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FWIW, I pay $75/month on DirecTV years after all the promotions ended, and I think that's the absolute minimum. It covers the essentials, and then I add on the $10 monthly sports pack during college football and basketball pre-conference game seasons (being able to watch every Syracuse game in Idaho is pretty awesome), and $10 for premium channels for a couple of months here and there if there's a series I'm watching and I want to load up the DVR with movies. No problems with installation or service. Apparently, if you're really aggressive, you can call up the retention line and get all kinds of deals, like free Sunday Ticket. There's message boards devoted to gaming that system but I haven't tried too hard yet.
I've thought about cutting the cable. A braver man would. I'm sure I could get more than my fill from Netflix. But I'd probably get MLB.TV, and Hulu plus, and maybe Amazon prime, and go to redbox more often, so I tell myself I would cannibalize some of my savings anyway.
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