Re: What would stop you cutting the cord?
My contract and Line Rental Saver is up in November, been with cable for 20yrs, always sung their praises, got 9 or 10 family and friends signed up without any 'Introduce a Friend' incentive over the years.
Come Christmas I'm planning on ditching TV and Landline, just keeping BB, say 50MB. I currently have Now TV, Netflix, Spotify and Chromecast.
When I bought a Now TV box and Chromecast I got 3 months free Now TV, which means I havn't paid for the subscription for 9 months, now I've just started paying half price for 4 months.
My series links are mostly on the freeview channel line up or Discovery and Fox, so I won't miss much else.
The Landline is only used to answer PPI calls as our mobile packages cover everything we need now-a-days. The thought of paying £17 for line rental on top of what Im paying now freaks me out, lol
TiVo is totally showing its age now, these last few weeks they have got so slow again. Spotify takes an age to load, where on Now TV app it's almost instant, YouTube I use on Chromecast as I've got used to that version now after the Youtube faults on TiVo, Netflix on Chromecast too.
So this past year I've slowly got used to streaming stuff, and quite often find myself using Chromecast and Now TV instead of waiting for TiVo to load apps.
The OnDemand section looks stale next to other services now, such as shame, as that was once, as already said, Ntl/Virgins 'Jewel in their Crown'
I'm not into sport, saying that I'm yet to be notified of a price increase, I'm glad for those who are though.
I do feel kind of sad that Virgin seems to becoming left behind in the content delivery side of things, but times are changing and prices are getting out of hand for most people. A few of the people I helped sign up are already thinking the same as me.
My plan is to get a Freesat or Freeview PVR and a Roku 3 or 4 (if it gets released soon) for the main room, with the other streaming boxes around the house.
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