub, those with ultra fast broadband aren't really disconnected from their cable operator. and cable operators are designing new packages where the difference between cable+broadband and just broadband isn't that great once you add the monthly service fee for netflix, hulu plus, etc.

For example, im looking up prices right now:

fios 50/50 internet would be : 60 for one year, then 80 for year 2, if you do a two year agreement.

fios with 50/50 internet and 230 cable channels (the most common cable package on fios - it is the medium tier), is 90/month for two years.

Over two years that's 480 difference - though lets you pay extra 20 a month for dvr/equipment - so 720 extra over 24 months for cable.

If you take home phone service/landline, the delta shrinks by a bit.

720/24 months = 30 dollars a month is worth it to get espn, espn 2, tnt, tbs, cnbc, bloomberg, discovery, animal planet, nat geo, history, cspan1,2,3, tcm, etc.

trust me, i'm not a shill for cable - even though i pay for cable, i pirate everything i watch via torrent except for sports so i would cut cable tomorrow if it made sense.

That said, even if it was JUST sports, 30 a month isn't bad. but it is sports + cable so atleast for fios, it is tough to see where the value is in cutting the tv.

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