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but the nice thing about cord cutting is most (if not all) of the services are month-to-month and don't require one year or two year contracts to get the best deal. Allows maximum flexibility - I'm only going to subscribe during football season.

Another point is that streaming services face much more competition, keeping their prices in check. I only have two cable company options at my house for traditional cable, whereas online I can choose from 5 or 6 streaming services (and probably more to come)

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Sucker! ** -- HokieDan95 08/10/2017 4:53PM

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Open to that idea. Still not confident that business model works. ** -- CPRVHokie 08/10/2017 10:54PM

May be true -- CantTameLane 08/10/2017 4:35PM

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