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I’m thinking of a combination of high speed internet, a Roku, YouTube Tv, Philos, & Netflix to kill the cable bill. Viewing their channels they’re missing SNY, YES, & NESN. How do I get those?
 
Season is getting close I cut my cord. I have fubo and Hulu so far. Neither are covering first game i live far away from ct. anyone know options for me to stream it? Thanks
 
Mikewho said:
Season is getting close I cut my cord. I have fubo and Hulu so far. Neither are covering first game i live far away from ct. anyone know options for me to stream it? Thanks
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I’m just curious, what’s your total with internet and all streaming services combined? I really gave cord cutting a long look and realized the savings were negligible if anything over cable, and when combined with the extreme delay in game time (60-90 seconds behind) decided it wasn’t worth cutting it

Edit: the FUBO TV package I’d need with all the sports channels looks like its $74.99/month. Combine that with Hulu at $5.99 per month you’re at $81. Not sure if you’re buying Netflix/ESPN+/etc so we won’t count those. If your internet is $60 you’re at $141. My previous ATT UVerse 300 + Internet was contracted at $84.99 for 2 years then set to increase to $120. Ditched it to get upgraded internet and TV with Google Fiber and its at $150/month total. Just curious because it may not ultimately be worth the cost to cut the cord if you don’t have to
 
Drew said:
I’m just curious, what’s your total with internet and all streaming services combined? I really gave cord cutting a long look and realized the savings were negligible if anything over cable, and when combined with the extreme delay in game time (60-90 seconds behind) decided it wasn’t worth cutting it

Edit: the FUBO TV package I’d need with all the sports channels looks like its $74.99/month. Combine that with Hulu at $5.99 per month you’re at $81. Not sure if you’re buying Netflix/ESPN+/etc so we won’t count those. If your internet is $60 you’re at $141. My previous ATT UVerse 300 + Internet was contracted at $84.99 for 2 years then set to increase to $120. Ditched it to get upgraded internet and TV with Google Fiber and its at $150/month total. Just curious because it may not ultimately be worth the cost to cut the cord if you don’t have to
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The savings is negligible, but how many people with cable DONT have a Netflix/ Prime subscription?
 
Drew said:
I’m just curious, what’s your total with internet and all streaming services combined? I really gave cord cutting a long look and realized the savings were negligible if anything over cable, and when combined with the extreme delay in game time (60-90 seconds behind) decided it wasn’t worth cutting it

Edit: the FUBO TV package I’d need with all the sports channels looks like its $74.99/month. Combine that with Hulu at $5.99 per month you’re at $81. Not sure if you’re buying Netflix/ESPN+/etc so we won’t count those. If your internet is $60 you’re at $141. My previous ATT UVerse 300 + Internet was contracted at $84.99 for 2 years then set to increase to $120. Ditched it to get upgraded internet and TV with Google Fiber and its at $150/month total. Just curious because it may not ultimately be worth the cost to cut the cord if you don’t have to
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The problem I've found with traditional cable companies when I look into switching back is the hidden fees. Comcast had a good deal for internet and cable that would've saved me money, but then when I looked into it there was a regional sports fee of $9 a month, modem leasing fee of $10, cable box fees...it would've come to an extra $40 or so a month, and the deal didn't even include all of the sports channels I need. When I left Comcast a few years ago, my bill was up to $220 a month, and when I called them to try to negotiate it down they said they could only knock $10 off my bill a month since I wanted to keep SNY.

Also, I'm not sure what streaming service you looked into that's a minute and a half behind live, but that hasn't been my experience at all. It's a little behind live, sure, maybe 10-15 seconds, but that's it. If that 10-15 seconds is critical to you, then I completely understand.
 
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Rico444 said:
The problem I've found with traditional cable companies when I look into switching back is the hidden fees. Comcast had a good deal for internet and cable that would've saved me money, but then when I looked into it there was a regional sports fee of $9 a month, modem leasing fee of $10, cable box fees...it would've come to an extra $40 or so a month, and the deal didn't even include all of the sports channels I need. When I left Comcast a few years ago, my bill was up to $220 a month, and when I called them to try to negotiate it down they said they could only knock $10 off my bill a month since I wanted to keep SNY.

Also, I'm not sure what streaming service you looked into that's a minute and a half behind live, but that hasn't been my experience at all. It's a little behind live, sure, maybe 10-15 seconds, but that's it. If that 10-15 seconds is critical to you, then I completely understand.
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Purchase your own gateway (wireless modem and wi-fi), return the auxiliary boxes, and stream Xfinity Stream Beta off a Roku.

Cable companies don't care if you threaten to leave their linear service anymore. They are most likely the only ISP in the area, which has greater margins.
 
I, well, my wife did, cut the cord this past weekend and I'm trying Philo as we speak. No sports which kinda blows. But I'm on my week free trial.

I don't get CBS/NBC over the air as I'm a bit far away and locast.org keeps freezing. I think I will need to do Sling with their install of an external antenna. Has anyone had any experience with that?
 
