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[Official] Cord cutters thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by REEKO_HTOWN, Feb 19, 2018.

  1. Buck Turgidson

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    MLB.TV plus a VPN
     
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  2. Buck Turgidson

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    Does Youtube.tv or Fubo have local channels?
     
  3. NewRoxFan

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    YouTube TV has local channels but not AT&T SportsNet
     
  4. Clutch City1993

    Clutch City1993 Bury Me In The H

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    Do you have success with this?
     
  5. droxford

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    Looks like I'm probably gonna cut the chord. I plan on eliminating my cableTV bundle and also some streaming services.
    I plan to bootleg everything.

    I've been willing to pay money (and a LOT of money, really) for media, but the costs just keep going up and up, while the availability and service just keeps getting worse and worse. As more and more streaming services pop up and less and less media is available on cable tv, I'm motivated more and more to just bootleg the whole damn thing.

    Fed up with it.
     
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  6. ROCKSS

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    I really want to cut the cord but I am so anxious about it, its like if I don't have the right channels I will freak, seriously, I have Xfinity and my bill is $197 (with internet) a month and I get showtime, I only had it for a few shows that are now over. I bet I only truly watch 20 channels and I have over a hundred that are just dumb to me. My BIL just got FUBO and he says it`s decent but he is still paying almost $150 with internet
     
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  7. NewRoxFan

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    We're paying about $150 for YouTube TV and Fidium 2 GB/s fiber. Our Consolidated TV and 1GB package was about $300/mon so we saved about half with new package. btw, Fidium appears to be the same as Consolidated, at least from an internet POV. It appears Consolidated is dropping the TV part.

    Feel free to ask any additional questions.
     
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  8. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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  9. Uprising

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    I did, until a couple of weeks ago. Seems that MLB did a mass IP ban hammer for a lot of VPN servers. I heard Nord still works well. I was using GoogleONE vpn since it was free with my storage account.
     
  10. cheke64

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    Is hulu better than netflix?
     
  11. Clutch City1993

    Clutch City1993 Bury Me In The H

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    Stupid MLB
     
  12. DieHard Rocket

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    I tried the MLB.tv thing with VPN two or three years ago and it rarely worked.

    Have Fubo now + Xfinity internet. I think I'm around $120 for both.
     
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    Could be the answer we need for sports. If they bought all of the RSNs, it would solve everyone's problems.

    But if they monopolize and raise prices to ridiculous levels, then we're all screwed



     
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    Been sayin man. Get rid of that cable tv and stick to Tubi,Roku channel,Pluto, etc…. It’s all free anyways. You want live sports? Go find a stream they are everywhere!! Never ever pay for cable everrrr
     
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  16. Kemahkeith

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    Disney plus already shows everything on Hulu.
    I have the 3 way package so I get espn+
    Get my FA cup games and early day golf.
     
  17. Surfguy

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    YouTubeTV price increases by $10 starting in 2025.
     
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  18. Dr of Dunk

    Dr of Dunk Clutch Crew

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    lol. We've been talking about dropping YouTube TV in my friends discord ever since we got the email about this, but we know we won't. They're either addicted to stupid shows, or they've got kids and well, I am a kid. :(

    Luckily I can get by with just YouTube TV and free stuff like Tubi, Pluto, etc. and free 1-month subscriptions to Paramount+. Ok, so I did add Disney+/Hulu with ads for like $3/month. lol.
     
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