Does Cord-Cutting in 2023 Really Save You Money?
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Craig breaks down how much TV and internet services are today in comparison to cord-cutting.
0:00 - Intro to Sling TV and if cord-cutting saves you money
1:31 - Price of average internet and TV bill
1:57 - Internet costs
4:45 - The price to beat for cord-cutting to make sense
5:45 - Streaming TV costs
7:44 - Breakdown of Sling TV, the cheapest live TV streaming service
8:32 - Can you still save money by streaming the same channels you were getting on cable?
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Why did you guys stop doing videos?
Craig!
Cord Cutting is a constant evolution.
One thing my family learned from cord cutting nearly 6 years ago is that we don’t need a live TV service. Granted, we finally got rid of the last one we used last summer, but we realized our habits changed enough that it wasn’t necessary anymore.
With no contracts and just about every show available on demand the next day,live TV is going the way of the dinosaur.
That said, we do have an antenna for local news and football. That was a one time investment, not a monthly subscription.
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My argument would be, why would I want a cable replacement or slim version, wouldn't the point of cord cutting be just getting a normal streaming subscription with internet?
Craig, one thing that people leave out. If you use cable or satellite, you still are going to have internet. With that said internet cost shouldn't be included in the formula since most households would have internet anyway. Thanks for all your informative videos. Alan Sides
Yeah my cable cost was about $115 a month plus about $70 a month for equipment rental ( for a couple of TiVo boxes) plus an assortment of taxes fees and that CC charges. That ran it up over $200.
Craig, I miss seeing you so much on this channel. Just isn't the same without you. I usually not interested in the other stuff you do. Sorry. 😔
great content! thanks for keeping posted.
Sounds pretty right on to me Craig. My DSL service is $50 a month for life (so they say). However I paid $200 for the modem. It comes in at a Max of 84 Mbps, which is plenty. How I save my money over one year is unsubscribing to CZcams TV between May and September each year. I just go with the free services. You see I really only need all the local channels and the ESPN family for NFL football & college basketball. My antenna only works for CBS and PBS. I live in a canyon in the country. If I lived in town I probably wouldn't even subscribe to CZcams TV. My total cost for internet and live streaming per year comes in at just over $1,100. I'm happy with that for now. Have a good one you all!
For me cable is still cheaper than having streaming services for what I consume. The reason being is that the majority of the shows I watch are all on different services. If I say 90% of them were on one service I wouldn’t mind paying for two to get the extra 10%. But as it stands I’d be at about $15 more per month over my spectrum. This includes HBOMax and Showtime.
It all depends on what you watch.
Cord cutting will always be superior because of the optional month to month modularity.
The only real possible problem Is If you just have to have one of the full live tv streaming services
which ballooned In price over the last 5 years and are now back In cable territory , but If you can live with 2 or 3 smaller on demand non-live tv streaming services at $10 - $15 a peice , you save alot.
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Great video. Thank you.
My Xfinity bill was killing me. Made me sick for a bunch of junk that we did not watch.
Philo + OTA + 1TB fiber up and down and no data cap is $100. Beats any $150 Xfinity low tier package any day and do not worry about going over the cap. And if I need dvr I can add channels dvr + and record philo and OTA(plus Pluto and other TV everywhere channels and I get over 1000 channels I never watch :/ - options). I can do it the way I want and do not need to rent boxes that have limited capabilities.
This is the way…
Cable is expensive and not that great resolution wise. Id rather have a few of the premium apps like Disney plus and HBO max and good internet connection. Ive had cable before and it was lousy as far as i was concerned.
Analyzing your budget and viewing habits is what REALLY saves you money.
I'd love to hear this channel's thoughts and insight into this supposed proposal in New York for a new streaming tax.
Craig, for me it is more than just the money, it is the freedom. I am still a bit lower than I was when I had cable. With the streaming services, I can watch them from anywhere in the US. I am much happier with streaming services than I was with cable. Internet, well I have kept the same service for the past 2 years.
Subject change - Craig, would you consider doing a monthly reviews live? I know the weekly was getting to be too much for you. Even every 6 weeks, a live would be good.