GemParty said:
I’m thinking of a combination of high speed internet, a Roku, YouTube Tv, Philos, & Netflix to kill the cable bill. Viewing their channels they’re missing SNY, YES, & NESN. How do I get those?
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Youtube TV has these but you will either have SNY and YES, if you are in the NY metro area or NESN, if you are in New England.
 
Mikewho said:
Season is getting close I cut my cord. I have fubo and Hulu so far. Neither are covering first game i live far away from ct. anyone know options for me to stream it? Thanks
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My understanding is you can use your Hulu live login credentials to log into the ESPN app, which will give you ESPN3.
 
Cutting the cord saved me $50. Youtube/Hulu Live is 50 bucks. What gives! :) Think I'm going to stick with Sing ...
 
Rico444 said:
The problem I've found with traditional cable companies when I look into switching back is the hidden fees. Comcast had a good deal for internet and cable that would've saved me money, but then when I looked into it there was a regional sports fee of $9 a month, modem leasing fee of $10, cable box fees...it would've come to an extra $40 or so a month, and the deal didn't even include all of the sports channels I need. When I left Comcast a few years ago, my bill was up to $220 a month, and when I called them to try to negotiate it down they said they could only knock $10 off my bill a month since I wanted to keep SNY.

Also, I'm not sure what streaming service you looked into that's a minute and a half behind live, but that hasn't been my experience at all. It's a little behind live, sure, maybe 10-15 seconds, but that's it. If that 10-15 seconds is critical to you, then I completely understand.
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That is my experience as well. The DVR and cable box rental fees is where they really scrape you. I have 4 soon to be 5 tvs. Its a shame playstationvue is going cause they allowed 5 streams per household. Youtube tv is next best at 3.

I've looked into going back to cable a few times. And always they're advertised price is too good ro be true when yiu factor all tvs in yiur house
 
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noeynox said:
That is my experience as well. The DVR and cable box rental fees is where they really scrape you. I have 4 soon to be 5 tvs. Its a shame playstationvue is going cause they allowed 5 streams per household. Youtube tv is next best at 3.

I've looked into going back to cable a few times. And always they're advertised price is too good ro be true when yiu factor all tvs in yiur house
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Even if you don't have Best Buy credits, Rokus pay for themselves inside of 4 months. The gateway is quite a bit more expensive, but considering the rental cost for the aux boxes, that will pay for itself inside of a year. How many TVs are reasonably being watched at one time?
 
Husky25 said:
Even if you don't have Best Buy credits, Rokus pay for themselves inside of 4 months. The gateway is quite a bit more expensive, but considering the rental cost for the aux boxes, that will pay for itself inside of a year. How many TVs are reasonably being watched at one time?
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Everyone is always watching something different.
 
noeynox said:
Everyone is always watching something different.
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I can appreciated that but it is not what I asked.

Do you anticipate all 5 sets to be streaming the same service at the same time? Xfinity is different than Netflix, are both different than Hulu, are all three different than the Internet.
 
Husky25 said:
I can appreciated that but it is not what I asked.

Do you anticipate all 5 sets to be streaming the same service at the same time? Xfinity is different than Netflix, are both different than Hulu, are all three different than the Internet.
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What i meant is yeah, the kids will be watching hulu or Netflix. My wife would be watching her shows and i would watch sports on playstationvue/skinny bundle.

Last year on black friday i got hulu with ads for the year for 99 cents a month for the year. I just cancelled and will look for that offer again on black friday and sign up under my wife's name.

I'm on the fence on replacing playstationvue with hulu with live tv or YouTube tv.
 
noeynox said:
What i meant is yeah, the kids will be watching hulu or Netflix. My wife would be watching her shows and i would watch sports on playstationvue/skinny bundle.

Last year on black friday i got hulu with ads for the year for 99 cents a month for the year. I just cancelled and will look for that offer again on black friday and sign up under my wife's name.

I'm on the fence on replacing playstationvue with hulu with live tv or YouTube tv.
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I think that is what I'm getting at. They are all different streaming services. So at the end of the day, there is a slim chance you would need a 5 user license for any one of them at one time.
 
I’m pretty upset about Vue. That’s what I’ve been using the past year and, even after they cut NESN in April, I still loved it. I’m not psyched about switching but I think I’m going to go to YouTube TV.
 
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MattMang23 said:
I’m pretty upset about Vue. That’s what I’ve been using the past year and, even after they cut NESN in April, I still loved it. I’m not psyched about switching but I think I’m going to go to YouTube TV.
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I'm disappointed because no other service out there has all the sports channels I like. Vue was one of the few streaming services that carried Red Zone/NFL Network. The few other services that do carry those channels are missing other key channels that I need.

Oh well, guess I'm going to Youtube TV and I'll just live without red zone next year.
 
