So, our cable and internet billing has gone through the roof these days. Or cable is now over $100 and we get the basic tier and a DVR box. They are changing the DVR box from $10 a month to $20 a month alone. I looked into TiVo which you can purchase outright but you have to still pay a monthly fee. Does anyone know if there is a device like a DVR box you can buy outright and not have to pay a monthly bill for?
Also, our cable is up to $50 a month and we own our modem. We do not have a home phone so we can’t switch to dial-up and the other brands seem to have really slow connections at their $14.99 and $19.99 deals. Anyone know of any other places that aren’t extremely slow and don’t require a phone line? We just can’t afford to have our month to month bills continue to go up and up. Soon something will have to go.
It’s just getting to be rather ridiculous on how these companies like Comcast, Charter, Etc can monopolize the industries in such a manner. Do you know in other countries they pay per CHANNEL, and they aren’t forced to have channels they don’t want!!! We have over 500+ channels but watch less than 20 of them, but since the Disney/cartoon type channels are 100+ channels you must have cable to access them. period.
I know!! Everything is os expensive! It drives me insane… Sorry I don’t have any suggestions to lighten the monthly bill load. If I learn or hear of anything I’l let you know.
Aside from cutting out luxuries completely there is no way to lighten the bills going up. I am in the same boat with the 500 channels and only watching 20 or so of them. For us it is the heating bills going up constantly… we only had the heat on for 5 days and our bill is over $100. And that isn’t something we can cut out or reduce anymore than we have. =(
~Connie