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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HootyTheNightOwl

I don't watch much TV anyway, I'm usually doing everything here on the computer.

You just answered your own question. When you price up your $100.95 per month against how many hours you actually use the Internet for per month... chances are pretty high that the IPH (Internet Per Hour) rates are higher than you realise - especially if you work away from home.

twiigss · M

@HootyTheNightOwl Well using the computer or watching TV is still going to use the internet. But I only work something like 10 minutes from home mon-fri.

HootyTheNightOwl

@twiigss Yeah, but, if you're working away from home 40 hours per week, you only have 2-4 hours per day you're going to be using the computer or watching TV.

Let's say your phone updates once a week - and that takes 10 minutes... on the whole those few hours a month could work out expensive, unless you have housemates to split the costs with and increase your usage.

On the weekend, you might order a delivery of your groceries online - but you're still doing laundry and other chores that you didn't get to all week between your internet usage time.

twiigss · M

@HootyTheNightOwl Well no, not really. I work from 7am to 330pm. So I get way more than 2-4 hours per day. I usually get on the computer around 4pm, go to bed around 10pm, so I'm on for 6 hours a day through the work week. Then Saturdays and Sundays I'm on the computer from when I wake up until I go to bed. One time I sat here and played WOW for 11 hours straight while on Skype with a friend.

I will say, if I work overtime, then yes, I'm only getting 3 to 4 hours of use out of it Mon-Fri. Overtime is off for right now, so I've got more time at home.

Plus I'm not the only one living here, there's like 4 other people in the house and unless they go out for something, they're here all day. And chores here isn't the typical norm you might be used to. No one splits the cost with me though, I pay the entire bill each month. I won't get into everything but basically we were splitting bills, then that stopped. I was paying the internet bill, and ever since the splitting bills thing stopped, I've just continued to pay the internet bill.

Typically, things work out and everyone is content.