Cutting the cord (well, not really)

Today we are taking our cable boxes back to our cable tv provider. We downgraded our service to limited basic cable. It is a bittersweet occasion as we will be saving $50.00 per month on our cable bill, but we will also be losing many of the channels that we enjoy watching. Fortunately many of those shows we will miss are available for online viewing. So looking at the cable bill, I wondered how prices in the Baltimore, Maryland area compare to those rates around the nation. We were paying $75.00 for regular cable tv with nothing fancy. The only premium channel we subscribed to was the Big Ten Network. Our high speed internet is also through the same company and once our promotional time period is over in a few months the high speed cable modem will cost us $75.00 per month. What are you paying in your area?

Here's my wish for Cable TV providers (I know it will never happen, but it's nice to dream)........

I think some cable company should come out with a "pay per channel plan." This plan would consist of being a custom cable plan for each subscriber. You would choose each channel you would like to subscribe to and you wouldn't get a bunch of channels you don't even watch. Here's what I would see for our potential pay per channel package here at our house:

• ABC
• NBC
• FOX
• CBS
• CW
• WBS
• ESPN
• ESPN2
• Big Ten Network
• Disney
• Nickelodeon
• Food
• TLC
• Animal Planet
• Lifetime
• Lifetime Movie Channel
• E!
• PBS
• FOX News
• CNN
• Weather Channel
• CMT
• Gospel Music Channel
• Hallmark
  

So there you have it. Less than 25 channels and I imagine your list would be less than 25 channels that you watch as well. So most of us are paying way too much for way too many channels that we will never watch. Tell me what you think about a pay per channel system. Thanks for stopping by my blog today!