Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

I agree it is too expensive. Too bad there is not an a la carte system. I also do not need the 200 foreign language channels and the 150 sports channels among others. We do use the music channels but just because they are there and we pay for them. Dropping them would not be a loss either.
And yes the fees are incredible especially the universal access fee to pay for others to get free or nearly free cable.

ad9mac

Consumer Cellular here also.
Wife and I, more voice, text than we could possibly use. One gig data.
$47/mo. Tax and all included.
If you call c/s you get a real live English speaking American.
They use ATT network.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

I feel your pain. When I switched to Spectrum it was 137/month, then it went to 182 because the discounts ended. If you want to drop one of the three services then the other two go up so you pay the same. One could just keep switching between carriers to get the temporary discounts, but that's annoying setting up new routers and wifi.

I couldn't go without cable as I have no use for the major networks. Dish antennas don't work so well during tstorms, and Tampa is the tstorm capital of the country. We don't get the most severe ones, but we get the most.

jccash Loc: Longwood, Florida

Cut cable buy a TiVo use an antenna you can record local programming. Then use Netflix and possibly HBO you might get for free if you have AT&T for your cell phone.

mleuck

There is absolutely nothing of value in TV. Don't watch it, don't have it and don't miss it.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

I think that Time Warner is the "parent company" for Spectrum. I'm in a similar situation. BUT I find it amusing that Spectrum is advertising against Dish / Direct TV about their "High Prices". Now, to be fair, I've had both Dish and Direct TV and hate them with a passion. And, growing up and living in Oklahoma until I was 35 and now living in Florida, I find it amusing and inconvenient when my Dish or Direct TV says "lost signal" every time we get moderately heavy thunderstorms.... generally, during severe storms is when YOU WANT to be able to get the news/weather/ radar and warnings. Seeing a "LOST SIGNAL" text across the screen isn't really helpful. Down in the Clearwater area, we have a couple of other choices but their internet speed and channel selection are far from good. Direct TV (owned by AT&T now) was going to provide me with "high speed internet" too. They told me it would be 3mps... it was 128k.. I told them that if I wanted 128k I could go back to my old phone modems and I didn't appreciate the "FALSE" advertising. The DSL installer told me that the "theoretical 3mps was only available about to the edge of their parking lot. I cancelled my service for internet. Now that Frontier purchased FIOS, they have become a joke. I had Fios when it was owned by Verizon and I had fiber from inside the house through the entire network when I lived in Pennsylvania (just northwest of Philly). Down in Florida, FIOS/Frontier has almost no fiber and while Verizon sold "FIOS" to Frontier, they did NOT sell the "infrastructure" so Frontier is still at the old "cable" internet speeds. So, I am with Spectrum for internet and have 1gb speed (measured by my tools) to the network. I, too dislike Spectrum and their pricing (especially for Cable TV) but their (here in Florida) internet is better than anyone else is offering.

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

Wow, Xfinity cable here on the east coast is around $85/ month. That is for internet alone. Unless you are a new customer that it is, then it is only $79/month for a full bundle. I love my Roku and YouTube tv. Does all that Infinity does but is a little bit more "clunky"

ole sarg Loc: south florida

I use ATT and pay 166 per month for everything. I get a message every month telling me that I have used up my high speed time and will now revert to non high speed but there is no additional cost. I still cannot tell the difference between high speed and non highspeed. We have two phones on the plan including HBO and most all channels that I want. What bothers me is that in the package are the religious huckster channels which cannot be taken off the plan!!

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

The other problem is that none of the providers are required to advertise their prices honestly - every price mentioned is "when bundled" or "for the first year". I tried looking for pricing info on their website and could not find any. That really p***es me off.

When I retire we will probably say goodbye to the near-$200 monthly "bundle". We live close enough to Orlando that I will be checking out how well an antenna set-up will work. There is also Sling-TV, which is an internet television provider - packages starting at $25/month. But - the Trump administration has apparently scuttled the "net neutrality" act, so the internet providers may slow down the stream on certain sites - such as Sling-TV.

hj Loc: Florida

Not AT&T everywhere. When we bought our iPhones through Consumer Cellular they came with T-Mobile which was horrible in our area. We got them to send us AT&T sim cards and now all is good.

splitload Loc: Central Flordia

I live between Orlando and Daytona Beach and with an indoor antenna I pick up 43 HD channels. I have At&t pre-pay and for $30.00 a month, I get unlimited talk and text. I also get 1 gig of data included. My internet is through Spectrum at $60 a month including all fees. I thought I was paying too much but I guess I'm on the lower tier after all.

LenCreate

Verizon kept increasing the cost of our cell phone coverage, so my wife and I switched to T-Mobile’s senior $60 plan after checking the coverage map. We were able to use our existing phones and just had to buy T-Mobile SIM cards. The phones worked fine for a while, until we tried to use them in big buildings. No service in them. A friend of my wife was with her at two of those locations and the friend’s ATT phone worked. We switched to ATT prepaid $70 for 2 phones plan (plus around $4 in taxes) on June 13 and the reception has been good everywhere. ATT didn’t charge us for SIM cards; they give them for free. We used our existing phones.

When I called T-Mobile about the problem, an agent said that I should have realistic service expectations. I did. The T-Mobile coverage map showed service in my area and the salesman in the local T-Mobile store said that coverage would be good when he installed his SIM cards in our phones.

Even though we dropped T-Mobile on 6/13, my credit card was charged $60 on July 1. I called customer service and was asked for my password to access my records and have a refund issued. I no longer had it; I had deleted the T-Mobile app from my phone after dropping the service. I tried to explain that T-Mobile could check my account using my name and cell phone number, would see that I was charged two weeks after I dropped the service and that the refund would be issued to the information in my account, but the agent was pig-headed. I asked for a manager and got a dial tone. I called back and a different agent listened and said that it would take 5-7 days to issue the refund. It’s over a week and I haven’t received it. I did, however, receive a Final Bill from T-Mobile which said that I owe $9.

Our county Small Claims Court is ten minutes from my home. I’ll sue the local T- Mobile store if I don’t receive the refund soon.

My advice: avoid T-Mobile and pay a few dollars more for an ATT prepaid plan.

rustfarmer

We get TV through the air and internet on a aircard for $10 a month. Still more crap on TV than we need and unlimited net.

elad Loc: Arizona

In my area, we have only "Spectrum"(Time Warner), "Dish", and "DirectTV" (AT&T). I cut my cable (Spectrum) which was costing $186/month, and a few months ago went with "youTube TV" for $35/mo. I get 61 channels, all the sports I can use, and good reliability. I'm paying too much for my "Spectrum" Internet/Phone ($89.95). Supposed to get 100mbps, but it tests out, surprisingly at 236mbps. I do like "youTube TV" as it gives me unlimited recording, and all the channels I've ever watched.

Elsiss Loc: Bayside, NY, Boynton Beach, Fl.

I have the same plan and have not had one problem.