yes. i'm now paying $80/month for digital cable connected to a cable card on a tivo. lots of channels... none of them premium.
i'm going to cut the cable cord. i looked the price of video on demand at amazon. it works great on my tivo and i can get a hell of a lot of content for $80. i also have about a twenty over the air hd channels and netflix.
also, we spend more time on our laptops than watching tv.
if the cable company charged me about half of what i'm now paying, i'd keep it. it's just not worth it, especially when money is tight.
things are tight for me and every other freelancer like myself that i know.
Did that last year - a dozen channels OTA here, plus Amazon Unbox (99 cents ABC/FOX/BBC for shows in HD), plus Netflix (unlimited streaming for $9/month)
You will be very happy w/o digital cable (also $80/month here)