If you’ve ever seriously considered cutting the cord on cable TV, this is a good read. David Gewirtz writes about his experience cutting the cord. He saved money but, ultimately, he called and had his cable reinstalled. Very interesting, with all the numbers so you can truly follow his logic.
The cost savings and inconvenience of cutting the cable TV cord
This is going to be one of the most beautiful structures ever built, anywhere, ever!
I wonder how your comment, on what is clearly the new Apple building progress, ended up here?
It’s not necessarily a cost savings, unless one is prepared to make do with a lot less. All those monthly streaming service fees add up very quickly.
His story was undercut by one obvious thing – he could have used an antenna to get the broadcast stations including Fox.
Other than that, the main advantage of cord cutting is control – you can’t simply tune in or channel surf and spend hours viewing stuff that happens to mildly interest you. TV becomes much more intentional – you decide you want to watch a show, pick a time and start it when you want it, not when it just happens to be on.
A fact that is true mostly because cable prices internet only packages at a very high level. If I could get 50meg for, say, $35 I’d save a lot. As it is, the savings are minimal
Yeah, me too! 🙁
I hear South Korea’s broadband infrastructure is lovely this time of year.