Internet/Cable rates

RxM · **Joined:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:11 am **Posts:** 19

How much do you pay for your Internet/Cable services? What kind of package do you use?
Just curious if our payment is pretty average. Thanks

bpgui · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:25 am

Too much, approximately $150 a month for landline, internet and cable.

I've been trying to convince W to cut the cable, and move to Hulu, netflix and ala carte services such as Amazon on Demand. I haven't quite convinced her yet.

RxM · **Joined:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:11 am **Posts:** 19

Our package is 140/month, which includes DVR fee. We dont have a landline, this is just Internet/Cable. We have Optimum, which used to be Bresnan Communications

Capo · **Joined:** Sat May 14, 2011 9:44 am **Posts:** 117

I pay $40 a month for cable internet (12 mbps) only. We don't have cable nor do we have a landline. We use cell phones/free VOIP and netflix, hulu, free-online media for our TV needs.

Don't be afraid to call your ISP every 6 months or so and ask for better pricing. I have multiple providers in my area and I'm not afraid to switch if my current ISP won't improve their rates for me.

DoingHomework · **Joined:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:01 am **Posts:** 4597

About $150 total for directv, landline phone and internet. Have looked at cutting the landline but it is really cheap since it is regulated. If we dropped it our total would barely change. Considering dropping Directv but so far the things we watch are not conveniently available elsewhere...but maybe in a few months.

freedomgal · **Joined:** Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:04 am **Posts:** 11

Internet is $39.31

Satellite is $53

bwookie · **Joined:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:00 pm **Posts:** 21

We pay 95 a mo in chicago area for Internet and Cable (incl. HBO). No landline

stannius · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:05 pm

$59 total for internet and land line. The internet is only 1.5Mbps which is painfully slow, but we live in some kind of internet cabling dead zone so that's the fastest we can get (short of moving to a different address).

Savarel · **Joined:** Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:31 pm **Posts:** 356

Well, I canceled my cable when the NBA season ended and it was apparent they werent going to be playing again for awhile(labor dispute).

When I had it, it was about $100 for cable tv and high speed internet.

Now I pay about $50 for high speed internet.

No landline.

peachy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:48 pm

I have DSL through a landline that cost $39.
I don't watch enough tv to buy cable, so I use Netflix and the previous owners of my house had basic cable, so I get by with that.

bpgui · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:09 pm

peachy wrote:

the previous owners of my house had basic cable, so I get by with that.

So you still have basic and aren't being charged for it?

peachy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:06 pm

No comment.

Actually, I had all the channels (minus movie channels) until everything went digital, and I guess that change bumped me to basic (HSN, Cspan, CSpan2, some Chicago station, and a few others along with network). The two channels I really miss are Bravo and A&E.

bunbury · **Joined:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:26 am **Posts:** 56

34.95 for internet.

i stream all shows that I watch...
works out pretty well, no more channel surfing through hundreds of crap channels.

bpgui · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:44 am

bunbury wrote:

34.95 for internet.

i stream all shows that I watch...
works out pretty well, no more channel surfing through hundreds of crap channels.

What do you use for your streaming? I've been looking into Hulu plus and Amazon on Demand, and think I could get most of what I want through those, but if there are other services out there, I'd be interested in exploring them.

The thing I would miss the most about cutting cable is baseball, but I imagine I could stream that too.

chriscabob · **Joined:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:13 pm **Posts:** 12

we pay 24.95 for extreme internet from shaw and 22.95 for digital basic.

Student rates because the gf is doing her PHd. 4 years left

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