I’m just watching this because of Craig! Miss him.
This comparison also assumes you wouldn’t have internet if you weren’t streaming. Pretty sure people use internet for quite a bit more than watching TV. Even if you take half of the $45 a month and put that toward the TV you’re still in pretty good shape with all the services.
What am I missing? Cable (by itself) is over $110 for a channel lineup anywhere close to what these streaming services offer. And you're locked into a contract, and obligated to have equipment...
Comcast here in North NJ charges $65 for their Connect internet, which is 75 mbps.
They charge $87 for their Connect More internet, which is 200 mbps.
I have Verizon 5G Home Internet for $50 per month, which has been working great. That is paired with a Roku streaming device and CZcams TV. My total monthly cost is $123 for TV and Internet.
This is saving me $20 per month than when I had Comcast. I find the CZcams TV channel lineup to be comparable with the Comcast TV Popular TV plan, which I had.
@@gonedark I have the Roku Express 4k+ streaming device.
I just paid $64.99 for the next month of CZcams TV. However, it is going up to $72.99 per month starting April 18th. It has the same amount of commercials that Comcast has.
Cable and Satellite still don't factor in dvr fees/set box fees, regional sports fees, broadcast locals,etc.
One thing about Sling that needs to be mentioned. Is that you can switch back-and-forth between sling orange and sling blue anytime you want and it will not cost you any extra on your bill. Your bill will still be $40 plus tax. I did this during football season. Sling orange has ESPN so I would have that to watch Monday night football. Sling blue on the other hand did have the Fox local channel in my area. So on Sundays I would have Sling blue so I can watch the games on Fox.
Also, another way you can save is to have Sling and also have Paramount plus, Peacock, and Hulu. That way you get all the primetime shows that are on CBS, NBC, ABC, and fox the next day. And of course you can watch them anytime you want. And if you take a vantage of the Black Friday deals That they all offer you can really save some money that way. Also with Paramount plus and Peacock, you get live NFL football for the CBS and NBC games games that are broadcast into your market.
As of now fox does not have that option. You have to watch the game on fox TV.
I was helping my friend lowering her cable /internet bill triple play from Comcast. $109.99 sounds good right but include 2 box $20 router $15 broadcast an regional fee $34.65 tax 7.05 grand total $ 186.69 what a rip off ..
In Canada our costs is doubled or more thanks to little competition and over regulation through our government regulations thanks to the CRTC and protectionism in Canada thanks to lobbying through the government becoming censorship expanding through new laws such as bill C-11 !
I assume your average Cable TV cost of $114 did not include Internet service. I assume most families will have Internet for other purposes, so that needs to be factored in when moving to streaming which lowers the cost of moving to streaming. Interesting cost reductions on Internet costs. Will this change as cable companies' lose TV service subscribers?
does cable charge you for the price of a cable box if you extend a wifi signal to another room with an wifi extender and/or chrome
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Craig we miss you I hope you come back on. I know you still love your geekiness let the Lord the rings in whatever you else you read but still I wish you'd come back on the station we really do miss you
Out here in the west coast sling has added Fox,NBC, and ABC at 45 dollars a month.
On Peacock do I have to pay to watch Days of our lives?
the difference I found was with Fubo I can go anywhere, with cable I'm stuck to one TV with the box so technically you would have to include in the renting of extra boxes and in my case that would be for 6 TV's. Also I can stream Fubo to my Phone when I'm on a Trip,
I think everybody is looking for different things when it comes to streaming TV. ($25 a month.) For me, Philo fits the bill. And for local stations I have an antenna.
man i wish my internet was that cheap...im at $114 for my service with Spectrum, no tv.
What happened to this channel, I enjoyed just watching it
Not sure who can get internet for $35 here in Kyle TX basic internet for a existing customer is $85
Why Did This Channel Die ?
This good information but it was limited to just live tv and didn’t factor in the services like hbo max Netflix Disney+ peacock paramount+ that would actually make it more then the price of the cable service
Pricy! 15 miles north of Denver in a townhouse, 20 dollar indood anntena and all the networks come in at HD! give me a break!!
