The Average Cable Bill = $147. What About Yours?

[What Would Jesus Do?]

caught a sale for half off Walmart plus membership which includes Paramount Plus, I need to watch for the renewal on that, could probably cut it until I need it for FB or BB.

If you are an AARP member, you can get a discount on the Walmart+ renewal with your AARP membership.

Then you can pay $5-and-change per month to ditch the ads on Paramount+ as @ZachJump explained above. I did it. Worth it. You forget how much good stuff Paramount has when you are avoiding it because of the ads. Helps to be a SciFi fan, since Paramount is the home of all things Star Trek.

Walmart also offers another tier on the Walmart+ plan that eliminates tips and will pick up most returns for free. Might be worth it if you order enough deliveries from W, because of the tips. I'm pondering that one.

Not long ago I was a Walmart hater. Still a bit embarrassed to be a member, but it works for me. Go figure.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

I look for opportune times to catch the streaming channels on sale.

Absolutely.

That said, I probably won't do that any more if the deal is only on the ad-supported service. Ad-free or bust!

My plan for a while has been to put certain, less-used streaming services on a rotation menu. Sign up for MAX for a month or 2 and binge everything interesting, then quit. The sign up for Britbox for a month or 2.... And so on.

I haven't actually started doing that because just when I'm ready, some good deal will come along. Sometimes those deals appear when you cancel your membership.

Because of ads, I won't fall for the cheap HULU deals any more. But if MAX offers another year of ad-free for half price, I'm in.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

Went from Directv satellite to Directv streaming to save about $50 a month. Think satellite was slightly better in picture and sound but streaming is very good.

Way better picture and user friendly...

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Way better picture and user friendly...

Which one?

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

$88/month YYTV
$75/month internet

We also stream the cock, Netflix, and paramount plus.

 

[tumorboy]

50 for internet
20. Disney/Hulu/Max
12 Netflix
8. Paramount
8 fans duel Midwest split. Cancel after baseball
7 Peacock only run from royal rumble to wrestle mania
Get access to ESPN, fox sports etc because loan out other apps.
Guess should include prime
12

Peak season 117 a month. Usually 107 a month.

 

[Ree4]

What the heck is cable?

 

[Tenacious E]

Way better picture and user friendly...

Directv compresses the shit out of their signal and the picture is not better. It is in a sense more user friendly in that there are channel numbers. Also, i have seen their commercials now touting that all of your apps can be linked to some type of directv homescreen, and that is a nice feature. But, you are still paying for those apps on top of what you are paying for the directv stream. No money saved.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

72 - Internet
14.57 - Prime (annual plan per month inc $3/mo to ditch ads)
18 - Netflix
8.33 - AppleTV+ (annual plan per month)
5 - PBS Passport
5.42 - Paramount+ (to ditch ads from the free plan with Walmart+)

Which comes out to around $125/mo with taxes.

Like a lot here, this is adding up to more than I was thinking. And doesn't cover all my entertainment costs, either, because I also pay for Amazon Music and Audible - bumping the total to around $140 per month.

Needless to say, that doesn't include money for my cellular plan or cloud storage plans.

And then there are the devices these services run on - TVs, phones, smart speakers, tablets, home theaters, car systems, etc., etc.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

85 yttv
15 hbo
25 netflix
2 prime without commercials.
4 peacock only during football/basketball
4 big ten + football/basketball

 

[hawkjt]

Still DirecTV...132./ month

 

[ZachJump]

If you are an AARP member, you can get a discount on the Walmart+ renewal with your AARP membership.

Then you can pay $5-and-change per month to ditch the ads on Paramount+ as @ZachJump explained above. I did it. Worth it. You forget how much good stuff Paramount has when you are avoiding it because of the ads. Helps to be a SciFi fan, since Paramount is the home of all things Star Trek.

Walmart also offers another tier on the Walmart+ plan that eliminates tips and will pick up most returns for free. Might be worth it if you order enough deliveries from W, because of the tips. I'm pondering that one.

Not long ago I was a Walmart hater. Still a bit embarrassed to be a member, but it works for me. Go figure.

If I could get In Home that is the way to go, delivered by a Walmart Associate and is only 50 more a year than Plus…but sadly the only one of my stores that Iive near does not offer it. You will make the 50 back in no time with no tipping.

(As required by my employer, will mention again I do work for Walmart…and one of jobs deals with in home and delivery)

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

If I could get In Home that is the way to go, delivered by a Walmart Associate and is only 50 more a year than Plus…but sadly the only one of my stores that Iive near does not offer it. You will make the 50 back in no time with no tipping.

(As required by my employer, will mention again I do work for Walmart…and one of jobs deals with in home and delivery)

Maybe you can answer this question. I grabbed the 1 month free trial of In Home to see if it suits me. The wording on free pickup of returns was unclear. I forget now what it said, but what doesn't it cover? I mean I don't expect them to pick up a moldy loaf of bread, but what about a TV that I want to return just because I don't like it?