A couple things regarding this post. I make $90,000 a year. My wife makes $110,000 per year.
Combined household income of $200K. This does not even include my rental properties.
My cable bill + internet just got reduced when I called to cancel by a few dollars. $133.
This is NOTHING to me.
I STILL want to cut the cord and I DON'T EVEN CARE if it costs me MORE to do so! My #1 motivation here is to send a message to the Cable company: I want ala carte pricing.
I want it NOW.
Dish, DirectTV: I don't want 2 year contracts for Television.
More people need to do this. Even if it costs a few dollars more. Even if it's not as convenient.
Good for you. Really great. Don't get me started on the fool's gold that is ala carte pricing - you literally get what you pay for, and most won't be too happy with it. HBO charges $16/mo...what do you think other popular channels will charge knowing the average consumer has $60 or so to spend? You'll end-up paying the same price for 10 channels instead of 100, and maybe that will lead to better content, but probably not.
There are already tiers of service, starting as low as $25/month....but you know what? Most people don't want the lower tiers because it doesn't have channels they want. If you're paying $15 more to get into the next tier to get AMC and ESPN, then what do you think the ala carte price AMC and ESPN are going to want to charge you?
Contracts? So what. If you give me a good deal I'm more than happy not to have to worry about shopping for cable for 2 years.
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