Number of Netflix Users That Also Have Pay TV Declining

I dropped Comcast last month. Netflix and rabbit ears here. I would do Hulu too but I haven't figured out what people like about!?

Think of it as a dvr,for some of what played last night

A DVR that has gutted the commercial skip feature, but you still have to pay for it.

Apple TV: $99 dollars.
Netflix: $9.
Huluplus: $8.
Amazon: $7.50 ($90 a year).
SmartDNS: $5.
Total: $30.

Last DirecTV bill before I cancelled: $112.

Laughing all the way to the bank with almost a THOUSAND dollars in yearly savings: PRICELESS.

$112 isn't that bad, how much is your internet connection?

I recently re-subbed to fios after realizing my pipe alone was costing me $75 month. For +$20 I got a faster pipe and TV.

Still considering trying the comcast $50 internet+hbo thing if it's still available.

$85 for 100 Mbit/s internet + nationwide telephone, all taxes, fees, modem rental, ceo bonus fund fees, etc included.

Once TWC upgrades us to 300/20, I may drop down to what is going to be 200/20 (currently 30/5 plan), and save some more money.

BTW the $112 was before the almost $5 increase I got hit with by DirecTV in February. The $4 a subscriber they paid for the Lakers channel (which I never watch) found its way to out bills. So it would have been $116-117-ish. And if they DO sign with the Dodgers and shell out another $4, I would be paying about $9 a month for 2 teams I am not even a fan of, because I like the OTHER teams in this market. (Angels, Ducks.).

Come Feb 2015, if they do sign with the Dodgers channel, will most likely see another $5.

Inflation is about 1.5 to 2.5%, depending on the year, averaging out around 2%. DirecTV's yearly price increase is between 4 and 5%, so roughly DOUBLE the inflation.

And it won't stop, thats the problem. How many carrier disputes have we had in the last 5 years? An unbelievable amount, compared to the 20 years of cable TV before that. In 2004 it was RARE to see a big conflict being stretched out for months. Now it seems to be the norm because rediculous numbers are being demanded. Numbers that WILL eventually come out of your wallet.

So no thanks..... Internet only for me please. Oh, and voice.

why even pay for voice? I cut the cord with ATT. Screw them and their $45 dollars a month +taxes/fees

Switched to ooma (so around 3-4 dollars a month in fees, negligible) and laughing at ATT.

Some don't need a homeline, but I still just in case anything happens if I have family over or little kids and whatnot.

Because I call overseas. UK, Netherlands mostly.... sometimes I am on the phone for 2 hours or more. With TWC's voice plan I pay 1 cent a minute to the Netherlands, no mobile phone plan is coming close to that. Yeah I could load up a google voice or skype plan to make calls, but the convenience of just picking up the phone and sitting out in the lawn chair in the back is just.... too convenient.

What about Vonage?

I had Vonage; just too expensive. With all the taxes and fees their $14.95/mo service is near $24.

I have Callcentric for VOIP phone. Cost me $3.95/mo + 0.015/minute. Usually runs me about $5.50/mo. The call features will ring the app on my smart phone AND my phones on my ATA device. I can answer any one. If my ATA loses connection, it will ring my cell phone. The ATA works better than the Vonage one, less echo when talking.

I went from:
DSL 3.5/.384- $40
ATT Phone - $33 (no phone, just there for DSL)
Vonage - $23.89
So about $97 total

Comcast 50/5 internet - $50
Callcentric - $5.50
So just over $55/mo

Save $40/mo.

And much faster speed. I also like the idea of a phone that is not physically tied to a location.

As far as TV, Netflix, Acorn.tv, OTA and my Roku is all I will ever want.

Vonage is $25.
TWC Voice is $10 for 2 years, then $40 per month. I will make my decision then.

That's a good deal. Vonage also has reduced rates for the first six months ($9.99) on a 1yr contract. That includes unlimited calling to 60 countries (includes UK and Netherlands). Of course you'd have to talk a helluva a lot before the penny a minute TWC Voice charges gets significant.

Inconsistent.

Cutting the cord is inconvenient yet saves a lot of money if you're willing to take the steps you took. +1 internet points.

Using Skype would save you even more yet you're unwilling. -1 internet points.

...$112/month just for TV is a rip off. I'm paying my local cable provider $115 a month for 55Mbps internet, phone, and basic TV with HD included.Comcast hasn't ever offered HBO without a TV subscription.

ONLY HBO can offer HBO as a standalone
but pretty close was when they said they were going to have a 10+ tier, basically limited basic +10 "cable" channels +HBO.
it was briefly advertized here one the web site, new users only. don't know anyone who got it before it disappeared.
So they TRIED to do it but had to pull back due to HBO maybe? or the other 10+ channels?
or all the channels not included?
I don't know. Too bad Cause I would buy the at the cheap price they offered.

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$112 isn't that bad

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...$112/month just for TV is a rip off. I'm paying my local cable provider $115 a month for 55Mbps internet, phone, and basic TV with HD included.

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I'm paying $110.49 per month for a triple Play plan with Comcast. It has their Premier tier for tv including HBO and Starz and Streampix. I also get 105/20 internet and phone. I'm using 2 cable cards and Comcast is giving me a straight out $5 credit for them!

