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Re: [DIRECTV] Thinking of cutting the cord in the next 2 weeks

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Not really going to answer the "cut the cord question" here.

But if you're not calling DirecTV and/or your internet provider every 6 months looking for discounts, you're doing yourself a disfavor.

Just call them up, ask to speak with retentions and say "Are there any retention promotions my account is eligible for?".

That's all you gotta do. Let them hem and haw for a short period and when they give you the first off, just say "Is that all?" and see what they come back around with the second time. Sometimes you win, sometimes you win more.

Can you live without so many STB's? That's 6 bucks a pop. Minus the first one - free. So $18 in your case a month just in box fees.

Just putting some options out there.

I could reduce the number of dvr's and save $18, I could call retentions and for 6 months to a year save $20 per month more or less.

My cost would still be around $90 per month, and I'd have one set connected.

$90 for one set, calling every 6 months to whine for a deal with retentions? ... I don't think so.
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I ditched DirecTv over 6 months ago due to the rate increases. I was paying DTV $92 a month. Out of 200+ channels my family only watched 5. I am 40 miles south of Atlanta and receive the national networks + PBS over the air with an attic antenna. I purchase all of our "cable" shows via Apple TV. I have Netflix & Hulu+. I never cared for watching movies on the cable channels unless it was a premium channel like HBO. The networks butcher and edit the heck out the movies for content and commercials.

I figure that I spend at the most $350 a year to watch TV instead of the $1100 that I was paying DirecTv. I do have Comcast Internet which I do not factor into the cost because I would have it as a service regardless. I will never return to pay TV under the current business model which is broken and out of control.

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I am also considering cutting the cord. I have looked into it and have decided to use Vudu for movies released same day as dvd, fine with me. For regular TV channels, I have settled on Hulu+. Both have apps on my BluRay player and work well. There is one caveat, Hulu+ isn't able to stream some channels to devices other than a PC or laptop. So to fix that problem I found this device, »www.amazon.com/Warpia-SWP700-Str···MVJMQ39W . If it works well enough, it will pay for itself in 2 months after cutting cable. Vudu is pay as you go, and Hulu+ is $8/month. Cable is costing me $120/month. Major savings. Does anyone see anything wrong with the direction I'm going or offer advice on some other wireless devices ?

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