Cutting as much of the cord as one can?

Who hates their cable provider, dish service, or just whoever runs the TV airwaves? If you didn't put your hand up, that's because you are not paying for them, and thus, not being ripped off by them.

Many believe that Cable is necessary for anyone, yet more and more people are just doing away with it. On my personal Facebook page, I have been asking people what they recommend on the topic, because I'm done paying Time Warner Cable $154 a month, when at least once a week, I'm restarting my cable box because it didn't record what I want it to, or any number of other reasons why the price I'm paying is outrageous, and I'm done.

The name of this topic is simply for the fact that while I'd love to eliminate EVERYTHING from their monthly check they receive from me, I still haven't heard good enough things about other internet providers, which is necessary to do what I'm getting ready for.

I am a lucky one that has an original tivo with a lifetime subscription to it, so I should get a discount on the monthly service paying for a TiVo Roamio, which will allow me to hook up any HD Antenna for local stations, If I want to keep local cable, it would require a cable card which I should be able to get for $5 or less a month, and then pay whatever the local channel rate is through them. For what it's worth, the base Roamio is $169.99 right now, does require a subscription fee of $14.99 a month (or $12.99/month for subsequent), but gives you access to Amazon, HuluPlus and Netflix all from the box, and the customer service rating on TiVo is higher than any cable network.

Here's the big question:

How much LIVE television do I watch. And you should ask yourself the same thing. I enjoy Notre Dame football, but I don't watch most of the games from home, because I watch most of them on my break at work. Other than that, most shows I watch are DVR'd and then who knows when I watch them.

Hulu is $8 a month, Amazon breaks down to the same, and between the two, you have access to everything except CBS, I believe in terms of locals...but it does give you USA, FX and others.

Why pay cable companies for everything, when the others offer streaming of your shows a day later?

Thoughts?
- Rob