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I cut the phone line a few years back. I had VOIP service and was only paying $9 per month, but we never used it. I now have high speed internet and DirecTV. I could ALMOST give up DirecTV but am not quite there yet. We watch a lot of DIY/food type channels, and I don't want to miss out on football. Before I got DirecTV, I'd just go sit in a sports bar on Sunday afternoons to see games I couldn't see at home.

My kids have gone completely to Netflix. They rarely watch TV except with us. I may need to reconsider DirecTV and see if I could live without it. We are trying to pay off some bills, and the extra money would be a benefit.

High speed internet is a must with five teens and a wife that works from home. I'm getting away from UVerse and having a new service installed on Friday. I never get anywhere near the speeds I pay for with UVerse, and they always say "it's your computer". (I fully understand degradation of signal, etc., but I pay for 45 mbps and usually get less than 5 mbps even hard wired). I don't know that my new provider will be any better, but they are the only two choices I have.