Comments on: How to Cancel Your Cable TV Service

By: Leon Kovach

Leon Kovach — Sat, 07 May 2011 05:36:46 +0000

I would like to cancel HBO and Starz and keep Encore, because of the westerns. I don’t watch HBO or Starz at all. I know my bill will end in Sept. or Oct. of this year for my special they gave me a few months ago and my bill will not be lower I know that. So that’s what I want even when my bill will go up just for Encore and the Digital cable package in Oct. of 2011. Thank you very much, and have a great what’s left of 2011. Leon Kovach

By: Jessica Bosari

Jessica Bosari — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:17:43 +0000

I’ve been on a rant with my husband about this one. I’m just not that into TV…more of a movie girl. Right now, HBO has got the Band of Brothers special on, so there’s no canceling at this point. But soon, my love. Soon. An extra $90 in my pocket every month will sure feel good. Now if I can just find an alternative for that pesky high-speed internet bill!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:14:24 +0000

We had been wasting $85 per month on Comcast Cable when we decided that the next time it went up even one cent we’d drop to basic service. In March, 2010, we made a guess that it would go up so we downgraded to basic for about $15 per month. Sure enough, we got a letter 3/25 that they were raising what had been our old rate by $3 per month. We were thrilled to have beat them to the punch.

I’m an attorney for a boutique private bank. I’ve seen the habits of people who are worth millions and have learned from talking to them how they got there. They got there by not wasting a dime, foregoing short term pleasures for long term gain, by investing instead of spending. You can never make money by spending it.

Over a lifetime, you don’t lose $1 million by misplacing it. You lose it $50 at a time, buying things you don’t need and will throw away. Or by paying Comcast for worthless programs peppered with commercials and reruns of the same films. Cancel or downgrade cable today and invest the money in your retirement plan. You can bet that’s where Roberts and the other Comcast executives put the money they drain from you each month.

Good Luck. Change your habits today and don’t wake up one day at age 50 or 60, having earned a lot of money, with nothing to show for it but old Comcast bills and a bunch of receipts from restaurants and bar rooms.

By: David

David — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:25:36 +0000

You can watch cable shows for free online and you can watch movies online too, so Netflix is a waste of money as well.

How much does cable cost?
$60/month invested at 12 percent, COMPOUNDED monthly after 24 years is $100,362.

Check out the savings calculator to see for yourself if I am making stuff up.

http://www.dinkytown.net/java/CompoundSavings.html

So would you cancel cable to get over $100 grand?

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:26:58 +0000

I forgot to mention, I also called the phone company and let them know I was not interested in having a land line anymore. they offered me free internet service for a year if I did not cancel my land line, since I had my internet service through qwest.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:23:59 +0000

Last June I decided to cancel my cable service. I was watching about 1 to 2 hours of television a day. Most of the shows I enjoy were available online. Then netfilx has the watch it now option, I bought a box from roku which enables me to watch movies instantly on my television. Now I spend 16.99 a month for television while I still receive 3 dvd’s at a time. In the last 6 months I have saved about $500. The box from roku ran about $99. I do have satellite radio where I can get local news and other shows I like to hear. Total cost is 16.99 plus 12.99 for xm/serius. I really enjoy pocketing the $85 a month in savings from not having cable.

By: Soccer9040

Soccer9040 — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:43:24 +0000

$40 dollars at every Wal-Mart in the country. Get your government coupon and it is almost free. If you have to spend $80 then someone is scamming you. It is as simple as buying and over the air converter and plugging it into your TV.

By: Liberty

Liberty — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:19:21 +0000

With digital television signals, you cannot simply buy an over-the-air antenna and plug it into the back of your set, as you did in analog TV signal days. Now you have to buy a box that translates the analog signals to digital signals.
The box is $80, but is probably worth it.

By: judy

judy — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:33:38 +0000

my tv & internet are billed together when I called the cable company about cancelling just my tv service I was told that because I had tv & internet I rec’d a discount on bill..if I cancelled the tv portion, when the discount is removed I would end up paying almost the same amount for just my internet…what a scan! If I could do without the internet or someone else serviced my area I’d be gone. I need the internet for my work.

By: otipoby

otipoby — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:29:44 +0000

Their is even a cheap alternative to a DVR. If you have a computer with Windows Home Premium (Vista or Win7), you can but a tuner, plug into your PC and used Media Center to record shows. If you want to go with the free network shows, get an HD HomeRun from Silicon Dust ($135), which has 2 tuners (record two shows at once for free). You can either plug the PC into your TV or even better, if you have an XBOX 360, you can stream the shows to your TV in extender mode and use the controller as a remote.
I have cable and record up to 4 HD stations at a time and stream to 2 XBOXs and it works great. This is the most underused feature of Windows.

By: daemondust

daemondust — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:09:01 +0000

I wish I could cancel my cable, but it’s included in my rent whether I plug something into the jack or not. Even with a good inside antenna I can only pick up the local PBS station and over a dozen religious channels. The only show I care to watch that I can’t stream online is “The Big Bang Theory”. I’m amazed no one offers this streamed, but I guess CBS thinks it would take away from their broadcast audience given the show’s target.

By: mikestreb

mikestreb — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:48:10 +0000

You have a PS3, wii, or xbox360?

This software will stream hulu over your ethernet/wifi to the above game systems. It is only $40, and you can try it for 2 weeks before you have to buy it.

Might be better than leaving a PC on by your TV all the time (save on your electricity bill maybe?)

Also, how ‘old’ is the desktop? You get too old and the streaming gets choppy.

By: Wilma

Wilma — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:54:44 +0000

I’m paying $30 to surf the net, read magazines and news papers, watch videos and watch regular TV. Savings? You betcha. No news paper or magazine clutter laying around. At 75 cents a paper and about $3 a magazine, that adds up. No cable bill added on to my internet bill in the form of a bundle package that I hear people crying that the cable company messes with every month. How can you charge $110 one month and $150 the next on a $99 triple play bundle package? I pay $30 a month whether I watch TV on my computer or not. Plenty of free radio streams to listen to as well. Don’t have to buy XM or Sirius. It’s not going to extremes to try to save a buck. The economy is geared to make you spend money at every turn. It’s up to you how far you want to go with your spending. My purse isn’t bottomless. If I want something extra, I must be creative in getting it. For example: No cable bill means $70 to $100 I can have to go out to a nice meal or a movie or towards a large purchase. Being smart with your money equals confidence in knowing you will be able to pay your bills and be comfortable in your home.

By: Money Crashers

Money Crashers — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:46:04 +0000

I would love to take the plunge and ditch it, but sports is one of the only things that I could not give up, especially during football season.

By: Soccer9040

Soccer9040 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:41:30 +0000

AGREE! I’m in to saving $$$ but to certain extremes.