We could pull that off and save over 1000.00 a year, but Leigh-Ann won't go for it. She's not willing to give up being able to watch her shows as they air instead having to wait up to a week for hulu or other services to air new episodes. I'm cool with that. She has to put up with me, she should be able to watch what she wants when she wants.

WOM - Thanks. That was some helpful info.

We've considered the weather issue and realize we may have to make that sacrifice. We have cell phones. We disconnected our land-line years ago, before you could get the deals you get now, like 9.99 a month with magicjack, etc. We want the landline back because of my now being disabled and for my daughter, should there ever be a reason she needs to call 911 or something. I don't want her to have to hunt for my cell phone. Thanks for the advice, Phoon. I really appreciate it and the time you took to give it.

LS- I was hoping that having the 'dedicated line' for the 6 mbps would make up for the the fact that I never get the max 15 mbps (it's usually around 11) on a timewarner 'network'. If the use is high in our network, as it is now, we have even had our internet throttled or connection lost until we reboot the router or call and bitch. Thanks for offering your experience with all of this. I appreciate it.

I guess the big decider will be whether or not saving 400.00 or more a year will be worth the sacrifices we would make by switching. 

The problem there is, if you have a bundle, like Comcast's Triple Play, dropping phone service make everything else go up in price. (No longer being a "bundle deal")

I have a cell phone, as does my wife. We looked into dropping the home phone. Our package would actually cost more without the phone.

I just did this, got me 2 years of a package at 136.00 a month. I gained a couple premium channels.  I pay for 50 Mbps internet, but I get 85 to 100Mbps.

I also have the Triple Play, and an added fax line.

I thought it was usually roughly 24 hrs...for that savings...oh well.

It depends on the network, but yeah, some are only 24 hours. As hard or difficult as the adjustment might be, I really want to try it but it's something the wife is pretty steadfast against. I think all of these companies are full of it and the idea of saving 1000 a year works for me, you know? I dangled that idea and what we could do with a 1000 bucks, but it fell on deaf ears.

Jim and LS, I remember Comcast being better to deal with when I lived in Pennsylvania. I wish TimeWarner didn't have the monopoly on cable down here.

I thought was in the link, Noah (there were 3 parts to the article)...it's a streaming player that'll give you many channels including netflix, Hulu..etc. 

"When you have time for TV, Roku delivers with the best selection of streaming entertainment anywhere – from popular premium
services like Netflix, Hulu Plus, HBO GO, Spotify and MLB.TV to many free entertainment options like Crackle, Pandora, Disney and
VEVO. Every Roku brings you access to over 750 channels featuring the best in movies, TV shows, live sports, music, photo and
video sharing, games, international programming, radio, tech news, non-tech news, podcasts, cartoons, clips, cat tricks, and… well,
you get the idea." - roku.com

Worth it for the cat tricks alone.

No, Comcast is just easy. Really.

AOL used to be the same way, back when I paid them.

No prob. The MBp is an issue for me. Timewarner, down here, goes through xfinity as well. I am supposed to have as high as 15 mbp but tests almost never go over 12. How you are getting MORE than subscribed for is amazing.

Yup. His dedicated 'antenna'.

LOL @ Doc and Phoon.   

I got a promotion from Comcast for a year. $58 bucks a month for internet and basic cable. It's basic. Not too much more than the broadcast channels. We do get TWC, CNN, History though. Need this because where I live you would need a real powerful antenna to pull in broadcast channels. I also got a ROKU which is fantastic! I pay 8 bucks a month for Netflix. The total is 64 bucks a month. There's a lot to watch!

You have to keep calling and badgering Comcast though for promotions. Sometimes you have to tell them you are cancelling and exploring other options. Earlier I cancelled TV altogether and that's how I got the basic cable back. Let me explain. When I brought back the cable box they asked me what I was doing for TV viewing. I had kept the internet. At any rate I told them about the ROKU and Netflix. That's when they offered the basic.

With a little work this can be done. I don't get AMC. That used to be included with basic but not anymore. I guess they got too big.