Rico444 said:
Oh well, guess I'm going to Youtube TV and I'll just live without red zone next year.
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Yeah, Vue has everything I wanted and watched and for $65.00. Even channels that probably don’t interest many people- Travel Channel, ID Channel, Smithsonian, Destination America, and all the sports- NHL Network, Stadium, ACC Network even. I can switch to YouTube TV but it doesn’t get all of these and you can’t choose an expanded package that adds them.
 
MattMang23 said:
I’m pretty upset about Vue. That’s what I’ve been using the past year and, even after they cut NESN in April, I still loved it. I’m not psyched about switching but I think I’m going to go to YouTube TV.
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I am too. It was a terrific product that Sony did not market well. Everytime i told someone that was what i used they would say "oh we don't have a playstation. Should have just called it Sony Vue.
 
just started YouTube TV and like it - but am also lamenting no Red Zone. Wouldn't you think with PS Vue out of the picture next year that YouTube and the NFL come to a deal?
 
I’m doing a free trial of Hulu live, and it’s been pretty buggy on day 1. The Iowa/Wisconsin game has frozen up a few times, and I’ve had to reboot the tv a few times. It’s not off to a good start.

I’m streaming via 200 mbs WiFi on a new LG smart tv.

Edit: The tv seems to be disconnecting from WiFi occasionally. Still annoying.
 
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Mots010 said:
I’m doing a free trial of Hulu live, and it’s been pretty buggy on day 1. The Iowa/Wisconsin game has frozen up a few times, and I’ve had to reboot the tv a few times. It’s not off to a good start.

I’m streaming via 200 mbs WiFi on a new LG smart tv.
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I am giving HULU a try on a Roku Ultra. I hard wired the ethernet to the Roku from the router and I am having no issues with a slower service than you have. For us, Hulu is slightly better and slightly cheaper than YouTube. When you add in Google's anti-liberty policies, we went with Hulu.
 
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Outside CT and the Tri State area for non-cable subscribers, which legal, paid streaming service will enable access to the most UConn games this season? Even using various vpns, prior input based on CT and seemingly Tri State access does not appear to be helpful for people in other states or countries.

Tried the highest priced Fubo, Hulu and YouTube services in my typical US locations Friday night; no luck and ESPN+ or ESPN don’t appear to be available. ESPN and ESPN2, yes.

I can use a CT address for a credit card billing address, but am not keen on borrowing IDs. I just want to pay for access and be done with it. Thanks in advance for helpful info.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Outside CT and the Tri State area for non-cable subscribers, which legal, paid streaming service will enable access to the most UConn games this season? Even using various vpns, prior input based on CT and seemingly Tri State access does not appear to be helpful for people in other states or countries.

Tried the highest priced Fubo, Hulu and YouTube services in my typical US locations Friday night; no luck and ESPN+ or ESPN don’t appear to be available. ESPN and ESPN2, yes.

I can use a CT address for a credit card billing address, but am not keen on borrowing IDs. I just want to pay for access and be done with it. Thanks in advance for helpful info.
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Most games will not be on national television. You will need to use the ESPN app. It was on the app last night but the 1st half was having technical difficulties. I was able to watch the 2nd half without any issue. I have YoutubeTV and live in Indiana and will be able to watch most, if not all, games this year using the ESPN app.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Outside CT and the Tri State area for non-cable subscribers, which legal, paid streaming service will enable access to the most UConn games this season? Even using various vpns, prior input based on CT and seemingly Tri State access does not appear to be helpful for people in other states or countries.

Tried the highest priced Fubo, Hulu and YouTube services in my typical US locations Friday night; no luck and ESPN+ or ESPN don’t appear to be available. ESPN and ESPN2, yes.

I can use a CT address for a credit card billing address, but am not keen on borrowing IDs. I just want to pay for access and be done with it. Thanks in advance for helpful info.
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Many IPTV streaming packages have most of the sports channels - including the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL packages. SNY, ESPN+, and CBSSN as well, along with live cable. All for a fraction of the cost of the solutions offered in previous posts.
 
It does not make sense to figure in the cost of internet when doing the cost breakdown if you would have internet regardless of whether or not you have cable. I assume that is the case for most everyone here. In this case, cost of cable vs. total cost of streaming services is an apples to apples comparison.
 
Mots010 said:
I’m doing a free trial of Hulu live, and it’s been pretty buggy on day 1. The Iowa/Wisconsin game has frozen up a few times, and I’ve had to reboot the tv a few times. It’s not off to a good start.

I’m streaming via 200 mbs WiFi on a new LG smart tv.

Edit: The tv seems to be disconnecting from WiFi occasionally. Still annoying.
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After doing some research, these LG TVs can be finicky with their settings and WiFi. It seems to be doing ok now after adjusting some things. Another annoying thing is LG doesn’t have HBO Now. I got a Samsung at the same time last feb for the basement and it’s worked flawlessly.

What do you guys use for remotes? The biggest disadvantage I see with Hulu is the menus are nowhere near as intuitive as xfinity, particularly with the factory tv remote.
 
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