Paying too much for TV and Internet

Sometimes they have promos but I guess those are for new customers only. Seems many people have Roku but from what I understand you then need to install and subscribe to different streaming apps in order to watch TV stuff, no? There is YouTube but a lot of stuff isn't on YouTube, at least not on just regular YouTube.

@LindaOHio that’s ip streaming. What my mom has. Her spectrum promo rate for ip streaming, internet, and phone is $89.99. Maybe that’s cause I switched from Time Warner services to spectrum ones. We’ve had an account with them for years before they became spectrum.

@lovebuglena They said we could save by going through the Spectrum app on Roku and using the cloud DVR. My husband would not want to mess with all of that. We'll stay where we are. DISH has a 3-year guaranteed price freeze. It's tempting.

@lovebuglena I see... Have you checked to see if you can get some of those shows for free on YT... You may have to wait for them to become available but YT is normally free. I don't NEED to watch a show as soon as it's available. In a week or a month is fine with me.

@DaddyEvil YT is YouTube?

One thing we can do is try to downgrade our cable from Gold to Silver. Thing is some of the channels we watch are on the Gold package.

@lovebuglena Just make sure you talk to the people who handle cancellations. If they’re like Cox they’ll have you start out talking to reps who don’t have the authority to give you a discount. If, once you talk to the cancel reps, and you can’t get it lowered, but aren’t sure you want to cancel it, you can just tell them maybe you should think about it a little more to get out of actually having to cancel. Does Spectrum have a national AND local number? If they do, try the people handling the local number first. I hope it works for you. I’ve been doing it for about 16 years, and recently started helping my dad do it to get his bill down.

I wonder if trying that will work.

@AmbiePam If there is a tech issue with my Spectrum service I call a local number.

The account my mom had was still from Time Warner, even though Time Warner is now Spectrum. Some months ago, I called to cancel everything (she had TV, Internet, and phone) but the Internet as the bill was very high. The lady told me that there is a Spectrum promo and that for $10 more than I'd be paying just for Internet I'd get TV, Internet, and phone. I ended up getting that. Of course, the lady never told me that my mom will no longer be watching TV via cable box and that instead it is IP streaming. Now instead of about $230 she is paying $89.99. Of course, that won't last for more than a year I think.

I have a feeling that just leaving Spectrum Internet will be expensive too. It's probably gonna be over $80 just for Internet alone.

@lovebuglena No. You can downgrade if you want from your current speed, and pay around 30 for it.

I guess one thing that can be done is to subscribe to different streaming services. Perhaps that will lower the monthly cost. However, I want to be able to watch live TV and watch shows without waiting for a long time for them to be available.

@Butterfingers streaming services are not expensive as far as I know. Even if you get many it still will be cheaper.

@lovebuglena what about the IPTV cost

Linda also has Spectrum and hers is too high as well and there is nothing they can do to lower it. That is crazy.

How do you stream shows, etc.?

That is not a bad idea but then you have to subscribe to streaming services as far as I understand.

I do not want to go the satellite dish route.

How do you watch tv?

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