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Re:Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during th... by Unklejoe on Thursday December 01, 2016 @08:42AM (#13079257)
Exactly. It will end up just like landlines - no cheaper to cancel it.

Cost of internet+phone+TV = $150

Cost of internet+TV = $149

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Re:Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during th... by Klathmon on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:04AM (#13079759)
Actually in my experience:

Internet+phone+tv = $150

Internet+tv = $160

Internet = $165

We literally have tv and a phone line but neither of them hooked up because it's cheaper

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Re:Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during th... by mercer on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:34PM (#13081389)
As an additional data point it's the same here in Holland, or at least with my provider. I've never bothered to go for only internet, but I've also never used the phone or tv functionality that is available to me. It's just there.

A few weeks ago I got scared shitless because suddenly our landline phone went off, which it never does. The caller was apparently from 'Microsoft support' and out to help me fix the viruses on my windows computer, despite the fact that every single device on our network is Apple...

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