I was paying $120 for DTV since canceling them I pay $51 for sling and I use an antenna
I'm saving $90/mo cutting the cable and switching to Hulu + Live TV. I was paying $165/mo just for TV. I'd have Internet anyway, so that cost is not a factor.
Your numbers are not accurate at all, I had Direct TV satellite for $140 and always had my 90meg for 55 total and always also had an antenna in attic. I switched from satellite to Direct Steam notice no difference and pay $75, so there ya go and you can’t count internet you already have towards TV service
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I just discovered this channel and related webpage, but i guess it no longer produces new content. Bummer! Any recommendations for channels like this?
Same question 😅, did you find any?
I bought a Superbox S1. So all I have to do is pay for my internet. My box paid for itself by drooing cable.
The one thing I don’t agree with is having to add cost of internet, most places that have cable already have internet, I know your paying for it but in most cases they’re already paying for it , so you loose the whole cost of cable not cost minus internet……jmo 😁
My Xfinity tv and internet is $170 if I bought it so I choose to stream i only have internet which $70 800 mbps
Hulu live is what we do for sports but also because Disney+ is included so when you add it up it's not that much more expensive than the others.
And believe me when I say I have spent so much money, time and energy on this channel, the advertising revenue? What happened to that? The recommendations. They sold me out and threw me under the bus. I don't want to drag this through the courts because the only winners in that are the lawyers I just want to be paid my fair share as it's the humane thing to do.
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The way I see it, I'd have internet access whether I have streaming TV or not, so I don't see that as part of the equation, honestly.
It is if you have a data cap on internet. If all of your tv is now streamed, then you will be using a lot more of your allocated data. If you go over your cap, then the extra fees could keep you from the savings you anticipated. I currently use over half of my internet allocation just surfing the net every day (along with my wife and daughter). If i start using additional data for all our tv needs then I will likely go way over my allocation and start pay fees for overages. Kind of a toss up for me.
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Yeah cored cutting you have the option to pay yearly instead of monthly plus for live tv frndly has a yearly option too
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👆👆👆👆 He'll help U instll and configure the all in 1 app where u will literally get every live tv channel, every sports package, ppv, movies, TV shows, etc
knock knock... is this channel still alive..?
I unsubscribed today. Channels that aren't posting anymore, I'll unsubscribe. Just bookmark and check back every now & then.
I live in CA. My internet is 115.00 and that's not the fastest speed. Fastest and all the b ones I have to use in order to watch the TV. Countour boxes are 8.50 each and regular boxes are 6.00 for local channels. My bill is now 348.00. Need I say more. Internet/cable/and land line house phone .
I don’t factor in the cost of internet service. Most people already pay for internet service these days. So for me streaming saves me money.
what happened to this channel?
Good question. Used to look forward to this stuff
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98! Thats not cable that's DSL! I'm at 800 for 80.00 + 30.00 for unlimited data from comcast! if anyone want's my setup let me know.
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But go ahead go with Sling. Obviously they do it better and don't need me.
not happy with sling they are now slowly forcing channels I don't want and then jacking up the prices
Get an underground IPTV. 12,000 channels for $10 a month. My friend has it and he gets everything. My speeds suck so it won’t work well as I was told you need to have fast internet.
I have the underground service LOL!....🔥🔥🔥. My speeds is 180-350 mbps. RUNS BUTTERY SMOOTH!
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Nothing in this world is free
The real cost of cable is an arm and a leg.
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sling it too expensive, I don't use any of those and get everything I need.
youtube.com/@calmfix
👆👆👆👆 He'll help U instll and configure the all in 1 app where u will literally get every live tv channel, every sports package, ppv, movies, TV shows, etc
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knock knock....no vids for a wile...what gives..?
This is bullshit. No one pays less than $150 per month for cable and internet combined.
Streaming ain't nothing but Cable 2.0 without all the boxes and Wiring same rerun mess
Who is this channel even for anymore? Literally everything they talk about everyone already knows, and did years ago.
Dead channel. 😕
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