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Friday, February 21, 2020

Cutting the cord in droves: 5.5 million Americans ditched cable and satellite TV in 2019 as most flock to cheaper online streaming options

Americans are cutting the cord and ditching traditional cable and satellite television subscriptions in favor of cheaper online streaming options at a faster rate, according to the latest survey.

In 2019, nearly 5.5 million customers who subscribed to large cable and satellite companies canceled their packages - a sharp jump from the 3.2 million subscribers who jumped ship the previous year.

The numbers reflect the increasingly high cost of programming as well as installation and equipment fees that come with the traditional cable and satellite packages.

Experts say that more Americans will opt out of cable and satellite in favor of online streaming services.

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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

But you need internet to get streaming tv. And thrice Damned Comcast has the fastest internet.

Anonymous said...

But who provides the internet connection???? The cord

Anonymous said...

hulu live and a few premium channels still paying less then i did for crappy comcast! to bad I cant drop them for internet also! since they been suing verizon to prevent competition for hi speed internet.

Anonymous said...

KLOWD TV

Jersey boy said...

I hear that the next innovation is going to be something called “over the air tv”.
Whatever that is lol

Anonymous said...

I cut the cord in 2016 - got a mobile hotspot, got rid of the home phone - getting 43 channels in ocean pines, and all the internet I need for about 70 bucks a month combined

Anonymous said...

Not bad if you don’t need bandwidth for work or gaming

Anonymous said...

They can’t sue Verizon for high speed in fact they’ve partnered with Verizon on many things

Anonymous said...

I just kept the Internet and got ROKU.

Anonymous said...

COMCAST AKA XFINITY ARE ANTI TRUMP.

Anonymous said...

Get rid off the TV side and keep just the internet and get ROKU .