Comments on: The Cable Diaries – Final Chapter

By: J. Money

J. Money — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:24:30 +0000

In reply to Rene. I think I need you to come over here and set them up for me :)

By: Rene

Rene — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 16:52:01 +0000

I am sorry the antennas didn’t work for you. I have 3 throughout my house and they work great. I get about 40 channels. You do have to work on placing them but it still may not help some people. Thankfully, it works for us. We only use the antenna, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Amazon Fire TV. I really don’t miss cable anymore.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:18:50 +0000

In reply to Chris. nice! I wish the antennas worked for us, but we ended up fully cutting the cord a few months ago regardless... I do miss it a little, but Netflix and Amazon Prime entertain me just fine :) now if only I didn't need the internet!

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 04:03:29 +0000

My mother complete cut her cable TV bill (over $100/month or $1,200/year savings) and replaced with digital antennas. She gets about 6 stations and the main shows she likes.

A no brainer. Cable TV is a racket.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:54:48 +0000

In reply to Nick. I'm too much of a wussy to try that (and control freak) but I def. know people are doing that :)

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:27:32 +0000

I think I need to start hounding my cable company as well. I only have internet through them, but they pretty much have a monopoly on the area. Another thing to consider is you can have one friend get a Netflix subscription, another get Hulu, another get HBOGo, or whatever other service and you can exchange log-in info. Those companies might frown upon it, but it’s a way to save.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 19:13:22 +0000

In reply to Jenna.

Hah – truth.

I’m getting closer and closer to cutting it (esp now that they raised the rates again cuz my discounts expired (!!!)) but it’s the football part I’m really going to miss too :( We’ll see how it plays out.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:26:45 +0000

I dropped cable 5 years ago this December. I DO miss some shows, I especially miss FOOTBALL! but with a huge life-changeover in the last few months that have made life/finances even more implausible, it’s something I’m glad I did waaaay back then. My children are used to Netflix-only shows and aren’t accustomed to the onslaught of TV ads for everything under the sun, just a couple of pluses, and when I think about it, I REALLY can wait a few months for Olivia Pope to make her way to Netflix for the latest season without dying from the urgency.

By: CharLena

CharLena — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 00:55:47 +0000

In reply to Cat@BudgetBlonde. Cat@BB, Who are you getting your Internet from? We are about to lose Clear Wireless in November which has been $49.99/month. My husband is not keen on paying that, even, which I have always thought was a steal, but $39.99? Seriously, a steal. Do you like it? Are you always able to get on it? I mean no slow downs even around 2 am?

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 21:00:31 +0000

In reply to Joanie. Now that I don't know.... Maybe someone reading this can chime in :)