tv: how much to pay now to watch it?
By divalounger
@divalounger (6182)
United States
January 26, 2010 11:30am CST
Do you remember when tv was free? I wonder how much people are paying now to have television service. I live in California and use Comcast. We have a very basic package and it still costs us over $50.00 a month. It just galls me to pay this bill every month.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
16 Jan 20
Oh this is an old post--Shortly after this post, I cut the cable cord--I now have a mohu indoor antenna for the local stations, and a couple of streaming services--and love that combo and am still spending much less--
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
16 Jan 20
@DianneN We have a landline too--my husband insists on it
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
16 Jan 20
@divalounger Good for you!
My husband insists on cable, newspaper delivery, and a landline. He’s too old fashioned to change.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
1 Feb 12
I would suggest you to go for DTH if you are looking for lesser channels or regional packs. It starts with Rs 150 per month. Long time ago, Sun direct was available at Rs 75 per month now it is around Rs 150 per month.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
21 Jan 12
The cost of cable TV is Rs 250 in my place. It was initially Rs 180 and then increased to Rs 220 and had been for Rs 220 for a long period of time. I am using asianet digital cable.
@wildcatsthree (289)
• United States
27 Jan 10
We have a digital package which cost around $53 until Time Warner basically doubled the cost 2 months ago. We are seriously thinking of going back to the basic 18 stations with them, or getting rid of it altogether. Trouble is we have older TV sets so would have to buy digital converter boxes, so no TV is free anymore.
@divalounger (6182)
• United States
28 Jan 10
Still, with a converter box, you have a one-time charge not a recurring one. I too have an older tv and am thinking about a converter box.
@sassy28 (834)
• United States
26 Jan 10
We live out in the middle of nowhere in South Carolina. We use dish network and our bill is about $85.00 per month. We do get alot of stations, it seems to get the Disney channel or any of the nick channels you have to have the high package. We also have to pay for Charleston's local channels, ABC, NBC, etc. We could choose not to pay for those, but those channels would come of out New York. So for our local news we have to pay. I agree makes me crazy to have to pay it each month.
@porwest (112805)
• United States
3 Mar 22
I think I would enjoy paying just $50 a month these days. Nowadays the portion of my bill that is for TV is around $148 a month. Eventually I would like to get rid of it and just have a couple of streaming services, but so far we have not pulled the plug. Right now we have Netflix and Prime.
