I got my cable bill the other day and it had crept up once again to a ridiculous amount (nearly $150). It seems like the folks at Comcast just periodically decide to try to gouge people and hope people are too lazy to call and complain. There may actually be reasoning behind their billing, but I have never figured it out.
I got one of those $100 TV streaming boxes (there are a bunch, I went with the Western Digital one). I signed up for Hulu Plus for $8/month. I can now stream most of the shows I regularly watched over the internet to my TV. It's quality is comparable to what the cable was providing.
I called Comcast and cut my service to just internet. They include the local channels with their internet package, so I still have HD local channels provided by them (and ESPN, go figure). My bill is going down to something around $50/month for the first year and about $70/month for the second.
Still not a bargain, but at least I've cut Comcast out of most of the content loop.
I have to think that cable companies are going to have issues down the road with streaming. Hopefully, they won't pull their Washington strings to get it squashed.
I got one of those $100 TV streaming boxes (there are a bunch, I went with the Western Digital one). I signed up for Hulu Plus for $8/month. I can now stream most of the shows I regularly watched over the internet to my TV. It's quality is comparable to what the cable was providing.
I called Comcast and cut my service to just internet. They include the local channels with their internet package, so I still have HD local channels provided by them (and ESPN, go figure). My bill is going down to something around $50/month for the first year and about $70/month for the second.
Still not a bargain, but at least I've cut Comcast out of most of the content loop.
I have to think that cable companies are going to have issues down the road with streaming. Hopefully, they won't pull their Washington strings to get it squashed.