Cutting the Cable/Satellite Cord

[Freed Roger]

spread sheet I saw (family of 4 -adults/kids to keep happy)

Netflix $12 (not sure why it's not the 8 like we pay)
Huluplus $8
SlingTV $20
MLB $25
unlocator $5

This doesn't include Amazon Prime - which he kept off because already had for shipping.
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meh. I miss out on some content - but as I get older, I find it's generally a wonderful thing to have a few holes in my understanding of pop culture, trending items on media. And you guys may have different circumstances - but my family would either have a larger initial dependency on me to find and access what they want to watch. once they figure it out, then they may become more vested in media -as if we aren't vested enough already.

If it were just me -which isn't going to happen for a long time, I'd get the bare minimum

[Schlich]

plus you don't need a $60 internet connection

Without playing the annual "new contract discount" ISP switch, it's tough to stay under $50 for 5+mbps download speeds, which are a minimum for HD streaming. I prefer to overpay for broadband speed and still end up at $90/month for total internet/streaming.

I pay $60 for internet, $10 for HBO, $10 for Netflix, and $10 for either MLB or NHL.

I forgot most people don't have a roommate to split the bills with.

[Jocephus]

i pay 75 for my internet, which is like the, highest or 2nd highest plan Cox offers (can't remember the exact speeds,though theres no way its as fast as they advertise). then i have netflix, and split mlb.tv with a brother. i think thats all i have.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

FWIW, MLB.tv is $25 per month, but it's not for 12 months so the real cost is closer to $10 mentioned upthread.

Myself, having just moved I have a promo rate for internet($45/mo) and got the father's day deal on MLB.tv($50 for remainder of the year). And I use my parents' cable login for stuff like WatchESPN. That's the end of my subscriptions, although I'm not the norm because I use other ways to get to stuff like TV/Movies.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

That guy seems to have a lot of subscription services, as has been mentioned.

I pay $60 for 25-30mbps internet which came with HBO free for a year and a box that has all the basic OTA/antenna channels.
I pay $9/month for Amazon Prime, though not for their streaming services but we do use them.
I get ESPN from my parents and netflix from my bro.
This year, I signed up for a free trial of slingtv during NCAA march madness and will probably pay $20 for it next year. So...
~$70/month for internet and TV with more to watch than I can find time for.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

i pay 75 for my internet, which is like the, highest or 2nd highest plan Cox offers (can't remember the exact speeds,though theres no way its as fast as they advertise). then i have netflix, and split mlb.tv with a brother. i think thats all i have.

You can go to speedtest.net or com and run a quick test to see what you're getting. I think att only guarantees 75% of advertised speed if you're on wireless and not using any other devices. If you're below that, they'll send someone out who will blame your computer for being too slow. Not sure what Cox does, but you can probably get it closer to what they advertise if it is in fact underperforming.

[Jocephus]

i pay 75 for my internet, which is like the, highest or 2nd highest plan Cox offers (can't remember the exact speeds,though theres no way its as fast as they advertise). then i have netflix, and split mlb.tv with a brother. i think thats all i have.

You can go to speedtest.net or com and run a quick test to see what you're getting. I think att only guarantees 75% of advertised speed if you're on wireless and not using any other devices. If you're below that, they'll send someone out who will blame your computer for being too slow. Not sure what Cox does, but you can probably get it closer to what they advertise if it is in fact underperforming.

yeah and i have done that. its funny to me too, because if you log into your cox account you can do an internal speedtest and its always higher than the free/non-cox speedtests, hah.

[tlombard]

I went online to pay my Charter bill recently and I wasn't able to. I was trying to use my phone and then tablet but apparently they upgraded their website/systems. At first I was really annoyed that I had to use my phone to call the automated system but I got over it. I finally remembered to login from my laptop at work today and found that instead of the previous two logins (one for the account, bill pay, etc. and one for Charter.net), the two logins are now merged.

And the best part is that I've been unable to use the Spectrum app because I couldn't remember my Charter.net password. Well, the new login information took my Charter.net username and applied my other password to that so now I have one login and I actually remember the password and can use the apps! Well, I never bothered with the app much before because it pretty much sucked but it seems they have made some major improvements. I was able to download a movie On Demand to my tablet to watch on the way home plus the app now supports Android Wear. Apparently I can change channels just by talking to my watch and literally don't have to lift a finger anymore. I can't wait to try it out when I get home. If they can actually put current technology to use, maybe I won't be so interested in cutting the cord. I was even able to fire up a couple of live channels and a movie On Demand to stream live here at work.

[lukethedrifter]

I pay 40/mo for Charter's 100 Mb service. plus netflix plus hulu plus amazon prime. get all the stations, hbo, espn et al, using ma's att acct. if she quits getting them so will I.

[haltz]

Charter 100mb - split with my roommate
Netflix - ex-gf pays, my sister still uses the pw as well
Hulu+ - my roommate
Amazon Prime - me
HBO - grandmother's DirecTV acct
MLB - split with three friends

I'm at something like $34/mo