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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Zorro

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13. Time Warner annoyed me so I cancelled my cable tv service

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 10:27 PM

Apr 2017

I have their $14.99/month internet service (which provides me with ~1.5Mb down) + Roku Streaming Stick.

Don't have a problem with buffering or picture quality at that rate if there's no one else downloading significant content.

I really like the Roku.

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Reducing the cost of watching tv [View all] Kaleva Feb 2016 OP

We did good. Curmudgeoness Feb 2016 #1

I love the internet and would hate to go without it Kaleva Feb 2016 #2

I was shocked that I picked up about 30 channesl over the air avebury May 2016 #5

There's a noticeable imporvement in picture quality Kaleva Feb 2016 #3

I dropped by cable and I don't have satellite tv. I do have pretty high speed internet. avebury May 2016 #4

Democracy Now! avebury May 2016 #6

I'm a foster parent for a 15 month old. Kaleva May 2016 #7

I cut the cable in 2012 and never looked back. ImLiberalNotLeftist Jun 2016 #8

A while back, after a relocation, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #9

If I had to choose between the internet and tv, I'd choose the internet Kaleva Aug 2016 #10

recently went to sling dembotoz Jan 2017 #11

so far so good dembotoz Apr 2017 #12

Time Warner annoyed me so I cancelled my cable tv service Zorro Apr 2017 #13

keep an eye on stuff from spectrum....they took it on the chin with slow time warner speeds when dembotoz Jul 2017 #16

I'm cheap; basic internet, an old Roku and a TV antenna eShirl Jun 2017 #14

I have Roku with basic internet and subscribe to Hulu now. Kaleva Jun 2017 #15