For the past year and a half, TVWriter™ has been carrying articles about people cutting the cord, as in canceling their cable/satellite service subscriptions and doing everything for free – make that close to free – on their desktops/phones/tablets. Last month I finally decided to give it a try and see if getting all our entertainment via our web connection would work for the Brodys.
This was no idle experiment prompted by a desire to actually learn something, nosirree. It was born out of anger and frustration caused by the wonderful folks at my Unmentionable Satellite Network and their pricing policies, which led to a several months long adventure during which I pared services and programming and managed – oh miracle of miracles! – to get my monthly bill down from an irritating $107 to $41.