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I can't because my husband still enjoys watching a basketball game yesterday. The last one in the semi finals.
I can't because my husband still enjoys watching a basketball game yesterday. The last one in the semi finals.
There are some substantial issues to overcome with wireless, regarding strength of signal and visual path to the tower, which would require substantially more towers to solve - for each provider. And for each person to verify they can get the service in their home (not to mention some spots in one's home can be spotty). With cell phone towers mostly handling phone calls and some data up to now, it'll be a bit more advancing to be able to truly handle all of the data through-put to be a primary ISP for multiple residences and business - along with the issue of a good signal to all homes.
Sure would suck if land-based lines went away, and you were one of the 5%-10% of homes that had various spotty signals.
You will have to pry my cable bill from my cold dead hands, lol... I enjoy sports/business/ and news channels and I like my house warm in the winter and cool in the summer.. $10 a day is all it takes to give me that...A bargain
I'm part of that statistic. I dropped cable in February, bought a cheap antenna from Target, and get 43 crystal clear stations. Then I stopped watching TV completely for the 40 days of Lent. It turned out to be no sacrifice at all, and I found quite delightfully that I altogether dislike TV. I now read in the evenings far more than I used to. I'm even thinking of getting rid of the TV itself. It would free up an area of the den that could accommodate a comfy reading chair and lamp.
I've been increasingly mindful of my habits and watching mindless TV was a stupid one. I now need to start to curb mindless web surfing...that's tough!
Then I stopped watching TV completely for the 40 days of Lent. It turned out to be no sacrifice at all, and I found quite delightfully that I altogether dislike TV. I now read in the evenings far more than I used to. I'm even thinking of getting rid of the TV itself. It would free up an area of the den that could accommodate a comfy reading chair and lamp.
I reduced my cable TV bill from $107 to $34 per month, by dropping from "full" to "basic". (TV only, no internet).
"No internet"? Are you mailing these posts in? Just kidding.
Seriously, I might live without TV but at this point, I view internet as a critical item.
We've been off of DirecTv for two years now. Had to convince DW. Now she's a big promoter of cord cutting. The convenience of watching on-demand (no, we never had a DVR) and the savings are what sold us.
We only watch 3 things on TV - NFL games, House Hunters International, & Turner Classic Movies. Does anyone know if there is a way to keep our access to these without having cable TV? Most nights out TV never gets turned on, but we do value the few things we like to watch.
Free if you don't use purchased energy to get to/from library.But I can get some of the old movies on DVD's from my library anyway. Free and no commercials!
We cut the cable in October of 2015. Initially, we missed some of our shows, but with OTA, Netflix and Amazon Prime, we've adapted quite nicely.I don't know about other people, but I cut the cable a couple of years ago because TV has nothing to offer me any more.
I'm just not interested.
Higher quality news and/or fewer ads would get me back, but that doesn't seem likely anytime soon.
I loved some of the old movies I got from the library. This was back from the day my husband and I retired early by accident, aka laid off. It was so great to see these movies, some of them black and white. Same with books. I checked out so many books both for me and my oldest daughter, so many that the check out person was joking that my daughter was going to Harvard. I'm still cherish my memories of those 2 years.Nope. I used to watch a lot of Turner Classic Movies when I had "Full" cable TV. I don't actually miss it, though, now that I have reduced the cable TV package to "basic". Thought I would. But I can get some of the old movies on DVD's from my library anyway. Free and no commercials!
Just this past 10 days, DW and I were on vacation, and the hotel we were staying in had a huge selection of satellite channels available. I could not believe the amount of pure crap and the volume of commercials that is being offered now. We turned the tv off and listened to music and read instead. We are never going back to CATV.
Free if you don't use purchased energy to get to/from library.
Free if you don't use purchased energy to get to/from library.
Good point. But in that case, you have your internet fee.Check your library--we can download movies, videos, ebooks, audiobooks through a couple of services ours offers. Still like to get out of the house, though
That was my plan, but it doesn't work at our local library even though they have a huge DVD library. Ww can only check out a DVD for 2 days, and we can't reserve/request movies (like we can with books). So you have to just hope the movie(s) you want to watch are on the shelf, and then you have to watch them right away...Free if you don't use purchased energy to get to/from library.I have to take my 1988 Trans Am out for some exercise now and then, and I often stop at the library since I'm already out. But, yes, you're right, there is a cost to get to and from the library. But, I'm always looking for an excuse to get out of the house, anyway.