$65 per month
YouTube TV is $65 per month before taxes. It has a near-perfect lineup for us, including CNBC & ESPN for me and Hallmark for the better half. When I first got serious about cutting the cord, YouTube TV didnt carry Hallmark. Even cable is less expensive than divorce court. Then a Christmas miracle happened shortly before the holidays and Hallmark was added. Hello YouTube TV.
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We cut the cable cord and house phone yrs ago. We recently dumped Netflix also and just have prime and Hulu live for sports.
Free is better!
Antennas work really lousy where we live because of all the valleys and hills. Plus, if you watch a lot of sports like we do, locals just donāt give you much these days.
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Our TV has built-in FireTV but we find that the Firestick works better.
I so wish we could do this. We are paying close to $300 a month for cable+landline+internet. There is no competition here. DSL is laughably bad. No fiber. We live in a ravine and tried Dish but canāt get reception once the trees leaf in. Same reason we have to keep a landline: little to no cell reception. I would cheerfully end the cable (and the Sirius in the car) but DH is a news junkie and has to have the news on all day long. Sigh.
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Iāve had Google Fiber TV since 2013 and was entirely happy with it. But Google got out of the TV business on March 31 so they cut the cord for me. I probably would have gone for Youtube TV but I love baseball and the only streaming service with the hometown team is Directv Stream. The channel line up is okay I guess but the interface is really clunky. Iāll probably go with something different when the baseball season is over.
@Gatormama , that was a bit like our situation at our vacation house so I donāt know why you couldnāt get it down to just internet + YouTube TV.
1). you keep a fast internet speed only from your cable company.
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YouTube tv has all your local channels plus all the cable news your hubby wants(CNN, CNBC Fox, MSNBC) . I too am a news junky. I automatically record all the news programs on the unlimited dvr and watch the previous hourās news while fast-forwarding through all the commercials. Heāll love it!
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if supported, use wifi calling on your mobile. I have an iPhone: settings > phone > wifi calling on
Itās that simple. Your cell phone uses the internet for the āsignalā if you donāt have a tower nearby.
Iām guessing with that setup you cut your bill roughly in half. That was our experience.
Edit to add: you can always try it out while you still have your current setup with the free trial they offer. I think they are running a two week trial currently then $14.99 for the first month if you keep it.
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@Singswimsew , Did you know that YouTube TV offers the add-on MLB.TV package? All MLB games for $25 per month during the season or for $130 annually flat fee for the entire year.
Geez Iām beginning to sound like a YTTV salesperson. 
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I donāt have a tv at all and havenāt had one for decades.
However, our internet company has, at times, charged more for Internet without tv than with.
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Yes, thatās what they did to me once at our vacation house. We donāt have a landline but the ātriple playā package was a guaranteed cheaper rate for two years so we took that. Itās when that deal ended that we found it much cheaper to only buy internet from them. It seems like a basic, decently fast, consumer-friendly, non-contract internet offering is available as a norm from cable companies. Thatās true of the national cable behemoth servicing our home in duopoly competition with another behemoth, and true of the regional monopoly servicing our rural vacation home. The regional could stick it to us - and they did on the package deal - but they donāt on a base internet-only offering.
MLB only shows out of market games so I wouldnāt be able to see any homes games. Not good enough.
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Ah, sorry I got that wrong. Again showing my age, I grew up when the home team games were shown free on the local channels (which youād get with YTTV). Iām more of an NFL fan, and those games are still on the locals and YTTV has the NFL channel in the base package.
I havenāt paid for Internet in a long time because I am in a rental that includes it. I certainly hope it is possible to get Internet without paying for tv when you donāt own a tv!
I watch things on my computer, as do my grown kids.
Iāve said this before, I donāt know why there arenāt people charging to meet with people to figure out the best way to cut the cable and then set up the new system for a fee. We would hire that expertise.
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@thumper1 , if you budget $60 for the whole year as a splurge (or $36 if military vet) couldnāt you just get Discovery+ to stream HGTV? I see they have a free trial.
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We donāt even watch TV, we cut the cords years ago, our daughter gives us access to Netflix, urges us to use it. Thanks but no thanks.
Iām planning to drop cable/satellite for streaming later this year. I havenāt done so already because of bundle Internet + TV discounts + special discounts beyond this. My TV provider is authorized to give long time users large discounts below sticker price. The size of these discounts varies over time and has generally been getting worseā¦
In past years, if I dropped cable/satellite, my net bill would decrease by only ~$20 per month. For that extra $20/month, I got a DVR + 3 TV locations. This extra TV cost has been gradually increasing over time, so now if I dropped cable/satellite , my net bill would decrease by ~$50 per month. For $50/month, there are some good alternatives.
I also have Hulu under the $0.99/month Black Friday deal. There are interesting shows that I enjoy on Hulu (without live TV), but this is by no means an adequate substitute for cable/satellite + DVR. However, it does give me a better sense of what I am looking for in alternatives.
Intriguingā¦
my worry would be cutting the landline and finding out that the wifi calling is subpar.
we have tracfone, not a ārealā phone providerā¦
is there a way to test the wifi calling, do you know?
i guess just using the iphone with wifi calling on would be a real-world test?
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