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by User23 1643 days ago
Cable TV was a screaming deal, so long as you could always stay on the promotional rate. I haven't had it in a while, but I used to call and "cancel" my service every 3 months to get 3 months of free premium channels and a reduced basic rate. It was pretty funny when I moved and had to actually cancel my service because obviously it was on my file and the support person was like sure no problem here you go and I had to clarify no I actually needed to cancel because I was leaving their service area.
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Assuming a high quality internet connection is available, the qualifications for “screaming deal” would have to be:

1) on demand whatever you want to watch whenever you want to watch on whichever device you want to watch

2) no advertisement breaks

3) no mandatory long term contract (maximum length 1 month)

Ah, a modern version of the fable "The Boy Why Cried Wolf".

Though I suppose with a happier ending.