Hari Seldon
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Do you mean a year? Cause I can't imagine it's $150/month anywhere.
I'd say the average internet + cable + equipment rental fees + taxes is probably $150/month or more in the US.
Do you mean a year? Cause I can't imagine it's $150/month anywhere.
A year? Ha! Are you European?Do you mean a year? Cause I can't imagine it's $150/month anywhere.
Do you mean a year? Cause I can't imagine it's $150/month anywhere.
I'd say the average internet + cable + equipment rental fees + taxes is probably $150/month or more in the US.
I'd say the average internet + cable + equipment rental fees + taxes is probably $150/month or more in the US.
What's with all the love for MNF? They haven't covered a relevant game on that program in years.
After dropping cable:
I'd say the average internet + cable + equipment rental fees + taxes is probably $150/month or more in the US.
A year? Ha! Are you European?
Basic cable packages in my area are $60-$80 depending on provider. Then internet on top of that. Then after taxes and set top box rental, it's usually around $120-$150 a month depending on provider. Usually a barebones package (networks plus QVC and C-Span type channels) with 10 Mbps for around $100 a month.
Or I can get a decent internet-only plan for $35 a month.
Yup, this is about right.
Each of those boxes is like $12/mo. If you have an HD+DVR box, that's closer to $16-20/mo.
You're looking at $30-40/mo. just in boxes if you have two TV's. Add the fees and taxes and that's easily $50, 55. Leaving about $90 for the base cost of the plan for Internet and TV.
This is why I cancelled cable this year and my mom as well. I realized that we simply didn't watch $150 worth of TV/mo.
Sample bill from last year:
Do you mean a year? Cause I can't imagine it's $150/month anywhere.
Sample bill from last year:
Ah ok, I thought that was just referring to the price of ESPN per month. Yes, getting rid of cable TV all together will save you that.
You were overpaying quite a bit. I have Preferred (Prime renamed) and 25/25 for $79.99/mo. After taxes and fees it's $112 (with 1 HD DVR). Still too much for my liking. I signed another contract in October before DirecTV had WatchESPN that I could bum off my parents, or Sling even existed.
Definitely not signing again.
In the US; everyone is kidding themselves if they think this will end. Because the main reason people can cord cut is because they stream stuff online / use internet instead. But...the vast majority of internet is run by the cable companies. The cable companies will just start charging insane prices for internet as people cord cut; and the bandwidth caps should be coming soon.
Exactly. The cable companies already have in terms of service agreement that they have bandwidth caps in place. They are just not enforcing them yet at less cox cable isn't I know for sure. I get email from them saying that I am either getting close to the cap limit or over but they don't do anything else. One day they will start and the shit will hit the fan.
I was out of the promotional period and calling Verizon threatening to go to Comcast wasn't working (who am I kidding, I love my sweet, sweet fiber). Reps on the phone are pretty much like "OK, I triple dog dare you".
It's still a significant savings?
I mean, you have to have Internet, right?
When did I question it was a significant savings? The point of discussion was the supposed $150/month savings by dropping cable TV (or at least a package with ESPN). The poster I quoted included the price of Internet, which isn't appropriate since, yes, all of these "cord cutters" are likely keeping their internet. Although even if they did cut out Internet, that wouldn't have to do with ESPN.
I also question that anyone in America is paying close to $150/month just for cable TV that doesn't include some insane number of premium channels.
In the US; everyone is kidding themselves if they think this will end. Because the main reason people can cord cut is because they stream stuff online / use internet instead. But...the vast majority of internet is run by the cable companies. The cable companies will just start charging insane prices for internet as people cord cut; and the bandwidth caps should be coming soon.
I am paying $240 a month with premium channels. It is ridiculous.
For just cable TV? Even if so, you are also paying for premiums, which is a separate thing from ESPN.
If you are paying that for just TV I don't know how you put up with it.
This for premier tv package with internet (preferred internet not premium internet or ultimate internet) and premium channels from cox cable.
Just read this in the article as I had been thinking about trying sling in the fall:
Right. But you can't include the Internet fee as savings for cutting a package with ESPN (or cutting TV entirely). That was my point. And the $150 seems awfully high for just TV unless, like you, you have a top shelf package. In which case, you can't really single out ESPN for the cost of your bill as much.
YepThis is the inherent danger in rooting yourself so firmly in a static business model when there are signs decades in advance of what's to come.
Yeah. I think this infographic is still relevant.Yep
Also did not know disney had a majority share in that
HBO, the long-cited "other" reason to own cable and a company that was seemingly just as entrenched in the cable infrastructure as ESPN, moved pretty quickly to launch an over-the-top solution.
ESPN has to have known this day was coming but they don't seem to have prepared for it as well as they should have.
ESPN is literally so top heavy it's time they crumble.
I've cable cut since 2010 and quite frankly, they need to get with the streaming times. Go for the throat and offer $4.99/month every ESPN network and you'll have 5+ million subscribers over night. Sadly, they're run by dinosaurs.
A espn subscription service would single handily destroy cable. That's seriously all that is stopping the rapid death of cable.
Charge 20 bucks a month. Espn is worth about 5 now off your cable bill.
The sports leagues won't let it happen soon though.
ESPN is literally so top heavy it's time they crumble.
I've cable cut since 2010 and quite frankly, they need to get with the streaming times. Go for the throat and offer $4.99/month every ESPN network and you'll have 5+ million subscribers over night. Sadly, they're run by dinosaurs.
probably because ESPN covers like 5 teams & Lebron
This and their force feeding of sports nobody in America cares about is a horrible business model.
Also the new "shows" are awful, they cover Nfl too much during baseball season. They need to show more games, stop trying to cater to women, stop showing what athletes tweeted today.
This and their force feeding of sports nobody in America cares about is a horrible business model.
Also the new "shows" are awful, they cover Nfl too much during baseball season. They need to show more games, stop trying to cater to women, stop showing what athletes tweeted today.
I blame esports.
If I absolutely have to see a live sporting event I'll go to a bar and watch it. Like the UFC this weekend
Now ESPN has no choice but to embrace the competitive gaming ("e-sports") market.
I checked, Sling TV doesn't have Fox Sports 1 or NBC Sports Network. Hopefully that'll change soon.
After dropping cable: