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11. Get you a TV antenna

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Sat Sep 9, 2023, 07:02 PM

Sep 2023

You can get the networks and local programming. I get 90 channels plus I watch the free streaming services.

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Comcast/Xfinity is cutting its own throat [View all] CatWoman Sep 2023 OP

Make sure you get a receipt when you return the goods. QED Sep 2023 #1

Take a photo of everything you're returning and badhair77 Sep 2023 #7

great idea CatWoman Sep 2023 #12

+1 we can do it Sep 2023 #43

Got rid of satellite more than 5 yrs ago. Got Roku plus air antenna and phone internet. UTUSN Sep 2023 #2

Roku user here also. ananda Sep 2023 #29

Yip, have saved tons from quitting Dish. Antenna for free Locals, $30 each for internet & phone. UTUSN Sep 2023 #36

I have a Roku as well (& ditched my satellite dish) but was wondering Disaffected Sep 2023 #30

Well, since 2012 have cut down on cable "pundits". Only use TuneIn radio for UTUSN Sep 2023 #33

Hulu Live hurple Sep 2023 #3

Just raised price second time within a year FreeState Sep 2023 #8

Yeah, but it still beats cable for us Silver Gaia Sep 2023 #24

I wish it did for us FreeState Sep 2023 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Silver Gaia Sep 2023 #41

Yeah, we were paying a LOT more than that. Silver Gaia Sep 2023 #42

You could lower that but I would bet you have way more TV... Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #53

Still on their internet? IbogaProject Sep 2023 #4

Xfinity and ATandT CatWoman Sep 2023 #6

Another Service Provider nwliberalkiwi Sep 2023 #5

How much did yours go up? Mine is almost $300 a month. MyNameIsJonas Sep 2023 #9

$300 per month? OMG! What and how much do you watch that you spend that much? Wonder Why Sep 2023 #10

I have their internet bundle + home phone + cable... MyNameIsJonas Sep 2023 #16

FUBO has a great sports package for less that $100. But games are increasingly available Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #51

Yikes! I keep cable because I moonscape Sep 2023 #56

We're not that far off. MyNameIsJonas Sep 2023 #60

same here CatWoman Sep 2023 #13

Verizon pulled that and I cut TV and just kept 1GB internet and phone, down to $90/mo inc. taxes. TheBlackAdder Sep 2023 #15

I need to do that. MyNameIsJonas Sep 2023 #17

Get you a TV antenna videohead5 Sep 2023 #11

I just got notice my Hulu Live is about to go up $15. Xolodno Sep 2023 #14

Check out this Disable My Cable website - lots of good recommendations iluvtennis Sep 2023 #18

Thank you for sharing Joinfortmill Sep 2023 #20

thanks very much CatWoman Sep 2023 #22

Save your receipt for years after you drop off the cable box. sarcasmo Sep 2023 #19

Or scan it soldierant Sep 2023 #23

But they NEED MONEY! They're so strapped! dchill Sep 2023 #21

Worked on the Comcast yacht in the 2000's hydrolastic Sep 2023 #45

One word - upkeep! dchill Sep 2023 #55

I got rid of those crooks 2 years ago. kellytore Sep 2023 #25

can you tell me the brand name of the antenna? CatWoman Sep 2023 #27

Ostrat 2023 Upgraded TV Antenna for Indoor, Outdoor, 560+ Miles Range Amplified Digital kellytore Sep 2023 #31

A great resource is "Antenna Man" on YouTube. GoCubsGo Sep 2023 #35

you guys are great!! CatWoman Sep 2023 #37

welcome to digital entertainment barbtries Sep 2023 #26

Me too. Commercials make television unwatchable for me. hunter Sep 2023 #34

i used to watch tv when i was in a hotel, barbtries Sep 2023 #38

You tube tv is getting almost as bad for commercials hydrolastic Sep 2023 #46

I have YouTube premium which means no commercials. I stream using Roku for TV and prefer youtube on msfiddlestix Sep 2023 #63

We use an Apple TV box and pay for a bundled iTunes and Apple+. Martin68 Sep 2023 #32

I have a firestick, but no clue how to use it. Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #39

install it in your HDMI and it will tell you what to do. I think ROKU is easier and it comes with Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #50

We did the same recently with Spectrum. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2023 #40

a truer observation has never been made CatWoman Sep 2023 #54

I am old enough to remember when people debated if... Pacifist Patriot Sep 2023 #58

Bookmarked this thread. Need to kick Spectrum to the curb KewlKat Sep 2023 #44

We did that a week ago today. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2023 #59

They have a stranglehold on customers Blaukraut Sep 2023 #47

Try sling...or Philo. Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #49

We did use Sling but they only had one local channel Blaukraut Sep 2023 #52

That is why I cancelled Spectrum. Also, I went back briefly to ATT but the deal they promised Demsrule86 Sep 2023 #48

The industry that created Donald Trump, fanned the flames of war in Iraq... hunter Sep 2023 #57

Bookmarking, also very near 300 bucks and that's if I don't rent movies. Prairie_Seagull Sep 2023 #61

We recently got rid of cable but kept the internet questionseverything Sep 2023 #62

lol. I cut the "TV" cord with them over 6 or 7 years ago and I promise you ecstatic Sep 2023 #64