Oh yes, that makes perfect sense. Game downloads require a lot of data.

Also...when he's here there are 4, 4k tvs in the house. There are a few things that will spike the **** out of your net usage.

4k streaming will do it, 4k streaming will use about 7-8 gigs an hour. Online gaming and all that is small peanuts really but when you get into digital gaming where you have to download things that will absolutely wreck your usage.

Man July was killer. I know that Xbox game pass issue - my kids seem to be constantly downloading something off that. Just looked back, my last few months....

Sep: 1,303
Oct: 1,553
Nov: 1,393
Dec: 1,301

Still 10 days left for December..... I'm sure my kids can get another 80-100GB in there before then.

OP

Who is your internet provider? I have Comcast and.with internet service only you can get "FleX" for free. Flex allows you to access comcast's library plus Pandora, Netflix plus Prime from one source using XFinitiy's voice remote. It does bring in 4g streaming.

Just but the internet service that's right for you and only use 1 interface.

https://www.xfinity.com/learn/flex


Just my 2 cents

I’ve been very happy with YTTV for live sports. Easy to program. Unlike ESPN+ it will ask if you want to join a game in progress live or watch from start.

But given that the only thing I use it for are the ESPN channels $50 seems expensive. Occasionally watch hockey on NBCSn.

Thought about Sling but with extras for the DVR and NBCSn wasn’t sure the savings were worth it.

If you know someone who still keeps cable.....parents, friend, sibling etc. Offer them something to use their cable account to stream things.

My parents can use my Netflix, Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ in exchange for that they gave me the login and password to their cable account so all of those apps can be used for free like regular ESPN channels, fox, nbc, abc, mtv, vh1, comedy central as long as it's part of their cable you can login to the app with their cable stuff.

If said person has Comcast you can take it further, on the newer Rokus comcast has a beta app where you can use the roku like the cable box so you could get live cable with the info.

But reality offer a trade, it's something that has been great for my family.

My son gave me his netflix info, but everyone i know has either already made the switch or will soon. Unfortunatly, spectrum is the only game in our county (excluding sat. ) which is why they can get away with their bullshit

As you move away from cable, it's been my experience that you will watch a helluva lot less TV. Books and music and (god forbid) actual conversation have taken the TV's place. I'm on year 6 of no cable.

I have an OTA antenna in each room. (The first one I paid waaay too much for - like 30$. Soon found out the 8$ antenna works every bit as well.) Your TV picture will be MILES better with an antenna. It's amazing what the picture look like when it isn't being sent through 6000 miles of cable or beamed thru a sat.
Plus for games in your area, you'll be 35 seconds ahead of anybody with cable/sat.

We have Netflix, but I barely use it. If there's a game on that I have to watch, I'll find a stream and hook it to any TV with HDMI.

Also, I'm not a gamer so I don't worry about data caps. We play actual board games and cards. We have our house pretty much set up with echo devices and Hue lighting which all runs through the router or wifi. And still I don't have any issues streaming with all the devices in play. (26 total echo, HUE, various KASA plugs and switches garage, and locks. and security cams.

40$ for internet and whatever for Netflix. I refuse to give cable any money.

If you're into things like echos and HUE and even the camera's that stuff doesn't pull a whole lot of wifi.

<1% of what I use each month on each device. Yea, I know. Especially when it's hard wired in.

I gave up. Xfinity lowered my bill by 50%( $300 to $150)? 2 year deal.
I can cancel if I pay them 2 months ($300).
They are the only provider that can get me over 100mbps and adding TV to the internet service is $50.00 per month
And bonus we get a land line we do not use
I have NFL Sunday ticket stream using my kids college info thru att ($100 for the year).
I gave up on trying free streams. Virus and ad block protection was a PITA to over ride.

Bit of advice for cable internet service, buy your own cable modem and router from best buy, Amazon, etc. Mine paid for itself in less than a year for what my cable company wanted to charge for leasing their equipment.

+1

We have been using an OTA antenna that I installed in the attic along with Philo for the last few months. Philo has most of the channels that we watch, but I do miss ESPN, and regional Fox Sports. My son and I watch the Royals and he also watches the Thunder on Fox Sports Oklahoma. If I could find a way to stream those for a reasonable price, I would be set.

