netflix | Matt Crawford https://mattcrawford.me Handyman | Geek | YouTuber Tue, 14 Jun 2022 23:28:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 176948450 Cutting the cord https://mattcrawford.me/cutting-the-cord/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cutting-the-cord https://mattcrawford.me/cutting-the-cord/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2020 21:00:52 +0000 https://t3dus.com/?p=5046 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 […]

The post Cutting the cord first appeared on Matt Crawford.]]> 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?

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