How do you think cable companies feel about streaming/free TV? [I Love Internet]

So basically you have things like the Roku TV, and free streaming TV stations, like Pluto TV, and the Roku channel, and all other kinds of free content. I know, "nothing is free"

When I say "free content", what I'm trying to say, is that I don't pay $230 a month for cable TV. I pay $100.95 a month for a cable internet service. And no phone service. Internet only.

I bet the cable companies hate it that people are moving away from overly expensive cable and going to streaming TV instead.

Now, there is a problem with streaming TV. If your internet service goes out, kiss all those free channels goodbye. However, if you have an antenna, you can watch live TV. With my antenna, I get like 15 local channels, and that's more than enough for me. I don't watch much TV anyway, I'm usually doing everything here on the computer.

In any event, I'm still tied to the cable company with the internet service, but, I'm not wasting money on a cable bill, and I bet they hate that fact.

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smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F

I love my roku. I got Netflix and Disney plus. I love some of the free stuff. I really like tubi a lot

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The biggest issue for cable companies is that the streaming services don't pay for the infrastructure, the cable, maintaining the lines and transmission equipment.. streaming companies piggyback off of the cable who transmits the internet signals.. that's why streaming is cheap. If they had to be responsible for the delivery infrastructure they would be out of business tomorrow..

iamnikki · 31-35, F

100 seems excessive for internet. I pay 5.99 for Hulu. I share Netflix and Philo. I mostly watch Hulu though. It's more than enough

twiigss · M

@iamnikki Had a relative move back home and they had their PS4, and the plan we had was only a 30 MB speed plan, it wasn't fast enough, so they bumped it up with a promotional offer of $39.99 a month for a year, well once that ended it jumped up to $80 something, then it was $94.95. Now it's at $100.95.

The relative no longer lives here, but with all the devices still in use at the house, we need the higher plan.

But as I said, it's not no $230 cable TV bill. What the last straw was for us is when the bill kept going up, and they started taking more channels away. Nothing but a ripoff.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@twiigss yea, my parents had spectrum for years. We have more channels now with Hulu Netflix and Philo than we did with spectrum, for $70 less

Azlotto · M

[quote]How do you think cable companies feel about streaming/free TV?[/quote]

I really don't care. My TV is connected to an antenna.

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twiigss · M

@Stereoguy Well, comcast is our internet provider. Unfortunately if comcast goes, we don't have another option for cable internet. Our next choice would be satellite, and on a cloudy day, we're screwed.

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