Cable, Dish, Direct?

[BPTactical]

Sick and tired of dropping near $200 a month for Comcast cable, Internet and home phone.
Talking to Comcast all they claim they can save me is $30.00 or so.
Who has what? Pros-cons etc.

Thanks

[Mtn.man]

Have had DTV for 20 years, when they try to go up I call gripe and they give me something to entice me.
Got 5 espn's, outdoor channel, all the hunting channels/gun channels, altitude, mav tv, 3 or 4 hotrod/speed channels, not too bad.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I have DirecTV for TV, Comcast for Internet. I was going to swap over to Qwest DSL several years ago but couldn't get the modem to talk to their servers. They insisted on being able to come inside the house so I asked them to cancel the requested account, they suggested putting it on hold until I was able to take a day off from work. A few months later, I got a bill from them demanding payment because apparently keeping an account in their computers counts as "service" despite the fact that not one bit ever exchanged between modem and server. Argued with their customer non-service about it and then they filed a "delinquent account" notice in my credit report. I don't care how many times they change their names, I will NEVER do business with that company again. Comcast is expensive but I get very high speed Internet (over 25 Mbps) and they are upfront with me.

I don't do landline phones anymore -- my cell phone is it.

[ray1970]

I have DirecTV. Have had it forever. Probably pay too much but I just never have issues with the service and I have every channel imaginable. I think I watch about four of them. Lol.

Anyhow, I pay about $150 a month. Some of that is because I have four receivers and all that DVR stuff.

If I ever find myself in tough financial times I will probably cancel it and get one of those antennas that lets me get the local stuff free and maybe pay for Netflix.

[USMC88-93]

[SARCASM] Call in a service call every month, they apply a $20.00 guarantee for repeat service calls within a 30 day period. [/SARCASM]

Do you actually utilize all the channels in your video package? Could you lower your video package and be content with the channels available?
Do you actually utilize the speeds in your interned package? Could you lower the speed tier you are on and and still function. (Are you just utilizing it for email web surfing vs streaming to your television)
Do you actually use a home phone? Often times your bill goes up if you drop phone but personally I have used nothing but a cell phone for 15 years.
Do you have multiple outlets that you never use and have equipment on those outlets that you pay the rental charges for? You could get rid of a box or two and see some minor cost savings in rental fees.

Are you in Comcast X1 services (Their new platform and boxes) or their legacy services. They are pushing the X1 services hard and you could potentially see a lower bill upgrading to it. (Of course they would want to charge install fees that you could likely get waved)

From a bundled perspective your bill is probably on par with or less than separating them out and using multiple providers. The grass is not all that greener for those jumping from Satellite to Cable or from Cable to Satellite. Research your options for sure but obviously some of those options require contracts.

[sniper7]

Hulu Amazon prime and Netflix for about $25 a month offers more tv then you could ever want to watch. And a digital antenna gets you 50ish free channels so you can keep up on your Spanish, the news, and watch some games. If something big is on we want to see we head to the bar to watch the game and have a night out.

have comcast for Internet and it is horrible. Super slow now and drops out all the time

no home phone, that's for old people!

[Mtn.man]

Hulu Amazon prime and Netflix for about $25 a month offers more tv then you could ever want to watch. And a digital antenna gets you 50ish free channels so you can keep up on your Spanish, the news, and watch some games. If something big is on we want to see we head to the bar to watch the game and have a night out.

have comcast for Internet and it is horrible. Super slow now and drops out all the time

no home phone, that's for old people!

Or for us peeps that live in the 1800's where there are no cell towers.

[Honey Badger282.8]

I had Directv in Virginia Beach and it was fine, a bit expensive since I was paying for Sunday Ticket. My folks have it as well but they were talked into "upgrading" to the Genie. If you do go that route avoid the Genie at all costs, the system is a giant POS.

[wyome]

Antenna for local tv stations, Comcast for Internet, and a xbmc/kodi box for all the other tv stuff. I miss Rockies games and the occasional NASCAR race....but I only pay for Internet these days saving about $150 a month over what I was paying....your mileage may vary

[Gman]

I use Comcast for Internet, Dish for TV, and ViaTalk for VoIP service. Comcast Internet service has been great for me. The US West/Qwest/Century Link infrastructure out here suuuucks.

If you have solid Internet service, you can also get your video over that same pipe with Netflix, HBO Go, SlingTV, Sony, etc.