Ditching the box?
Lately, several of our friends have started considering disconnecting their cable/satellite services. A couple have actually pulled the plug. Their reasoning up-front seems sound: they want to save money. They say they can stream all the network TV content they want and, for any shows they cannot catch online, they can get on DVD (or streaming) through a service such as Netflix . I'm not so sure this plan works out in the long term for them. I can say for sure my wife and I are considering ways we can cut our bill down. Perhaps cutting the Starz /Encore package? But a moment of truth: I watch way too much sports. A friend of mine admits he's "going to likely be spending more time in bars this fall" to catch his college football. For what it's worth, I have definitely spent the equivalent of a cable bill in a bar tab for a sporting event. And when you consider my lovely wife seems to have grown quite fond of the Yankees and Sounders - and since sports is best watch