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Episode: 912
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Title: HPR0912: How I cut The Cable Cord Part1
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Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr0912/hpr0912.mp3
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Transcribed: 2025-10-08 04:48:08
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Hello Haka Public Radio. This is Brockton Bob. I'm a long time listener, but a first time
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contributor. I'm recording this podcast from the great Northeast Kingdom. That's no
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England to those who didn't know. This is going to be a part one of a three-part series
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on how I cut the cable cord and saved a bit of money in the process. And this podcast
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will discuss the wife-friendly part, which is part one of cable cord cutting. Now, if
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you have a wife or a girlfriend, you have to keep in mind. You have to keep this simple
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or they will get pissed. They want to be able to just turn on the TV and search for something
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they like and watch it. Okay, now a little bit of background for you. My wife and I have
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had cable for about 10 years now. And we noticed the monthly bills were getting gradually
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higher and higher until our last bill, which was $132 for the month. That also included
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our internet service. So we both decided we had to get this bill down. It was way too high.
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Now, most of the time we wanted to watch show. We were both working. We weren't home. So
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we missed them and we didn't have a DVR because that was extra cost. So we would try and
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catch the shows and reruns. So we decided we better do a little research and come up with
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a better solution. And our solution was the Roku 2XS set top box. With this box we signed
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up for Netflix streaming and Hulu Plus streaming. Both of these services are $7.99 a month.
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We paid for the Roku box at best by $69. Now a little comparison. Now our internet service
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is $30 a month. And our TV is $16 a month. That's a total of $46 a month. As compared to
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$132 a month with cable. That's a savings of $86 a month. That's pretty good. So now we
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get to see our favorite shows on Netflix or Hulu Plus. And most of the shows we like on cable
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are on Netflix or Hulu Plus. The only thing is they're usually a day later than after they
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aired. And with the Roku box you can get Amazon on to Man and Crackle which is a free movie
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service. You can even get adult channels for free if you want them. All you have to do is
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select them in the channel store or look for Roku channel codes on Google. If once you do
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that Google search it'll bring up a ton of Google of Roku codes that you can enter and get
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on to your Roku box. And the hook up was easy. All we had to do is register our box with
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Roku on the internet. Then plug it into the TV with our HDMI cable and you're all set.
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So if you'd like to cut the cable cord, give it a try and you'll save a bit of money.
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So in part two, we'll discuss Play On Software for even more free TV. So thank you for listening.
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