Testimonies: Why I decided to cancel cable television 13 Articles

by patty smithe

I decided to cancel my cable the day I was told about the Dish network. Which is simply being connected by a satellite dish, instead of a cable. The people at Dish network came over and installed everything. It is easy to ...read more

by A.W. Berry

Cable television is something I have lived without for almost a decade now. I don't miss it at all and have probably benefited from all those hours spent not watching television. This isn't to say cable television doesn't ...read more

by Vinit Patel

It has been a little over a year and I have not paid a cent to my local cable company. My neighbors even ask how I am able to survive with no cable in my home. The truth is, cable television has high prices for their se...read more

by Jon Coe

I decided to cancel my cable television service about ten years ago, however my reception is so bad where I live, I just remained numbed to the fact; So I continued to pay the escalating $60.00 + per month, just for the lu...read more

by Kendall Smith

There is nothing on. I heard that day after day from my children. We were paying $70.00 a month for cable TV and they still said there was nothing to watch. The programs they were watching were really stretching the defini...read more

by JQ Adams

As long as I can remember, we've had cable television at home. I can even remember watching news about the Iran-Contra scandal on CNN in the 80's with my parents when I was just a wee child. We've always had cable, and it ...read more

by Samantha Vincent

Why did *I* decide to cancel cable television? Hmmm, this could turn into a really long-winded article if I don't watch myself! My first reason for cancelling cable television, had to do with money, of course! In my opin...read more

by John Oystein

My folks didn't get cable TV until I was in middle school. My grandparents had it, but that was only a weekly exposure. I tried to be temperate in my usage. During my sophomore year of high school I became a huge wrestling...read more

by L. Beall

There were the hours spent surfing through hundreds of channels just to discover there is not a thing to watch. The bills were forever increasing for this luxury when I subscribed to cable. There is often little to no noti...read more

by Lisa Fagan

I have been without cable television for the last two years, and now I've learned to live without it. In fact, I can do without. I have plenty of things around my house that'll entertain me. I have my computer and the Int...read more

by Kim Latham

Deciding to cancel my cable subscription was such a easy decision. Back in the early 80's, my family was one of the first on the block to have Super TV, then several years later we switched to Metrovision Cable. I have to...read more