Cable bundles with, first WOW, and now Comcast, is the reason why I dropped Dish for tv service. There is no way satellite can compete with them. Now in area where there isn't any competing tv services, then you have to deal with Dish or DirecTV.

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Still considering trying the comcast $50 internet+hbo thing if it's still available.

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Comcast hasn't ever offered HBO without a TV subscription.

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They've been offering their "plus" plans. For $5 more per month you get internet plus 40 - 50 cable channels, HBO and Streampix. A pretty good deal IMO.

They are advertizing it here.

No TV service. The big question is what is the real rate after the promo period.

Isn't that bad? For all the TV I watch, I considered that throwing money out the window.

Someone suggested that I should subtract the money I'm paying for my internet connection out of the money I'm saving by canceling DirecTV, however, I didn't have DirecTV and internet access as a package, so the price for my internet didn't go up.

So, I am no longer paying DirecTV, so I count all of the $112/mo I was sending them as savings.

Yep, me too, my DirecTV bill was exactly the same as yours.

The only difference is I bought a refurbished Roku box.

Why smartdns?

More than likely to reroute around ISP/Netflix choke points to minimize buffering issues. The cdn you are connected to relies heavily on the dns.

SmartDNS allows you to access content from a large number of foreign countries, among others BBC iPlayer, and (important for me) the Dutch channels. With both of those, I can already watch the entire World Cup in HD, no need for ESPN.

It also has some Netflix features. I can change the locale and get e.g. the Canadian, UK, or Dutch Netflix library, which has a lot of different content. Obviously, the UK and Dutch ones are going to have a lot more local content, but surprisingly, the Canadian Netflix does sometimes get stuff sooner (and sometimes not).

How would a DNS server do that? Unless it's not a DNS service but a VPN one.

It's not a VPN. I use Overplay SmartDNS, you can google it and find out the technology behind it, but they do offer VPN service to many countries as well, so I suspect the backend technology will utilize those local locations.

I can, for instance, stream Netflix, BBC iPlayer, and the Dutch NPO on the same machine. Even with a VPN, you can only stream ONE of those because a VPN still restricts you to a single country, being the one you dialed in to.

I have simply configured their DNS servers into my router, and all devices can now access all supported content.

How much of Netflix's business 4-5 years ago was still DVD based?

Hah, I remember the good ol' days when Netflix was just DVDs. They sure have changed.

I remember when them fancy horseless carriages starting showing up,thing do change

I am in the Netflix/Prime group and I would really like to watch more of both but the 300 gig data threshold is holding me back. I went through about 60 gigs this weekend watching Orange is the New Black and Hannibal. I think Comcast is lying about my data usage but I don't have anything measuring it myself.

NOT one Byte should go against your CAP when streaming Netflix!!!! Not a BYTE!

Netflix already Pays Comcast to allow their content to stream into Comcast's network, and YOU pay to get the content from Netflix.

Comcast is getting paid twice for the video you streamed (Orange is the new Black).

There's shouldn't be one reason in hell why Comcast would put that streaming against your CAP.

That's total CRAPOLA!

When Comcast is the only game in town, they can do as they please.

I agree but there is nothing I can do about it unless I pay Comcast double what I pay them now for business class with no caps.

You do realize that would be the biggest violation of net neutrality yet. And it would be extremely anti-competitive for all other streaming services. I am sure Netflix would love nothing more than for this to happen. An even stronger monopoly over premium streaming video. Comcast would probably like this too. They would have a reason to justify rolling out lower caps or start a conversion over to real usage-based billing for general content, with unlimited "partner" content.

I wish this was reddit so this could get upvoted all the way to the top. Comcast is screwing its customers and settings some pretty scary precidents and all the while convincing people its for their own good and that its all because their evil neighbor is being a bandwidth hog and clogging the tubes. I think they use the same PR firm that republicans do.

Netflix can't replace cable, so it's not really that relevant.

Also, Amazon Prime shouldn't be counted in statistics, as you get the video streaming and Kindle Lending Library for free when you pay for the two-day shipping. That's the only reason I have Amazon Prime video. I probably use it once every few months. Definitely not worth it on it's own.

... 48% of all non-subscribers to a pay-TV service get Netflix
most of those I know choosing not to have pay-tv are those who have NO tv (actively avoid "the tube") and rarely watch internet video. (when they want a movie they go to a theater)
Some never had a cord to cut ( OTA or video store (rare) )
a suprizingly large group of people have lives with very limited need/desire for the net outside of their work.
this is across ALL age ranges, just those who decide not to get stuck to the internet teat.

Well since u are posting on DSL reports looks like u are clinging firmly to it too

I am a "Cord Never". I relied on OTA for the longest time; and a VHS VCR. Now I have OTA, DVD, Blu-Ray, and a media server. Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, as well. Still no pay TV.

I've maintained my DVD rental since the start with Netflix (I've been a sub for a long time). I did go down to 1 for awhile, and I've been at 2 disks now for a few years. I kept it for newer releases and the fact that stream quality degrades during primetime - I can always pop in a disk. I do not sub to a TV service anymore. Curious if stream problems or cable-cutting drives members to reinitiate or begin a disk sub.