Over the years I have had TV service with Mediacom, Dish Network, Direct TV and likely others but with each company the story ends the same way. I always end up canceling and switching after roughly about 2 years of service after they hike the price up to some insane rate that I refuse to pay.
Our price for Dish Network started at $85 for 4 TVs in 2018 and now as jumped to $155 for the same 4 TVs in 2020. I have added nothing to my bill to increase it over the years, instead Dish Network simply has been slowly increasing their prices.
Today, I said enough and I called Dish Network and canceled my service even after they offered to drop the price to $115 a month for a year.
You see with services like Sling.com and many other streaming TV services it’s simply not worth it to pay for cable services or satellite services any longer especially when I have fiber internet with no bandwidth cap that can easily support streaming services.
Going forward I plan to use Sling.com for now so I can watch AMC, the kids can watch Disney and Nick Jr for $45 a month. We also have a current subscription to Netflix which I’m on the fence about canceling.
We will be using the following devices to stream services to our TVs
- Roku
- Xbox One
- Amazon Fire Stick 4k
- Several Smart TVs we have in the house
I may also experiment with other streaming services such as:
- Philo
- Fubo TV
- Disney Plus
What do you use for your TV Services?
I currently use YouTube TV (tv.youtube.com). It has unlimited DVR that lasts (I believe) 9 months. It has most of the channels you want (except Nick) and it is only $49.99. You can stream on a lot of devices and can have family members added.
I have Verizon Fios triple play only because I get a discount being a retiree of 30 years from the company. Prior to that I had Time Warner Cable now called Spectrum for many years.
I’ve done the same thing, switching from one to another . I had just cancelled one after 2 years, going back to the other at the new lower rate. But my biggest bitch is having Direct tv in a year long squabble with my CBS affiliate and them not giving a flying fuck about getting that station back on line, nor offering another cbs affiliate in my area. Now I have mediacom and it ain’t cheap either. They can all go fuck themselves since they don’t give a fuck about subscribers. Am I pissed? Yes I am!