Comments on: Saving Idea – Cut Back Cable http://onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2009/07/10/saving-idea-cut-back-cable/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:23:49 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Dan http://onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2009/07/10/saving-idea-cut-back-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-128839 Dan Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:06:47 +0000 http://www.onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2009/07/10/saving-idea-cut-back-cable/#comment-128839 My wife and I made the decision to cut our premium channels and keep basic cable with internet service. We are saving $100 a month and can't believe we didn't do it sooner! I watch sports on ESPN via my Xbox 360 and the kids can watch their favorite shows on PBS and Netflix. You can even leverage podcasts to create your own personal network of shows that you can stream to your TV! My wife and I made the decision to cut our premium channels and keep basic cable with internet service. We are saving $100 a month and can’t believe we didn’t do it sooner! I watch sports on ESPN via my Xbox 360 and the kids can watch their favorite shows on PBS and Netflix. You can even leverage podcasts to create your own personal network of shows that you can stream to your TV!

]]> By: Revanche http://onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2009/07/10/saving-idea-cut-back-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-70255 Revanche Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:44:24 +0000 http://www.onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2009/07/10/saving-idea-cut-back-cable/#comment-70255 Funny thing, I was just thinking about this cable thing. While staying at one friend's apartment, they repeatedly reminded me that they have Showtime and HBO on demand. (Or is that HBO and Showtime on demand? I don't know.) It was nice, once I figured out how to work the darn remote, to have the television on as electronic company during some down afternoons when no one was home and I was lonely, but I can't imagine paying $40/month for an electronic babysitter. And that's after they split the bill 4 ways! Forget about an extra $900 a year, they're wasting $1920 a year. Or I call it wasting because I really don't consider Cable Plus anything of a necessity. With roommates who *require* such luxuries, it seems you start to save less than expected by sharing housing. Funny thing, I was just thinking about this cable thing. While staying at one friend’s apartment, they repeatedly reminded me that they have Showtime and HBO on demand. (Or is that HBO and Showtime on demand? I don’t know.)

It was nice, once I figured out how to work the darn remote, to have the television on as electronic company during some down afternoons when no one was home and I was lonely, but I can’t imagine paying $40/month for an electronic babysitter. And that’s after they split the bill 4 ways! Forget about an extra $900 a year, they’re wasting $1920 a year. Or I call it wasting because I really don’t consider Cable Plus anything of a necessity. With roommates who *require* such luxuries, it seems you start to save less than expected by sharing housing.

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