Need help lowering monthly cable bills

[nyker96]

I'm currently living in NY area, I'm using Road runner for cable modem (5MB down/40kup)and digital cable service. Paying about $102 a month. I'm kind of hoping to get it down some more. Don't know if anyone know say some alternatives for cheaper. Thanks. I've had this service for like couple years, every few month they hike the price, phoned them and they say there's no way of lowering it. And from the way they put it to me seems they really confident this price can't be beat by any other services. I'm just getting tired of these price hikes and thinking to get some alternatives to replace this combo.

 

[JS80]

Call Road Runner, say "I want to cancel my cable," get offered specials. That's how it works with Comcast.

 

[brtspears2]

Just cancel over the phone, usually they will send you to their retention department. I was on a plan with a $110 bill, and as soon as I wanted to cancel, they decided $79.99 is fair. Too bad for me, I moved out of the area.

 

[Kadarin]

I do it by not subscribing to cable at all (nor satellite, for that matter). I generally do not watch tv, and if there's a tv show I like, I buy the dvd set.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

bunny ears ftw

 

[nyker96]

ok, I think I'm gonna give that a try. I have VoIP as well, but is getting a regular phone line setup soon. As soon as I get that line done, I'm gonna give Road Runner the "CALL". Thanks guys for this nice bit of advice, you dudes are the best!

 

[Eddieo]

Don't you get tons of TV stations living in NY? Get a good amplified antenna (if you have a HD tuner you get free HD) and DSL.

 

[TuxDave]

Basic cable ftw! That's what I ended up doing since I don't watch tv too often.

 

[AMDZen]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
I do it by not subscribing to cable at all (nor satellite, for that matter). I generally do not watch tv, and if there's a tv show I like, I buy the dvd set.

How would you know if you liked it, since you haven't seen it. Especially if its cable, your simply assuming you will like something and take a chance? Or you follow the crowd and simply buy whatever's popular?

 

[timswim78]

I've got DSL/VOIP from Cavalier telephone, ~$53 per month, and I have a terrestrial HDTV receiver, one time investment of ~$85. If you can live with fewer channels, mmaybe try this route and save about $90 per month (assuming that you also have a landline telephone).

 

[nyker96]

timswin78, you got an URL for your terrestrial HDTV receiver? I don't watch too much TV but do watch ESPN//TNT for NBAs. I've never heard of cable like service that's only 85 one time installation. Please give detail. The phoneline I'm getting installed soon so no problem there.

 

[erub]

Originally posted by: nyker96
timswin78, you got an URL for your terrestrial HDTV receiver? I don't watch too much TV but do watch ESPN//TNT for NBAs. I've never heard of cable like service that's only 85 one time installation. Please give detail. The phoneline I'm getting installed soon so no problem there.

no chance of getting ESPN or TNT over the air

Could look into Dish/DirecTV, if you have some place to mount it..