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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 3369695" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>I've been chewing over making the switch for awhile but there are a few things we had to consider. I could cut the cord tomorrow and save money but it wouldn't be as convenient or a comparable service. Whole house DVR would be gone so we'd have to get equipment or find a cloud service and probably pay for extra storage. Then we'd have to patch together a group of streaming services to equal the channel selection we currently watch, and maybe still have to switch back and forth between an HD antenna for local channels plus buy the equipment for 4 tv sets for that.</p><p></p><p>Then we would have to up our monthly data plan and Cox has a stranglehold on internet provider competition in my area so there is literally no comparable option. 5 people in the house (plus 1 or 2 seemingly live-in friends of my daughter lol) equals a lot of bandwidth usage without streaming. The two youngest do a lot of their homework online these days, the oldest kid is in college, video meetings (the new normal) etc and we already come close to the 1TB limit occasionally. If everyone started streaming we would certainly bust the cap.</p><p></p><p>When I added it all up we might save $50 a month or so, but at some point we are all willing to pay for convenience.</p><p></p><p>It will probably make more sense for us when the kids start filtering out and it's just me and the Mrs but right now I can't see it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMS, post: 3369695, member: 42"] I've been chewing over making the switch for awhile but there are a few things we had to consider. I could cut the cord tomorrow and save money but it wouldn't be as convenient or a comparable service. Whole house DVR would be gone so we'd have to get equipment or find a cloud service and probably pay for extra storage. Then we'd have to patch together a group of streaming services to equal the channel selection we currently watch, and maybe still have to switch back and forth between an HD antenna for local channels plus buy the equipment for 4 tv sets for that. Then we would have to up our monthly data plan and Cox has a stranglehold on internet provider competition in my area so there is literally no comparable option. 5 people in the house (plus 1 or 2 seemingly live-in friends of my daughter lol) equals a lot of bandwidth usage without streaming. The two youngest do a lot of their homework online these days, the oldest kid is in college, video meetings (the new normal) etc and we already come close to the 1TB limit occasionally. If everyone started streaming we would certainly bust the cap. When I added it all up we might save $50 a month or so, but at some point we are all willing to pay for convenience. It will probably make more sense for us when the kids start filtering out and it's just me and the Mrs but right now I can't see it. [/QUOTE]
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