Thanks for the info!!

I too have been experimenting with cutting cord. We tried YouTube tv for a month acted like we didn’t still have google fiber. YouTube tv worked fairly well once you get accustomed to picking channel from guide and waiting for slight pause for stream to start. Unlimited DVR was nice but they call it add to library.

We stopped trial after 30 days when we started finding certain shows that were blocked like one chiefs game day shows on KMBC, also some Xmas shows etc. would say cannot be watched or streamed over internet we were a bit turned off by that even though the subscription included the local channels.

We could get around it by using antenna and then using OTA DVR but then have to use two apps and manage 2 DVR which is not out of the question yet but looking at alternatives. I’m going to try Hulu+ next.

Has anyone even mentioned the Pluto TV app yet?

Yeah, in the op. I've been watching quite a bit on there. As far as free streaming, that one is pretty good.

Yeah I have it on my phone, watching Cowherd at work. He said Mahomes is the best QB in the league and picked the Chiefs to win the SB.

A couple of years ago we switched from Directv to Sling. Saved a lot of money but didn’t love the service. Then YouTube tv came out and we switched to that. Really liked it except for no NFL network and the app would freeze on my lg tv and I would have to reboot the Tv. We have always had Xfinity internet. They offered a good deal for two years for tv and internet so I canceled YouTube tv. After the two years is up I’ll probably go back to YouTube tv

Update: After installing my outdoor antenna, I get 61 OTA channels. That along with Roku and Philo gives me more content than I could possibly ever watch. The only thing I'm missing is ESPN and NFLN, which I hardly ever watch anyway. I will miss Colleen and Kay, but I'm saving $80 a month. I should have done this a long time ago

Find a friend who still has cable/ satellite and pay them $5 a month for their login and use it for NFLN and ESPN.

I miss NFLN too. You could consider getting the Hulu, Disney+, ESPN+ bundle for $12.99 a month to satisfy your ESPN needs. All 3 of those for that price isn't too bad.

https://www.hulu.com/hulu-disney-espn-bundle-offer

I looked at that, but Disney would be a waste, Hulu didn't have the channels I wanted ( mainly Hallmark for the Mrs) and I don't watch enough ESPN to make it worthwhile. This whole thing was to try and save money, so I'm pretty happy for now. If I want to, next Football season I can subscribe to ESPN through Roku for $5 per month

One other thing, which has it's quirks, is an app called Mobdro. It basically gives you low quality SD streams of channels like NFL Network. I have it on my Firestick. When you load it, it asks you to support it by either letting it play ads sometimes or letting it use your devices bandwidth to help stream. I'd obviously not recommend letting it use your device to stream. However, you can still basically get NFL Network, ESPN, etc. through it for nothing.

Keep in mind that ESPN+ is not the same thing as ESPN. With ESPN+, you will not get the live games that are broadcast on ESPN/ESPN2/etc, like Monday Night Football. ESPN+ isn't really worth much at all.

Also, Mobdro doesn't run on Roku, so you'd have to cast it to the Roku using an Android device....

That's strange about Youtube tv freezing up. I've never once had that happen that I can recall on any of my 4 devices (3 Rokus and one Firestick). Must be the LG tv Youtube tv app.

Try telling that to KU fans. We seem to have a lot more games on ESPN+ this year. Hell, I think even you KSU fans have that, too.

Yeah I've watched a few Mizzou games on there that I wouldn't have been able to see otherwise. Also since I lost NFL network it's nice to be able to watch NFL Primetime on Sunday nights to be able to catch up on highlights. Also they have some NHL games & UFC. Given that I was going to pay for Disney+ anyway (which was only like $6 since I already was a Hulu subscriber) I feel like I get a fair value out of it.

Sent you a PM.

If you cut completely you'll find the streams you want. It doesn't take much effort.

Yeah. I think it is pretty clear that ESPN is going to keep adding big games to ESPN+ until it is must have at least for college games.

And once they have market share they will start jacking up the price.