Posted by timeOday on June 7, 2008, 1:51 pm
Well, after noticing my most recent bill was $110 just for Internet +
analog "Standard Cable," I finally pulled the plug. I can afford it,
but it's just not a good value. They made me work to cancel, I was on
hold over 15 minutes. (Comcast has one submenu for upgrading service,
and a separate one for downgrading, hmmmm.) I couldn't cancel Internet,
but I did downgrade to the sub-megabit service, so my total savings
should be close to $70 per month! That's unless I come crawling back
for the 6mps Internet, which might happen, but still I'd be saving $50/mo.
My kids are bracing themselves for the disconnect tomorrow by watching
Disney right now. I think this will be good for all of us. I realized
flipping channels wasn't adding much to my quality of life, and the
networks, for all their supposed demise, have most of the programming I
watch anyways. I got a digital receiver for my PVR and discovered free
digital broadcast is much better quality than the analog cable I was
paying for. So I also applied for the government coupons to get a
digital->analog box for my TV. I might also get the $9/mo netflix plan.
Heck, for the money I saved, I could go to a concert every month.
Anyways, I struck my blow for frugality this month.
Posted by BeaForoni on June 7, 2008, 2:08 pm
> Well, after noticing my most recent bill was $110 just for Internet +
> analog "Standard Cable," I finally pulled the plug. I can afford it,
> but it's just not a good value. They made me work to cancel, I was on
> hold over 15 minutes. (Comcast has one submenu for upgrading service,
> and a separate one for downgrading, hmmmm.) I couldn't cancel Internet,
> but I did downgrade to the sub-megabit service, so my total savings
> should be close to $70 per month! That's unless I come crawling back
> for the 6mps Internet, which might happen, but still I'd be saving $50/mo.
> My kids are bracing themselves for the disconnect tomorrow by watching
> Disney right now. I think this will be good for all of us. I realized
> flipping channels wasn't adding much to my quality of life, and the
> networks, for all their supposed demise, have most of the programming I
> watch anyways. I got a digital receiver for my PVR and discovered free
> digital broadcast is much better quality than the analog cable I was
> paying for. So I also applied for the government coupons to get a
> digital->analog box for my TV. I might also get the $9/mo netflix plan.
> Heck, for the money I saved, I could go to a concert every month.
> Anyways, I struck my blow for frugality this month.
Frugal movie watching can be found at Red Box. Instant gratification
and cheap at redbox.com . I down graded my cable and the movies I
watch are more current then the cable movie channels.
Posted by timeOday on June 7, 2008, 2:24 pm
BeaForoni@msn.com wrote:
> Frugal movie watching can be found at Red Box. Instant gratification
> and cheap at redbox.com . I down graded my cable and the movies I
> watch are more current then the cable movie channels.
Redbox is a good service. My only problem is it ends up costing us
about $5 / movie because we never, ever manage to return them on time.
That's why I'm thinking netflix might be better for us.
Posted by Logan Shaw on June 7, 2008, 3:19 pm
timeOday wrote:
> BeaForoni@msn.com wrote:
>> Frugal movie watching can be found at Red Box. Instant gratification
>> and cheap at redbox.com . I down graded my cable and the movies I
>> watch are more current then the cable movie channels.
>
> Redbox is a good service. My only problem is it ends up costing us
> about $5 / movie because we never, ever manage to return them on time.
> That's why I'm thinking netflix might be better for us.
I solved that problem by living really, really close to a grocery store
that had the kiosk. I would simply drive or walk to the grocery store
immediately before popping in the movie, then go back immediately afterwards
and drop it off. Of course, that doesn't work for everybody, but they (and
similar competing services) have a lot of kiosks, so it could work for
some people.
Eventually I switched to Blockbuster online, which I actually like a bit
better because there is a much wider selection of available movies.
- Logan
Posted by barlow on June 7, 2008, 3:55 pm
timeOday wrote:
> BeaForoni@msn.com wrote:
>> Frugal movie watching can be found at Red Box. Instant gratification
>> and cheap at redbox.com . I down graded my cable and the movies I
>> watch are more current then the cable movie channels.
>
> Redbox is a good service. My only problem is it ends up costing us
> about $5 / movie because we never, ever manage to return them on time.
> That's why I'm thinking netflix might be better for us.
That is why I prefer Netfix. I have one movie that has been sitting on
the tv for two weeks with no late fee when I return it.
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> analog "Standard Cable," I finally pulled the plug. I can afford it,
> but it's just not a good value. They made me work to cancel, I was on
> hold over 15 minutes. (Comcast has one submenu for upgrading service,
> and a separate one for downgrading, hmmmm.) I couldn't cancel Internet,
> but I did downgrade to the sub-megabit service, so my total savings
> should be close to $70 per month! That's unless I come crawling back
> for the 6mps Internet, which might happen, but still I'd be saving $50/mo.
> My kids are bracing themselves for the disconnect tomorrow by watching
> Disney right now. I think this will be good for all of us. I realized
> flipping channels wasn't adding much to my quality of life, and the
> networks, for all their supposed demise, have most of the programming I
> watch anyways. I got a digital receiver for my PVR and discovered free
> digital broadcast is much better quality than the analog cable I was
> paying for. So I also applied for the government coupons to get a
> digital->analog box for my TV. I might also get the $9/mo netflix plan.
> Heck, for the money I saved, I could go to a concert every month.
> Anyways, I struck my blow for frugality this month.