I'm thinking of giving up cable, and subsequently, (gasp!) the DVR in an attempt to save some moolah. Bryan thinks this is far too drastic and unnecessary. I think it just may be the right thing to do.
Without the ability to fast forward through the commercials, we will be forced to turn off the television all together. Which I think, could be a very good thing.
I'll let you know what happens.
Like a waterfall in slow motion, Part One
2 years ago
5 comments:
Trust me, don't give up the cable, there are other ways to save money. :) Speaking from experience!
We dumped cable and cable modem, exchanging them for Dir*ectTV with their DVR and DSL from our phone company. We're paying half of what pe paid before, I'm not missing the cable company's constant filler commercials about how great they are, and the internet access is not much slower at all.
We actually switched from satellite to cable and are paying half now, so I think it must depend on where you live.
Our phone, internet and TV are bundled, but the internet is paid for because Bryan works from home.
We had the el-cheapo cable $12/mo. package for quite a while. With the exception of Food Network (which I suspect Bryan won't want to give up) I can't say that my viewing habits are that drastically altered... now instead of having 20 channels with nothing to watch, we have 100 channels with nothing to watch. I say go for it.
We have 4 channels in the UK, and there are many, many times when there is nothing on that is even mildly interesting. (What would you choose between a 3 hour darts championship, a low-budget Scottish soap opera, a program in Galic, and a repeat of a show you watched part of a few days ago?) It would be fun to have better tv options at the moment, but I am confident that we'll never look back on this or any other chapter of life with regret for not having watched more ... Good luck.
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